orcid-mcp-server MCP Server

Researcher profiles, works, affiliations, funding, and peer reviews from the ORCID registry.

Tools observed. Pod connected on 2026-09-13 and the server listed 9 tools directly. Verified.

At a glance

Source code: Open repository

Package usage: 1,033 npm downloads in the last 30 days.

GitHub popularity: 2 stars on cyanheads/orcid-mcp-server, recorded 2026-09-14.

Status

Pod connected to orcid-mcp-server on 2026-09-13. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 549ms.

It identifies itself as orcid-mcp-server version 0.2.15, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

Tools

Pod observed 9 tools when it connected:

orcid_get_profile
orcid_search_researchers
orcid_get_works
orcid_get_work_detail
orcid_get_affiliations
orcid_get_funding
orcid_get_peer_reviews
orcid_get_research_resources
orcid_resolve_researcher

Connect

Published as @cyanheads/orcid-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcid-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/orcid-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

A hosted endpoint at https://orcid.caseyjhand.com/mcp, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcid-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://orcid.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Published as @cyanheads/orcid-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcid-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/orcid-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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  "limit": 5
}

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