# zenodo-mcp-server MCP Server

Search and resolve Zenodo datasets, software, and publications by DOI; trace versions and funding.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/cyanheads/zenodo-mcp-server)

**GitHub popularity:** 1 stars on [cyanheads/zenodo-mcp-server](cyanheads/zenodo-mcp-server), recorded 2026-09-27.

## Status

Pod has not dialled zenodo-mcp-server yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

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

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

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

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

## Reviewed GitHub reports

**7 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review.** This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 1.

### Most discussed

### bug(zenodo_list_files): archive-mode notices cite a missing download_url and hide readable unlisted members

### Server version

0.1.0

### mcp-ts-core version

0.13.6

### Runtime

Node

### Runtime version

Node 26.5.0

### Transport

HTTP

### Description

In archive mode (`archive_key` set), two `zenodo_list_files` notices send the agent somewhere the response doesn't support:

1. When Zenodo truncates the listing, the notice says to "download the archive from `download_url`", but the archive-mode output has no `download_url`. The `archive` object carries only `key`, `size`, `listed_members`,…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cyanheads/zenodo-mcp-server/issues/5) · 2026-09-24 · closed · 3 comments

[See all 7 reviewed GitHub reports](/mcp/zenodo-mcp-server/issues).

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find zenodo-mcp-server, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "zenodo-mcp-server",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

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```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=zenodo-mcp-server' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

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