CiteNexus

Name: CiteNexus
Author: akougkas

akougkas

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents native access to academic papers, accurate BibTeX generation, and citation formatting via Google Scholar.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add citenexus --env SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY='<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>' --env OPENALEX_API_KEY='<OPENALEX_API_KEY>' --env SERPAPI_API_KEY='<SERPAPI_API_KEY>' --env SCOPUS_API_KEY='<SCOPUS_API_KEY>' --env SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN='<SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN>' --env WOS_API_KEY='<WOS_API_KEY>' -- uvx cite-nexus-mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.citenexus]
command = "uvx"
args = ["cite-nexus-mcp"]
env = { SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY = "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>", OPENALEX_API_KEY = "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>", SERPAPI_API_KEY = "<SERPAPI_API_KEY>", SCOPUS_API_KEY = "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>", SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN = "<SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN>", WOS_API_KEY = "<WOS_API_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add citenexus --env SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY='<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>' --env OPENALEX_API_KEY='<OPENALEX_API_KEY>' --env SERPAPI_API_KEY='<SERPAPI_API_KEY>' --env SCOPUS_API_KEY='<SCOPUS_API_KEY>' --env SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN='<SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN>' --env WOS_API_KEY='<WOS_API_KEY>' -- uvx cite-nexus-mcp

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citenexus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cite-nexus-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "SERPAPI_API_KEY": "<SERPAPI_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN": "<SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN>",
        "WOS_API_KEY": "<WOS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "citenexus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cite-nexus-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "SERPAPI_API_KEY": "<SERPAPI_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN": "<SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN>",
        "WOS_API_KEY": "<WOS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citenexus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cite-nexus-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "SERPAPI_API_KEY": "<SERPAPI_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN": "<SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN>",
        "WOS_API_KEY": "<WOS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citenexus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cite-nexus-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "SERPAPI_API_KEY": "<SERPAPI_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN": "<SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN>",
        "WOS_API_KEY": "<WOS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citenexus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cite-nexus-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "SERPAPI_API_KEY": "<SERPAPI_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN": "<SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN>",
        "WOS_API_KEY": "<WOS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY
OPENALEX_API_KEY
SERPAPI_API_KEY
SCOPUS_API_KEY
SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN
WOS_API_KEY

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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