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Anna's Archive and OpenAlex MCP server

by SokolskyNikita · io.github.SokolskyNikita/annas-mcp

Find books, papers and dissertations with Anna's Archive and OpenAlex, then download or read them.

🛠 Developer Toolsnpmv0.8.0
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How to install Anna's Archive and OpenAlex

npm

claude mcp add annas-mcp -- npx -y [email protected]

Or add it to your MCP config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "annas-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Environment variables:
ANNAS_SECRET_KEY – Optional Anna's Archive secret key for books, archive searches and archive downloads.
OPENALEX_API_KEY – Optional OpenAlex API key for papers, dissertations, open PDFs and structured full text.
ANNAS_DOWNLOAD_PATH – Folder for downloaded files. Defaults to annas-archive in your home folder.
ANNAS_ACCOUNT_COOKIE – Optional aa_account_id2 cookie from a signed-in browser, for when signing in with the secret key fails.

Replace placeholders in <angle brackets> with your own values. Review what a server can access before you enable it.

Details

Version
0.8.0
Published
2026-11-04
Updated
2026-11-04
Namespace
io.github.SokolskyNikita
Source
SokolskyNikita/annas-mcp

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