Dsh Lit Search
Literature search, GB/T 7714/APA citations and BibTeX via Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar.
Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.
What it does
- Reads
- Writes
- High impact
At most: only reads or looks up information.
What it costs
FreeOdel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.
Runs locally over stdio
This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).
Run
npx -y dsh-lit-search-mcp
MCP client config
{
"mcpServers": {
"dsh-lit-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"dsh-lit-search-mcp"
]
}
}
}dsh-lit-search-mcp
MCP server for academic literature search, citation formatting (GB/T 7714 / APA) and BibTeX generation — Crossref + OpenAlex + Semantic Scholar, merged and deduplicated, no API key needed.
Thin MCP wrapper over dsh-lit-search (also available as a DeepSeek Harness plugin, a CLI, and a SKILL.md).
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
lit_search | Keyword search merged across Crossref / OpenAlex / Semantic Scholar, deduplicated by DOI, with citation counts. Options: limit, year_from, year_to, sort (citations/date/relevance). |
lit_cite | Format a citation for a DOI: gbt7714 (default, Chinese standard), gbt7714-numeric, apa, bibtex. |
lit_bib | Batch BibTeX entries for a list of DOIs (reports which DOIs failed). |
lit_related | Related works for a DOI via OpenAlex. |
Install
Claude Code:
claude mcp add lit-search -- npx -y dsh-lit-search-mcp
Any MCP host (Cursor, ChatGPT, ...):
{ "mcpServers": { "lit-search": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "dsh-lit-search-mcp"] } } }
Requires Node.js ≥ 20. Listed on the official MCP Registry as io.github.Flan246/dsh-lit-search.
License
MIT
