MCP server

Zenodo

io.github.cyanheads/zenodo-mcp-server

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

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

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

6

Token cost

About 4,274 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http zenodo-mcp-server https://zenodo.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.zenodo-mcp-server]
url = "https://zenodo.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"zenodo-mcp-server":{"httpUrl":"https://zenodo.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"zenodo-mcp-server":{"url":"https://zenodo.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

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

Antigravity

agy mcp add zenodo-mcp-server https://zenodo.caseyjhand.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"zenodo-mcp-server","server_url":"https://zenodo.caseyjhand.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"zenodo-mcp-server","server_url":"https://zenodo.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}

Tools

• zenodo_get_record ~678 tokens
  Resolve one Zenodo deposit from a record id, a Zenodo DOI (10.5281/zenodo.N), a concept DOI or concept record id (resolves to the latest version), another DOI deposited on Zenodo, or a zenodo.org or doi.org URL, and return its full metadata: description, creators with ORCIDs and ROR affiliations, li
• zenodo_list_files ~429 tokens
  Page through a Zenodo deposit's file manifest (key, size, MIME type, MD5, download URL, previewability), optionally filtered by a substring of the file key, or list the members inside one of its .zip files by setting archive_key. Restricted and embargoed files return the access status and embargo da
• zenodo_list_versions ~409 tokens
  List every version of a Zenodo deposit's version series, newest first, with each version's record id, DOI, version label, publication date, file totals, and usage counts. Accepts any identifier zenodo_get_record accepts; a concept DOI and any single version's DOI list the same series. Use it to find
• zenodo_lookup_vocabulary ~522 tokens
  Resolve names to the ids zenodo_search_records filters on, and browse Zenodo's reference vocabularies: communities (slug), funders (ROR id), awards and grants (award id), licenses (license id), and resource types (type id). Search by name, acronym, or keyword; awards can be scoped to one funder. Eac
• zenodo_read_file ~529 tokens
  Read a bounded UTF-8 excerpt (up to 64 KiB per call) of one text file in a Zenodo deposit — a README, CITATION.cff, CSV head, notebook, or script — or of one member inside a .zip file, without downloading the archive. Continue a top-level file from next_offset. A file with a text MIME type or extens
• zenodo_search_records ~1707 tokens
  Search Zenodo's open research repository — datasets, software releases, publications, and other deposits — by keyword query plus filters for resource type, community, funder, grant, creator ORCID, file type, license, access status, and publication date. Returns one summary per deposit (ids, DOIs, ti

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