Zenodo MCP server
online · 100% uptimeSearch and resolve Zenodo datasets, software, and publications by DOI; trace versions and funding.
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Zenodo tools
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How Zenodo compares
Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 83/100
- higher than 70% of 3,470 Web search servers
- Uptime
- 100%
- of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
- Response time
- 575 ms
- faster than 25% of 2,238 Web search servers
- GitHub stars
- 1
- more than 55% of 1,786 Web search servers
Release history: 5 versions in the registry since 2026-09-24, latest 2026-10-28, typically one every 9 days.
Install Zenodo in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add --transport http zenodo-mcp-server https://zenodo.caseyjhand.com/mcp
What the publisher says
From the Zenodo repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
@cyanheads/zenodo-mcp-server Search and resolve Zenodo datasets, software, and publications by DOI; trace versions and funding, list files, and preview text files via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 6 Tools
Overview
Datasets, software releases, and publications from Zenodo, CERN's open research repository, over its public REST API. Search deposits with filters for funder, grant, community, license, and file type; resolve any Zenodo DOI, concept DOI, or URL to its record; walk a deposit's versions; and list, open, and preview its files, including members of .zip archives. Runs as a stdio process or a local Streamable HTTP server.
Tools
Capability reference
zenodosearchrecords tool
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Zenodo: common questions
- Is Zenodo MCP server safe?
- Mostly: it is graded B (83/100). Read the Zenodo safety report
- How do I install Zenodo?
- It runs remotely at zenodo.caseyjhand.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
- Does Zenodo need an API key?
- Yes. The registry entry asks for
ZENODO_ACCESS_TOKEN. - Is Zenodo maintained?
- The last commit was 41 days ago (2026-09-24). The latest release is v0.2.0.
- Is Zenodo up?
- 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
- What can I use instead of Zenodo?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Bitbybit CAD MCP server, CLIO Web MCP server and Apple Contacts MCP server.
- How does Zenodo compare with other Web search MCP servers?
- safety score 83/100 (higher than 70% of 3,470 Web search servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%); response time 575 ms (faster than 25% of 2,238 Web search servers). Full comparison.
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