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IEEE Xplore MCP Server

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IEEE Xplore MCP Server

MCP server that wraps the IEEE Xplore API, letting you search and retrieve academic papers from Claude Code.

Setup

  1. Get a free API key at https://developer.ieee.org

  2. Install and build:

npm install
npm run build
  1. Add to ~/.claude.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ieee-xplore": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/home/danieltyukov/workspace/personal/ieee-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "IEEE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Related MCP server: Scholar MCP

Environment Variables

Variable

Required

Description

IEEE_API_KEY

Yes

API key from developer.ieee.org

IEEE_AUTH_TOKEN

No

Auth token for paywalled full-text access

Tools

Tool

Description

search_papers

Full-text search with Boolean operators and filters (author, year, content type, etc.)

get_paper_details

Get verbose metadata for a paper by article number or DOI

get_paper_citations

Get citation counts (papers + patents) for a paper

get_full_text

Retrieve full text (Open Access or with auth token)

search_by_author

Search papers by author name

search_by_publication

Search papers within a journal or conference

Rate Limits

The free IEEE API tier allows ~200 calls/day with up to 200 results per call.

Install Server
A
license - permissive license
A
quality
C
maintenance

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