unpaywall
mcpkey · packageio.github.SMABoundless/unpaywall · v1.0.1
Open-access availability for 120M+ scholarly articles via the Unpaywall API
run it
on your own machines, one way per deploy methodgenerated from the record, not tested yet
#!/usr/bin/env bash # unpaywall (io.github.SMABoundless/unpaywall), recipe baremetal (generated). # Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent"; started by mcp-my-agent-unpaywall.service. set -euo pipefail export HOST=127.0.0.1 PORT=8101 exec uvx mcp-proxy --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8101 --pass-environment -- uvx unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1 [Unit] Description=MCP server unpaywall (toolset my-agent), generated by Hub After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target [Service] Type=simple User=mcp Group=mcp EnvironmentFile=/etc/mcp/my-agent.env Environment=HOME=/var/lib/mcp/unpaywall WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/mcp/unpaywall ExecStart=/opt/mcp/my-agent/bin/unpaywall.sh Restart=on-failure RestartSec=5 NoNewPrivileges=true ProtectSystem=strict ProtectHome=true PrivateTmp=true ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/mcp/unpaywall [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
generated from the record, not tested yet
docker run --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8101:8000 -e UNPAYWALL_EMAIL ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim sh -c 'uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1'
generated from the record, not tested yet
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-18T03:16:36+00:00).
# Each package server runs behind a stdio->HTTP bridge and listens on localhost only.
# cp .env.example .env # fill the ${VAR}s
# docker compose up -d && bash smoke.sh
# Remote servers are not here: clients reach them directly (see clients/).
name: mcp-my-agent
services:
unpaywall:
image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
command:
- sh
- -c
- uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1
ports:
- 127.0.0.1:8101:8000
volumes:
- uv-cache:/root/.cache/uv
healthcheck:
test:
- CMD
- python3
- -c
- import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8000/status')
interval: 30s
timeout: 5s
retries: 5
start_period: 2m
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
UNPAYWALL_EMAIL: ${UNPAYWALL_EMAIL}
volumes:
npm-cache: {}
uv-cache: {}
generated from the record, not tested yet
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-18T03:16:36+00:00).
# kubectl create namespace mcp
# kubectl -n mcp create secret generic mcp-credentials --from-env-file=.env
# kubectl apply -f kubernetes.yaml
# Services are cluster-internal: <name>.mcp.svc.cluster.local:8000/mcp. Put an ingress
# with auth in front before exposing any of them.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: mcp
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: unpaywall
namespace: mcp
labels: &id001
app: unpaywall
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels: *id001
template:
metadata:
labels: *id001
spec:
containers:
- name: unpaywall
image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
ports:
- containerPort: 8000
name: http
env:
- name: UNPAYWALL_EMAIL
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: UNPAYWALL_EMAIL
command:
- sh
- -c
- uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /status
port: http
initialDelaySeconds: 10
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: unpaywall
namespace: mcp
spec:
selector:
app: unpaywall
ports:
- port: 8000
targetPort: http
name: http
generated from the record, not tested yet
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-18T03:16:36+00:00).
# Credentials come from the Secret 'mcp-credentials' (kubectl create secret generic ... --from-env-file=.env).
# Each server under `servers` is one Deployment + Service; the keys after it configure
# upstream charts a worker verified.
servers:
unpaywall:
enabled: true
replicas: 1
port: 8000
path: /mcp
container:
name: unpaywall
image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
ports:
- containerPort: 8000
name: http
env:
- name: UNPAYWALL_EMAIL
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: UNPAYWALL_EMAIL
command:
- sh
- -c
- uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /status
port: http
initialDelaySeconds: 10
# helm install my-agent helm/my-agent -n mcp
in the cloud
one click: the provider's deploy form opens filled in, in your own account- koyeb
-
The form opens with CHANGE_ME for each value you supply: UNPAYWALL_EMAIL. Fill them in before you deploy.
Clients connect to the service's https://…koyeb.app address plus /mcp.
- azure
-
A Container Apps environment with one app per server, each with HTTPS ingress and one replica. The portal asks for each value you supply as a secure parameter; the deployment's outputs list the endpoints.
connect to it
copy what your client needsuvx unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1 # env: UNPAYWALL_EMAIL
{
"mcpServers": {
"unpaywall": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1"
],
"env": {
"UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "${UNPAYWALL_EMAIL}"
}
}
}
}
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Registers every server with Claude Code (run once; `claude mcp list` to check).
set -euo pipefail
set -a; [ -f .env ] && source .env; set +a
claude mcp add unpaywall -e "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=${UNPAYWALL_EMAIL}" -- uvx unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1
{
"mcpServers": {
"unpaywall": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1"
],
"env": {
"UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "${UNPAYWALL_EMAIL}"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"unpaywall": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unpaywall-mcp-server==1.0.1"
],
"env": {
"UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "${UNPAYWALL_EMAIL}"
}
}
}
}
name: my-agent target: local servers: - hub: io.github.SMABoundless/unpaywall
- not probed yet: tools unpinned, ingest lists them
tools
Not probed yetThe tools appear once the hub or its worker has listed this entry. Running it still works: your client lists them on first start.