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Crossref doi

An MCP tool from the Public Knowledge server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Resolve a DOI to its bibliographic record (Crossref): title, authors, journal/container, publisher, dates, volume/issue/pages, ISSN/ISBN, license, references count, times cited, abstract when available, and a formatted citation.

Name on the gateway: knowledge__crossref_doi · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
doi requiredstringThe DOI, e.g. "10.1038/nature12373" or a doi.org URL.

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "knowledge__crossref_doi",
  "arguments": {
    "doi": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the Public Knowledge server directly, which lists 47 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-knowledge https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/knowledge \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the crossref doi tool with doi set to ….

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