Does Altmetric have an MCP server?
Altmetric maintains an official MCP server.
Needs an Altmetric Details Page or Explorer API subscription.
- Access
- Remote server
- Endpoint
- https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp
- Package
- altmetric-mcp
- Repository
- altmetric/altmetric-mcp
- Maintainer
- Altmetric
- License
- MIT
- Language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 7
- Last commit
- yesterday
- Category
- Search & Data Extraction
MCP server for Altmetric APIs - retrieve citation metrics and research output data for AI agents
A remote server run by Altmetric itself — nothing to install. Documented at github.com.
Published on npm. The package page carries the exact launch arguments and required credentials.
MCP server for Altmetric APIs - retrieve citation metrics and research output data for AI agents
Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
Add it from the terminal, then restart your session:
claude mcp add --transport http altmetric https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcpAdd --scope user to make it available in every project.
- Open Settings → Connectors
- Click Add custom connector
- Paste
https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp - Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu
Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for
every project:
{
"mcpServers": {
"altmetric": {
"url": "https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp"
}
}
}A green dot in Settings → MCP means it connected.
Add to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"altmetric": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp"
}
}
}Then pick the server from the tools menu in Copilot's agent mode.
- Enable Developer mode under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
- Choose Create and paste
https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp - Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat
Does Altmetric have an official MCP server?
Yes. Altmetric maintains an official MCP server, hosted at https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp, distributed as altmetric-mcp on npm. The source lives at altmetric/altmetric-mcp on GitHub.
How do I connect Altmetric to Claude?
Add https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp as a custom connector under Settings → Connectors in Claude Desktop or claude.ai, or run "claude mcp add --transport http altmetric https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp" in Claude Code.
Do I need to install anything to use the Altmetric MCP server?
No. It is a remote server hosted by Altmetric, so your MCP client connects to it over HTTP. You authenticate with the vendor rather than installing a package.
How is this verdict verified?
Published to the MCP Registry under com.altmetric.mcp; the altmetric/altmetric-mcp repo in Altmetric's GitHub org documents the hosted endpoint mcp.altmetric.com/mcp (answers MCP initialize with an OAuth challenge) and the altmetric-mcp npm package. GitHub metadata is refreshed every six hours.
Published to the MCP Registry under com.altmetric.mcp; the altmetric/altmetric-mcp repo in Altmetric's GitHub org documents the hosted endpoint mcp.altmetric.com/mcp (answers MCP initialize with an OAuth challenge) and the altmetric-mcp npm package.
- github data refreshed 2026-09-29, then every 6 hours
- vendor docs verified on 2026-09-29
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