Does Altmetric have an MCP server?

Yes Official

Altmetric maintains an official MCP server.

Needs an Altmetric Details Page or Explorer API subscription.

Checked by hand against the vendor's docs on 2026-09-29

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: today
Category: Search & Data Extraction

What it does

MCP server for Altmetric APIs - retrieve citation metrics and research output data for AI agents

How altmetric/altmetric-mcp describes itself

The receipts

Hosted by the vendor https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp

A remote server run by Altmetric itself — nothing to install. Documented at github.com.

Official package altmetric-mcp

Published on npm. The package page carries the exact launch arguments and required credentials.

Official repository altmetric/altmetric-mcp

MCP server for Altmetric APIs - retrieve citation metrics and research output data for AI agents

7 stars last push 2026-10-14 MIT Active

Connect it

Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.

Add it from the terminal, then restart your session:

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http altmetric https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp

Add --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:

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "altmetric": {
      "url": "https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

A green dot in Settings → MCP means it connected.

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

.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

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Questions

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.

How we know

GitHub data refreshed on 2026-10-14, and again every six hours.
Vendor docs checked by hand on 2026-09-29.

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