How do I install Dsh Lit Search?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Dsh Lit Search need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Dsh Lit Search use?

Dsh Lit Search runs locally over stdio.

Dsh Lit Search

Q: When was Dsh Lit Search last checked?

Last checked 2026-10-16. Literature search, GB/T 7714/APA citations and BibTeX via Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar.

by io.github.Flan246

Literature search, GB/T 7714/APA citations and BibTeX via Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar.

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Local command

npx -y [email protected]

Provider

Claude Code

claude mcp add io.github.flan246-dsh-lit-search -- npx -y [email protected]

Run in a terminal.

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.flan246-dsh-lit-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

Step-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

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dsh-lit-search-mcp

MCP server for academic literature search, citation formatting (GB/T 7714 / APA) and BibTeX generation — Crossref + OpenAlex + Semantic Scholar, merged and deduplicated, no API key needed.

Thin MCP wrapper over dsh-lit-search (also available as a DeepSeek Harness plugin, a CLI, and a SKILL.md).

Tools

Tool	What it does
`lit_search`	Keyword search merged across Crossref / OpenAlex / Semantic Scholar, deduplicated by DOI, with citation counts. Options: `limit`, `year_from`, `year_to`, `sort` (citations/date/relevance).
`lit_cite`	Format a citation for a DOI: `gbt7714` (default, Chinese standard), `gbt7714-numeric`, `apa`, `bibtex`.
`lit_bib`	Batch BibTeX entries for a list of DOIs (reports which DOIs failed).
`lit_related`	Related works for a DOI via OpenAlex.

Install

Claude Code:

claude mcp add lit-search -- npx -y dsh-lit-search-mcp

Any MCP host (Cursor, ChatGPT, ...):

{ "mcpServers": { "lit-search": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "dsh-lit-search-mcp"] } } }

Requires Node.js ≥ 20. Listed on the official MCP Registry as io.github.Flan246/dsh-lit-search.

License

MIT