# mcp-oignon

> A lightweight, hand-crafted MCP server for exploring related literature and research

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-oignon/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/hballington12/mcp-oignon
- repository: https://github.com/hballington12/mcp-oignon
- version: 0.1.3
- protocols: mcp
- tags: academic, citations, knowledge, mcp, oignon, openalex, papers, reference, related-papers, research, scholar
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-oignon

### Description (declared)

# mcp-oignon

A lightweight MCP server for exploring academic literature and building citation networks using OpenAlex.

Install with `pip install mcp-oignon` or `uv pip install mcp-oignon`

Add to your MCP client config.

For Claude Desktop, ChatGPT Desktop, Gemini CLI (JSON):
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oignon": {
      "command": "mcp-oignon"
    }
  }
}
```

For Codex CLI (TOML):
```toml
[mcp_servers.oignon]
command = "mcp-oignon"
```

Config file locations:
- Claude Desktop (macOS): `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
- Claude Desktop (Windows): `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
- Claude Desktop (Linux): `~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
- ChatGPT Desktop (macOS): `~/Library/Application Support/com.openai.chat/mcp.json`
- ChatGPT Desktop (Windows): `%APPDATA%\com.openai.chat\mcp.json`
- Gemini CLI: `~/.gemini/settings.json`
- Codex CLI: `~/.codex/config.toml`

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- research.academic (1, declared)
- dev.docs-lookup (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-oignon/ (first seen 2026-09-10T02:24:23.905Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-oignon/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-oignon · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-oignon