Endnote MCP

Connect your EndNote reference library to Claude AI. Search references, read PDFs, format citations, find related papers, and generate bibliographies - all directly in Claude Desktop conversations. Its 12 documented tools cluster into read & search, rebuild. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting this server to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-06-07 · ★ 40 · #271 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

AGPL-3.0 · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Endnote MCP

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add gokmengokhan-endnote-mcp -- uvx endnote-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gokmengokhan-endnote-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "endnote-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license AGPL-3.0 - declared in the repository

pypi package endnote-mcp - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.gokmengokhan is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Endnote MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can search by author, title, year, keywords, abstract (BM25 ranked, with DOI links), search inside PDF content - find concepts, quotes, methods, search by meaning using AI embeddings (requires endnote-mcp[semantic]), and format as APA 7th, Harvard, Vancouver, Chicago, or IEEE.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Endnote MCP lets an agent do.

read & search

11 tools - e.g. Search by author, title, year, keywords, abstract (BM25 ranked, with DOI links); Search inside PDF content - find concepts, quotes, methods; Combined metadata + PDF search in one call

search_references · search_fulltext · search_library · search_semantic · get_reference_details · get_citation…

Rebuild

1 tool - e.g. Re-index after updating your EndNote library

rebuild_index

Latest releases

v1.4.8 · 2026-06-07

Bug fix · Fixes the setup wizard (endnote-mcp setup) appearing to freeze at Step 2: PDF Attachments Directory - pressing <kbd>Enter</kbd> did nothing while typed characters kept echoing. · Root cause: it wasn't an…

v1.4.7 · 2026-05-25

Bug fix · Fixes UnicodeEncodeError: 'cp950' codec can't encode character '✓' (and similar errors on other locale-specific Windows code pages - cp932 for Japanese, cp949 for Korean, cp1252 for Western European) during…

v1.4.6 · 2026-05-25

Bug fix · Fixes a silent indexing failure on macOS where any PDF whose filename contained a non-ASCII character (ü, ö, ş, ç, ı, é, ñ, Ğ, İ, etc.) was reported as "not found" despite existing on disk. · Root cause…

04 · Who maintains Endnote MCP

endnote-mcp is maintained by gokmengokhan. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Feb 2026.

05 · Facts

repository
github.com/gokmengokhan/endnote-mcp
category
other - ranked #271 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence
1 release in the last 90 days (latest 2026-06-07)
registry
io.github.gokmengokhan/endnote-mcp (active, first published 2026-02-12 · 3 versions)
packages
pypi:endnote-mcp

06 · Endnote MCP FAQ

Is Endnote MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-06-07 and it shipped 1 release in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Endnote MCP do?

With this server connected, an agent can search by author, title, year, keywords, abstract (BM25 ranked, with DOI links), search inside PDF content - find concepts, quotes, methods, search by meaning using AI embeddings (requires endnote-mcp[semantic]), and format as APA 7th, Harvard, Vancouver, Chicago, or IEEE.

How do I install Endnote MCP?

Run `uvx endnote-mcp`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Endnote MCP run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

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