| name | crossref-local |
| description | [WHAT] Offline, zero-API-key DOI lookup + full-text search over the CrossRef corpus.
[WHEN] Use when the user asks to "look up a DOI", "resolve DOI to BibTeX", "find a paper by DOI", "enrich BibTeX with missing fields".
[HOW] `import crossref_local` then call `habanero.Crossref()`.
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| tags | ["crossref-local"] |
| allowed-tools | mcp__scitex__crossref_* |
| primary_interface | python |
| interfaces | {"python":3,"cli":2,"mcp":2,"skills":2,"hook":0,"http":0} |
crossref-local
Interfaces: Python ⭐⭐⭐ (primary) · CLI ⭐⭐ · MCP ⭐⭐ · Skills ⭐⭐ · Hook — · HTTP —
Local mirror of the CrossRef database with FTS5 full-text search across
167M+ scholarly works — offline, millisecond queries, no rate limits. Also
exposes citation networks, per-topic caches, and an HTTP/MCP relay.
Installation & import
pip install crossref-local installs the standalone:
import crossref_local
This package does not ship as a submodule of the scitex umbrella.
Mandatory
Deep-dive
- 13_configuration.md — env vars, DB vs HTTP mode, relay server
- 14_search.md —
search(), count(), exists(), FTS5 syntax
- 15_retrieval.md —
get(), get_many(), enrich(), enrich_dois()
- 16_models.md —
Work, SearchResult dataclasses
- 05_citations.md —
get_citing(), get_cited(), CitationNetwork
- 17_checker.md —
check_citations(), check_bibtex(), check_doi_list()
- 07_cache.md — topic caches: create, query, stats, plots, export
- 08_export.md —
save() with json / bibtex / text formats
- 09_async.md —
aio.search(), aio.count_many()
Interfaces
- 10_cli.md —
crossref-local CLI (search, check, relay, mcp)
- 11_mcp.md — MCP server, tools reference, client config
- 06_http-api.md — FastAPI routes (works, citations, collections, compat)
Environment
