EndNoteSAFE
Connect your EndNote reference library to Claude AI — search, cite, and read PDFs directly in conversations
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
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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.
What It Does
Once set up, you can ask Claude things like:
- "Search my library for social capital and Bourdieu"
- "Find papers about how organisations deal with uncertainty" (semantic search)
- "Find references related to paper #3844"
- "Give me the APA citation for reference #1234"
- "Generate a bibliography for references 12, 45, 78, 102"
- "Export references 12, 45, 78 as BibTeX"
- "Read pages 5-7 from that Smith et al. paper"
Claude searches your local library — nothing is uploaded to the cloud beyond the normal conversation.
How It Works
EndNote Library → XML Export → endnote-mcp index → SQLite Database (FTS5 + Embeddings) ↕ Claude Desktop ← MCP Server (12 tools)
Your references and PDF text are indexed into a local SQLite database with full-text search. Optionally, AI embeddings enable semantic search — finding papers by meaning, not just keywords. When semantic dependencies are installed, new references are automatically embedded during indexing. Claude connects through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Requirements
- EndNote 20+ (any editi
38b1623f8df0OBSERVED · 2026-10-08Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add endnote-mcp -- None endnote-mcp==1.4.12
Exposed tools (12)
12 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
find_related | read | Find references related to a given reference. |
get_bibliography | read | Generate a formatted bibliography for multiple references. |
get_bibtex | read | Export references as BibTeX entries for use in LaTeX. |
get_citation | read | Format a reference as a citation in a specific style. |
get_reference_details | read | Get full metadata for a reference by its record number. |
list_references_by_topic | read | List references matching a broad topic or theme. |
read_pdf_section | read | Read specific pages from a reference |
rebuild_index | read | Re-index your EndNote library after adding new references. |
search_fulltext | read | Search inside the PDF content of your references. |
search_library | read | Search your entire library — metadata, PDF content, and semantic similarity — in one call. |
search_references | read | Search your EndNote library by title, author, keywords, or abstract. |
search_semantic | read | Search your library by meaning, not just keywords. |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- declared (1 observation(s))
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (1)
.mcpbignore
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
38b1623f8df0full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/gokmengokhan__endnote.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 38b1623f8df0 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the EndNote MCP server?
Connect your EndNote reference library to Claude AI — search, cite, and read PDFs directly in conversations
What tools does EndNote expose?
12 in total: 12 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is EndNote safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does EndNote need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does EndNote run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on PyPI as endnote-mcp.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (38b1623f8df0), read on 2026-10-08. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.