Altmetric MCP: see where research is being discussed

Track the online attention published research gets across news, policy, social media and more, using Altmetric's own MCP server for its APIs. Ask Claude where a paper is being discussed, or check a set of papers from Cursor. ContextGate connects it to those apps and ChatGPT, and each lookup is kept in Activity.

  • Ready to connect
  • Free

Bring Altmetric data into your AI app

  1. 1Click Connect Altmetric free and sign in with your Altmetric account.
  2. 2The full Altmetric tool list appears after connecting, all switched on. Keep the attention lookups your research needs and switch off the rest.
  3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
  4. 4Ask your AI app where a recent paper from your group has been mentioned in the news, then open Activity to see the Altmetric call.

Research attention questions

  • See where a piece of research is mentioned across news, policy and social media.
  • Compare the online attention different papers have received.
  • Pull Altmetric attention data into a report or grant write-up you're drafting.

Keeping Altmetric calls accountable

  • Switch off any Altmetric tool you don't use; it's hidden from your AI app and refused if called.
  • Activity records each lookup, so you can see what research your team's AI apps checked.
  • Policies check every call, for example to block a secret that slipped into a prompt.

What you get with Altmetric and ContextGate

  • Your AI apps can use AltmetricClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach Altmetric through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
  • You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any Altmetric tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
  • Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

Altmetric tools

Altmetric's own MCP server shows its tools once you sign in. When you connect it, they are listed and synced in your workspace.