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core.ac.uk
CORE is an Open University service that aggregates metadata and full text for open-access research papers from repositories, journals, and other providers. It provides searchable access to this corpus and related provider/journal/work metadata.
CORE exposes two HTTP APIs for research-paper access: a documented public CORE API v3 and a legacy CORE API v2 documented by an OpenAPI/Swagger spec; no GraphQL, MCP, or CLI surfaces were found.
discovered 1d ago
REST · OpenAPI2
- CORE API v3discovered
- CORE API v2discovered
Credentials
Go to the CORE API service page, use the Register for an API key form, and submit your email address. CORE says it will email you the key and instructions. The older API documentation page also points developers to register before testing live examples.
conventions · 0/8 published
- integrations.json✗
/.well-known/integrations.json - llms.txt✗
/llms.txt - API catalog✗
/.well-known/api-catalog - OpenAPI document✗
/api/schema/, /openapi.json, /swagger.json, /api/openapi.json, or /v1/openapi.json - MCP server card✗
/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json - OAuth protected resource✗
/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource - Agent card✗
/.well-known/agent-card.json - Agent skills✗
/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json
Publish these signals → /publishing