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Environment variable OPENALEX_API_KEY

No value of this variable is held in this registry. The registry knows only the name the source states.

Entries naming OPENALEX_API_KEY as an ordinary environment variable

Entries naming OPENALEX_API_KEY as an ordinary environment variable
CiteGuardio.github.lonexreb/retractguard
Literature Review Councilio.github.Ravicha2/lit-review-council
MCP server in namespace io.githubio.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server
MCP server in namespace io.githubio.github.genecell/preprint-fulltext

Entries naming OPENALEX_API_KEY as a secret required variable

No entry.

What the sources write about this name

What the sources write about this name
CiteGuardOpenAlex API key (required for live OpenAlex lookups and watch_institution).
Literature Review CouncilOpenAlex API key for academic search
MCP server in namespace io.githubOpenAlex account API key, sent as api_key= - optional (free from https://openalex.org/settings/api). Without it, anonymous rate limits apply.
MCP server in namespace io.githubOpenAlex API key (only needed for OpenAlex discover/search; required by OpenAlex since 2026-02-13).

Taken verbatim from the source, one line per entry. The text is a vendor's own statement and is neither checked nor shortened.

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Version of the extraction rule: 1.1. The names are formed by splitting the stored raw declaration at the separator this registry set when reading it in. Counted across the 24,717 published entries.

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