Paper Search MCP

io.github.openags/paper-search-mcp · v0.1.4

Search 20+ scholarly sources (arXiv, PubMed, OpenAlex, CORE) for non-patent prior art.

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Runs as

uvx · pypi · paper-search-mcp@0.1.4

Repository

openags/paper-search-mcp

Website

github.com

What it needs from you

PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEYOptionalSecret
Optional free Semantic Scholar API key (semanticscholar.org/product/api). Improves rate limits; not required.
PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_CORE_API_KEYOptionalSecret
Optional free CORE API key (core.ac.uk/services/api) to enable and raise limits on CORE full-text search.
PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_UNPAYWALL_EMAILOptional
Optional contact email that enables Unpaywall open-access lookups (any valid address; register at unpaywall.org).

Manual config

Add this to your MCP client's config (e.g. an mcp.json or the client's mcpServers block), filling in any placeholders.

mcpServers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-search-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-search-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_CORE_API_KEY": "<PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_CORE_API_KEY>",
        "PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}