methods-mcp

A lightweight, on-demand Model Context Protocol server that provides eight tools to extract structured methods, metadata, and reproducibility heuristics from academic paper URLs. It enables AI agents to quickly analyze papers for steps, reagents, equipment, and associated code repositories without executing heavy pipelines.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by FlynnLachendro

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What you can do with it

Extract structured methods steps, reagents, and equipment from academic papers
Assess reproducibility of associated code repositories
Retrieve canonical metadata and summaries for academic papers

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.1.7

mcp-registry: io.github.FlynnLachendro/methods-mcp@0.1.7 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Nov 1, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC

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methods-mcp 0.1.7

pypiuvx

methods-mcp package definition

{
  "version": "0.1.7",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "methods-mcp",
  "runtimeHint": "uvx",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Required for LLM-driven extraction tools (extract_methods, summarize_paper, methods_repro_review)."
    },
    {
      "name": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "description": "Optional. Raises the GitHub REST API rate limit used by reproducibility assessment."
    },
    {
      "name": "METHODS_MCP_MODEL",
      "description": "Override the default Claude model (default: claude-sonnet-4-6)."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "methods-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "methods-mcp==0.1.7"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<YOUR_METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "methods-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "methods-mcp==0.1.7"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<YOUR_METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "methods-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "methods-mcp==0.1.7"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<YOUR_METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "methods-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "methods-mcp==0.1.7"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<YOUR_METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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