Panda Research MCP

An academic research MCP server that allows AI agents to verify citations, detect fake or retracted papers, search OpenAlex and PubMed for real sources, and format references into various citation styles like APA 7 and MLA 9.

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Endpoint and access

API key: create a key with the vendor first; your client sends it as an authorization header on every request.

Community listingStreamable HTTPAPI keyEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Published by Panda Federation

You need:Authenticate with your Apify API token as a Bearer tokenCharges go to your Apify account

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://pandadad0214--panda-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Verify citations against real records in Crossref and OpenAlex
Detect fake, mismatched, or retracted academic papers
Search for real papers in OpenAlex and PubMed databases
Format references into APA, MLA, Chicago, or IEEE styles

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0

mcp-registry: io.github.pandadad0214/panda-research-mcp@1.0.0 Project website

Tools

Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.

No tool definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks: 1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency: 587 ms
95th percentile latency: 587 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

Nov 1, 2026, 8:36 AM UTC · probe · passed · 587 ms · metadata changed · refuses unauthenticated initialize (HTTP 401)

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Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http panda-research-mcp https://pandadad0214--panda-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add panda-research-mcp --url https://pandadad0214--panda-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable panda-research-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "panda-research-mcp": {
      "url": "https://pandadad0214--panda-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "panda-research-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://pandadad0214--panda-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start panda-research-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "panda-research-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pandadad0214--panda-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http panda-research-mcp https://pandadad0214--panda-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "panda-research-mcp": {
      "url": "https://pandadad0214--panda-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "panda-research-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://pandadad0214--panda-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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