Paper Finder MCP MCP server

Paper Finder is an official MCP server provided by OpenKrill that enables AI agents to search for research papers across Europe PMC and Crossref, query arXiv preprints, and retrieve paper details by DOI, PubMed ID, or arXiv ID. It provides abstracts and free full-text links when available, along with source metadata and read dates.

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by OpenKrill

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://papers.openkrill.app/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search for research papers by topic across Europe PMC and Crossref
Query arXiv preprints for recent academic publications
Lookup specific papers by DOI, PubMed ID, or arXiv ID
Retrieve paper abstracts and free full-text links

Tools advertised by the last live check:

search_papers
search_arxiv
get_paper
submit_feedback
get_feedback_reply
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Connect from your client

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 a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http paper-finder-mcp https://papers.openkrill.app/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 paper-finder-mcp --url https://papers.openkrill.app/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-finder-mcp": {
      "url": "https://papers.openkrill.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-finder-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://papers.openkrill.app/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "paper-finder-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://papers.openkrill.app/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 paper-finder-mcp https://papers.openkrill.app/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": {
    "paper-finder-mcp": {
      "url": "https://papers.openkrill.app/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": {
    "paper-finder-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://papers.openkrill.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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