Paper Lantern MCP MCP server

Paper Lantern provides research intelligence for AI coding agents, offering access to over 2 million computer science papers with evidence and tradeoffs. This MCP server allows developers to integrate this knowledge base directly into their coding workflows.

Endpoint and access

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

API keyEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Paper Lantern

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.paperlantern.ai/chat/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search CS papers for AI coding agents
Retrieve evidence and tradeoffs for technical decisions
Integrate research into Claude Code or Cursor

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-lantern-mcp https://mcp.paperlantern.ai/chat/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-lantern-mcp --url https://mcp.paperlantern.ai/chat/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-lantern-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.paperlantern.ai/chat/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-lantern-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.paperlantern.ai/chat/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "paper-lantern-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.paperlantern.ai/chat/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-lantern-mcp https://mcp.paperlantern.ai/chat/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-lantern-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.paperlantern.ai/chat/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-lantern-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.paperlantern.ai/chat/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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