Paper Search MCP

A Python-based Model Context Protocol server that enables agents to search for and download academic papers from various platforms including arXiv, PubMed, and bioRxiv. It provides tools for searching papers, downloading PDFs, and extracting text, supporting stdio, SSE, and HTTP transports with optional OAuth authorization.

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What its tools do

57 tools, grouped by the hints the source reports. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

Not annotated (57)

0 of 57 have a description · 0 of 57 declare behavior hints

Checks and signals

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Popularity 2,979 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

Search for academic papers across multiple sources
Download PDFs of academic papers
Extract text from academic papers

Source and maintenance

Community listingMIT

docker-mcp: paper-search Source repository Project website

Last repository push: Oct 2, 2026, 6:16 AM UTC
Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 5:48 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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mcp/paper-search@sha256:19d0af269a5531403fbb042aad8277d1a9ec2315c972769c7ca8efb3a76eca34

oci

mcp/paper-search@sha256:19d0af269a5531403fbb042aad8277d1a9ec2315c972769c7ca8efb3a76eca34 package definition

{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "mcp/paper-search@sha256:19d0af269a5531403fbb042aad8277d1a9ec2315c972769c7ca8efb3a76eca34",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry-1.docker.io"
}

Tools

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download_arxiv

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download_arxiv input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_base

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download_base input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_biorxiv

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download_biorxiv input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_citeseerx

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download_citeseerx input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_crossref

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download_crossref input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_dblp

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download_dblp input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_doaj

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download_doaj input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_hal

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download_hal input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_iacr

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download_iacr input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_medrxiv

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download_medrxiv input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_openaire

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download_openaire input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_openalex

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download_openalex input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_pubmed

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download_pubmed input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_scihub

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download_scihub input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_semantic

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download_semantic input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_ssrn

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download_ssrn input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_with_fallback

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download_with_fallback input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

download_zenodo

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download_zenodo input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

get_crossref_paper_by_doi

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get_crossref_paper_by_doi input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_arxiv_paper

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read_arxiv_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_base_paper

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read_base_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_biorxiv_paper

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read_biorxiv_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_citeseerx_paper

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read_citeseerx_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_crossref_paper

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read_crossref_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_dblp_paper

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read_dblp_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_doaj_paper

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read_doaj_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_hal_paper

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read_hal_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_iacr_paper

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read_iacr_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_medrxiv_paper

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read_medrxiv_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_openaire_paper

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read_openaire_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_openalex_paper

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read_openalex_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_pubmed_paper

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read_pubmed_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_semantic_paper

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read_semantic_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_ssrn_paper

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read_ssrn_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

read_zenodo_paper

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read_zenodo_paper input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_arxiv

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search_arxiv input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_base

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search_base input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_biorxiv

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search_biorxiv input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_citeseerx

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search_citeseerx input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_core

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search_core input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_crossref

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search_crossref input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_dblp

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search_dblp input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_doaj

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search_doaj input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_europepmc

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search_europepmc input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_google_scholar

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search_google_scholar input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_hal

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search_hal input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_iacr

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search_iacr input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_medrxiv

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search_medrxiv input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_openaire

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search_openaire input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_openalex

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search_openalex input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_papers

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search_papers input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_pmc

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search_pmc input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_pubmed

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search_pubmed input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_semantic

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search_semantic input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_ssrn

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search_ssrn input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_unpaywall

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search_unpaywall input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

search_zenodo

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search_zenodo input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

Maintenance history

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Nov 2, 2026, 5:48 PM UTC · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
Nov 2, 2026, 5:48 PM UTC · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

Connect from your client

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-search-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/paper-search@sha256:19d0af269a5531403fbb042aad8277d1a9ec2315c972769c7ca8efb3a76eca34"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-search-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/paper-search@sha256:19d0af269a5531403fbb042aad8277d1a9ec2315c972769c7ca8efb3a76eca34"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "paper-search-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/paper-search@sha256:19d0af269a5531403fbb042aad8277d1a9ec2315c972769c7ca8efb3a76eca34"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-search-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/paper-search@sha256:19d0af269a5531403fbb042aad8277d1a9ec2315c972769c7ca8efb3a76eca34"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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