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Trove MCP

A fail-closed MCP server for academic research that connects to OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, arXiv, PubMed, Unpaywall, and CORE. It allows agents to search papers, fetch metadata, read open full text, and build structured outputs while gracefully handling missing data or API limits.

Package and access

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Trove MCP logo, by LalwaniPalashCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by LalwaniPalash
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What you can do with it

  • Search for papers on specific topics like graph neural networks
  • Compare research papers on methods like DPO and RLHF
  • Trace the origin of specific techniques like LoRA
  • Find similar papers using semantic recommendations

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.1.11
mcp-registry: io.github.LalwaniPalash/trove-mcp@0.1.11Source repository
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Packages and installation

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trove-mcp 0.1.11

npm
trove-mcp package definition
{
  "version": "0.1.11",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "trove-mcp",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL",
      "description": "Contact email for polite OpenAlex usage"
    },
    {
      "name": "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL",
      "description": "Email required to enable Unpaywall open-access lookup"
    },
    {
      "name": "TROVE_DB_PATH",
      "description": "Path to the local SQLite cache and citation-snapshot database"
    },
    {
      "name": "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY",
      "description": "Needed for reliable find_similar_papers"
    },
    {
      "name": "CORE_API_KEY",
      "description": "Improves CORE full-text throughput"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trove-mcp-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "trove-mcp@0.1.11"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL": "<YOUR_TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL>",
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>",
        "TROVE_DB_PATH": "<YOUR_TROVE_DB_PATH>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trove-mcp-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "trove-mcp@0.1.11"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL": "<YOUR_TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL>",
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>",
        "TROVE_DB_PATH": "<YOUR_TROVE_DB_PATH>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "trove-mcp-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "trove-mcp@0.1.11"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL": "<YOUR_TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL>",
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>",
        "TROVE_DB_PATH": "<YOUR_TROVE_DB_PATH>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trove-mcp-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "trove-mcp@0.1.11"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL": "<YOUR_TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL>",
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>",
        "TROVE_DB_PATH": "<YOUR_TROVE_DB_PATH>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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