general MCP Server
MCP, CLI, Skills for searching and downloading academic papers from multiple sources like arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, etc.
Discovered via github-topic:mcp-server and last synced 1d ago.
1. Install the package
uvx paper-search-mcp
2. Add to claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"paper-search-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"paper-search-mcp"
]
}
}
}Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) / %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows)
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Google Scholar
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Required?
CORE
Semantic Scholar
DOAJ
Symptom
500 / timeout errors
🚧 skeleton — search registered, download/read raise `NotImplementedError`
Transient 403 responses
404 via web archive redirect
Search returns 0 results
HTTP 403
Skipped entirely
Env Var
🚧 skeleton — search registered, download/read raise `NotImplementedError`