Search and download academic papers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar and more, with full-text extraction.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add paper-search -- uv run --directory /path/to/your/paper-search-mcp -m paper_search_mcp.server~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.paper-search]
command = "uv"
args = ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/your/paper-search-mcp", "-m", "paper_search_mcp.server"]
# codex mcp add paper-search -- uv run --directory /path/to/your/paper-search-mcp -m paper_search_mcp.server~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"paper-search": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
"--directory",
"/path/to/your/paper-search-mcp",
"-m",
"paper_search_mcp.server"
]
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"paper-search": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
"--directory",
"/path/to/your/paper-search-mcp",
"-m",
"paper_search_mcp.server"
]
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"paper-search": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
"--directory",
"/path/to/your/paper-search-mcp",
"-m",
"paper_search_mcp.server"
]
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"paper-search": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
"--directory",
"/path/to/your/paper-search-mcp",
"-m",
"paper_search_mcp.server"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"paper-search": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
"--directory",
"/path/to/your/paper-search-mcp",
"-m",
"paper_search_mcp.server"
]
}
}
}