Papers by Ouroboros Apps: research paper search with real citations from OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, Crossref, and arXiv, over MCP.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add --transport http papers-by-ouroboros-apps https://papers-mcp.vercel.app/mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.papers-by-ouroboros-apps]
url = "https://papers-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
# codex mcp add papers-by-ouroboros-apps --url https://papers-mcp.vercel.app/mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"papers-by-ouroboros-apps": {
"url": "https://papers-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"papers-by-ouroboros-apps": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://papers-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"papers-by-ouroboros-apps": {
"httpUrl": "https://papers-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector
{
"mcpServers": {
"papers-by-ouroboros-apps": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://papers-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"papers-by-ouroboros-apps": {
"url": "https://papers-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
}
}
}