Retrieve full text of bioRxiv, medRxiv & arXiv preprints as structured sections — to ground LLM/agent scientific reasoning, deep research, and RAG. CLI + Python + MCP.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add preprint-fulltext --env OPENALEX_API_KEY='<OPENALEX_API_KEY>' -- uvx preprint-fulltext~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.preprint-fulltext]
command = "uvx"
args = ["preprint-fulltext"]
env = { OPENALEX_API_KEY = "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add preprint-fulltext --env OPENALEX_API_KEY='<OPENALEX_API_KEY>' -- uvx preprint-fulltext~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"preprint-fulltext": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"preprint-fulltext"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"preprint-fulltext": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"preprint-fulltext"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"preprint-fulltext": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"preprint-fulltext"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"preprint-fulltext": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"preprint-fulltext"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"preprint-fulltext": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"preprint-fulltext"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
OPENALEX_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.