Paper Search MCP Server

What it does

Search and download academic papers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, and IACR. Fetch PDFs and extract full text to accele

How to install the Paper Search MCP Server

Install it with one Smithery CLI line and enter the settings below when asked.

Claude Desktop

npx -y @smithery/cli install adamamer20/paper-search-mcp-openai --client claude

Cursor

npx -y @smithery/cli install adamamer20/paper-search-mcp-openai --client cursor

Remote server address (Streamable HTTP)

https://paper-search-mcp-openai--adamamer20.run.tools

Keys and passwords go only to the provider and your own machine; ListeningMind never receives them.

25 tools

• search Deep Research compatible search tool aggregating across sources.
• fetch Fetch full document content for a search result.
• search_arxiv Search academic papers from arXiv. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learning'). maxresults: Maximum number of papers to return (default: 10).
• search_pubmed Search academic papers from PubMed. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learning'). maxresults: Maximum number of papers to return (default: 10).
• search_biorxiv Search academic papers from bioRxiv. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learning'). maxresults: Maximum number of papers to return (default: 10).
• search_medrxiv Search academic papers from medRxiv. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learning'). maxresults: Maximum number of papers to return (default: 10).
• search_google_scholar Search academic papers from Google Scholar. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learning'). maxresults: Maximum number of papers to return (default: 10).
• search_iacr Search academic papers from IACR ePrint Archive. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'cryptography', 'secret sharing').
• download_arxiv Download PDF of an arXiv paper. Args: paperid: arXiv paper ID (e.g., '2106.12345'). savepath: Directory to save the PDF (default: './downloads').
• download_pubmed Attempt to download PDF of a PubMed paper. Args: paperid: PubMed ID (PMID). savepath: Directory to save the PDF (default: './downloads').
• download_biorxiv Download PDF of a bioRxiv paper. Args: paperid: bioRxiv DOI. savepath: Directory to save the PDF (default: './downloads'). Returns: Path to the downloaded PDF file.
• download_medrxiv Download PDF of a medRxiv paper. Args: paperid: medRxiv DOI. savepath: Directory to save the PDF (default: './downloads'). Returns: Path to the downloaded PDF file.
• download_iacr Download PDF of an IACR ePrint paper. Args: paperid: IACR paper ID (e.g., '2009/101'). savepath: Directory to save the PDF (default: './downloads').
• read_arxiv_paper Read and extract text content from an arXiv paper PDF. Args: paperid: arXiv paper ID (e.g., '2106.12345').
• read_pubmed_paper Read and extract text content from a PubMed paper. Args: paperid: PubMed ID (PMID). savepath: Directory where the PDF would be saved (unused).
• read_biorxiv_paper Read and extract text content from a bioRxiv paper PDF. Args: paperid: bioRxiv DOI. savepath: Directory where the PDF is/will be saved (default: './downloads').
• read_medrxiv_paper Read and extract text content from a medRxiv paper PDF. Args: paperid: medRxiv DOI. savepath: Directory where the PDF is/will be saved (default: './downloads').
• read_iacr_paper Read and extract text content from an IACR ePrint paper PDF. Args: paperid: IACR paper ID (e.g., '2009/101').
• search_semantic Search academic papers from Semantic Scholar. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learning').
• download_semantic Download PDF of a Semantic Scholar paper. Args: paperid: Semantic Scholar paper ID, Paper identifier in one of the following formats: - Semantic Scholar ID (e.g., "649def34f8be52c8…
• read_semantic_paper Read and extract text content from a Semantic Scholar paper. Args: paperid: Semantic Scholar paper ID, Paper identifier in one of the following formats: - Semantic Scholar ID (e.g.…
• search_crossref Search academic papers from CrossRef database. CrossRef is a scholarly infrastructure organization that provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) for scholarly content and metadata.
• get_crossref_paper_by_doi Get a specific paper from CrossRef by its DOI. Args: doi: Digital Object Identifier (e.g., '10.1038/nature12373').
• download_crossref Attempt to download PDF of a CrossRef paper. Args: paperid: CrossRef DOI (e.g., '10.1038/nature12373'). savepath: Directory to save the PDF (default: './downloads').
• read_crossref_paper Attempt to read and extract text content from a CrossRef paper. Args: paperid: CrossRef DOI (e.g., '10.1038/nature12373').

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• Search demand (18%)54
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