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fulltext article downloader for VS Code

io.github.computron/fulltext-article-downloader

Full text of research papers by DOI, arXiv, PMC or OpenReview id, verified against the record

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install fulltext article downloader in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unpaywall-email",
      "description": "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "fulltext-output-dir",
      "description": "FULLTEXT_OUTPUT_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wiley-api-key",
      "description": "WILEY_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "elsevier-api-key",
      "description": "ELSEVIER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "springer-api-key",
      "description": "SPRINGER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "semantic-scholar-api-key",
      "description": "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "fulltext-article-downloader": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fulltext-article-downloader"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "${input:unpaywall-email}",
        "FULLTEXT_OUTPUT_DIR": "${input:fulltext-output-dir}",
        "WILEY_API_KEY": "${input:wiley-api-key}",
        "ELSEVIER_API_KEY": "${input:elsevier-api-key}",
        "SPRINGER_API_KEY": "${input:springer-api-key}",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "${input:semantic-scholar-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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