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Papers MCP

v1.0.0

io.github.lahutchins91/papers

Scholarly paper search with real citations for AI assistants, over MCP.

transport:streamable-http tools:4
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Target client

run in your project directory 

claude mcp add --transport http papers https://papers-mcp.vercel.app/mcp

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

search_papers Read-only

search papers

get_paper Read-only

get paper

find_related_papers Read-only

find related papers

format_citation

format citation

All 4 tools, one page each

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.