Cursor Academic Research Search search_arxiv
How to: Cursor Academic Research Search search_arxiv
Add Academic Research Search to Cursor
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Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"research": {
"url": "https://research.memoryapi.org/mcp"
}
}
}-
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Save the file and restart Cursor.
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Ask for something search_arxiv does. Cursor lists the server's tools on connect and calls search_arxiv itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Academic Research Search's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.
Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs
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