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Find Research Papers
io.github.surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp
Search open-source research papers across arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed, Semantic Scholar.
Yes, if you run it on your computer.This is a local server: your AI app launches it on your machine (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code). Browser-only apps like ChatGPT on the web can't run it.
Connect it
{
"mcpServers": {
"find-research-papers-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"find-research-papers-mcp@0.1.0"
],
"env": {
"FIND_RESEARCH_PAPERS_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "<value>"
}
}
}
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