Find Research Papers MCP Server

🌐 Live Documentation & Web Portal: https://papers.builditwithai.xyz. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with arxiv, crossref and openalex and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-31 · ★ 5 · #30 OF 71 MAINTAINED SCIENCE & HEALTH · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Find Research Papers

before you install - you'll need

Set DO_NOT_TRACK, MCP_TELEMETRY_OPT_OUT before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add surendranb-find-research-papers-mcp -- npx -y find-research-papers-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "surendranb-find-research-papers-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "find-research-papers-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

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02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

repo age created 2026-08-07 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package find-research-papers-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.surendranb is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Find Research Papers can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.4.5 · 2026-08-31

Changes in v0.4.5 · Top-Level Package Imports: Moved requests and papers_mcp.sources imports to module top level in papers_mcp/server.py to guarantee dependency and submodule integrity at startup, resolving deferred…

v0.4.4 · 2026-08-26

Quirk-absorption for source names and id_types (SUR-286, GH-18) · Normalizes incoming sources case and punctuation (arXiv -> arxiv, PubMed -> pubmed, Semantic Scholar / semantic-scholar -> semanticscholar). · Accepts…

v0.4.3 · 2026-08-22

Add 10s per-source timeout, concurrent search fan-out, and enhanced intent docstring

04 · Who maintains Find Research Papers

Find Research Papers is maintained by surendranb. We track 2 MCP servers from surendranb - 2 actively maintained, 247 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from May 2025. Full record: all servers from surendranb.

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05 · Facts

repository: github.com/surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp
category: science & health - ranked #30 of 71 actively-maintained science & health servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 9 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-31)
registry: io.github.surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp (active, first published 2026-08-08)
packages: npm:find-research-papers-mcp

06 · Find Research Papers FAQ

What is Find Research Papers?

🌐 Live Documentation & Web Portal: https://papers.builditwithai.xyz. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

Is Find Research Papers still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-08-31 and it shipped 9 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Find Research Papers?

Run `npx -y find-research-papers-mcp`. The README documents 2 environment variables (DO_NOT_TRACK, MCP_TELEMETRY_OPT_OUT) to set first. Set DO_NOT_TRACK, MCP_TELEMETRY_OPT_OUT before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Find Research Papers run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Find Research Papers

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