# ai4scholar-mcp

> A MCP server for searching and downloading academic papers from multiple sources.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/ai4scholar-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.4.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:ai4scholar-mcp

### Description (declared)

# AI4Scholar MCP

**English** | [中文](README_CN.md)

An MCP server for academic paper search, download, and analysis. Connects LLM clients (Claude Desktop, etc.) to arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, bioRxiv, and medRxiv — with citation tracking, author lookup, and paper recommendations.

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## Tools (28)

> For detailed parameters and usage examples, see [Tools Reference](docs/TOOLS.md).

| Platform | Tools | Capabilities |
|----------|-------|-------------|
| **arXiv** | `search_arxiv`, `download_arxiv`, `read_arxiv_paper` | Search, download PDF, extract text |
| **PubMed** | `search_pubmed`, `get_pubmed_paper_detail`, `get_pubmed_citations`, `get_pubmed_related` | Search, paper detail, citations, related papers |
| **Semantic Scholar** | `search_semantic`, `download_semantic`, `read_semantic_paper`, `get_semantic_citations`, `get_semantic_references`, `search_semantic_authors`, `get_semantic_author_papers`, `get_semantic_recommendations`, `get_semantic_recommendations_for_paper`, `search_semantic_snippets` | Search, download PDF, extract text, citation graph, author search, recommendations, full-text snippet search |
| **Google Scholar** | `search_google_scholar` | Search with year filtering |
| **bioRxiv** | `search_biorxiv`, `download_biorxiv`, `read_biorxiv_paper` | Search, download PDF, extract text |
| **medRxiv** | `search_medrxiv`, `download_medrxiv`, `read_medrxiv_paper` | Search, download PDF, extract text |
| **General** | `download_pdf_by_doi` | Download PDF by DOI (supports campus network institutional access) |
| **Auto-Cite** | `auto_cite` | Automatically annotate academic text with citations and references |
| **Nano Draw** | `nano_generate`, `nano_edit` | AI scientific figure generation, editing, style transfer, multi-image composition |

> **Note:** PDF download tools (`download_*`, `download_pdf_by_doi`) are only available…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- research.academic (1, derived)
- dev.docs-lookup (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/ai4scholar-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T08:21:31.993Z)

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