MCP server for research paper discovery, citation analysis, and trend detection across arXiv, PubMed, and Semantic Scholar
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<div align="center"> # research-papers-mcp **Research paper intelligence for LLMs** Search, analyze, and track 200M+ papers from arXiv, PubMed, and Semantic Scholar -- right from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client. [](https://pypi.org/project/research-papers-mcp/) [](https://pypi.org/project/research-papers-mcp/) [](LICENSE) [](https://github.com/barissozudogru/deep-research-digest/actions) **Live demo:** <https://huggingface.co/spaces/barissozudogru/research-papers-mcp> </div> --- - **Federated Search** -- Query arXiv, PubMed, and Semantic Scholar in a single call - **Self-Growing Corpus** -- Local SQLite cache grows with every search, enabling richer analysis over time - **Zero Config** -- No database servers, no API keys required, no background workers - **10 Research Tools** -- From paper discovery to real citation graphs to BibTeX export ## Quick Start ```bash pip install research-papers-mcp ``` Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.): ```json { "mcpServers": { "research-papers": { "command": "research-papers-mcp", "args": [] } } } ``` That's it. Start asking your AI about research papers. > [!TIP] > No API keys are required to get started. All three sources work without authentication. > A Semantic Scholar API key is optional and only needed for higher rate limits. ## See It in Action > **You**: Find recent papers on transformer efficiency and model compression > > **Claude** *(using `search_papers`)*: Found 34 papers across arXiv and Semantic Scholar. > 12 new papers cached. Here are the top results …
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