About MCP Research Server
MCP Research Server is a FastMCP server for finding and extracting research papers from arXiv. It is aimed at research workflows that need paper search and extraction through MCP.
Key features
- 01Search arXiv papers
- 02Extract research papers
Use cases
- 01Find papers on a research topic
- 02Extract papers for further analysis
MCP support
It runs as an MCP server and exposes arXiv search and paper extraction to MCP clients.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEMCP Research Server
A FastMCP server for searching and extracting research papers from arXiv.
Local Development
This project uses uv for dependency management:
uv run research_server.py
Deployment on Render.io
Render.io doesn't support uv natively, so this project includes:
requirements.txt: Generated from pyproject.toml usinguv pip compilerender.yaml: Render deployment configurationruntime.txt: Specifies Python version for Render
To deploy:
- Push your code to GitHub
- Create a new Web Service on Render
- Connect your GitHub repository
- The service will automatically:
- Use Python 3.11.11
- Install dependencies from requirements.txt
- Start the server on port provided by Render
When you update pyproject.toml dependencies, remember to regenerate requirements.txt:
uv pip compile pyproject.toml --no-emit-find-links > requirements.txt
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