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github.com/SaidiibrahimSearch0Updated 56w ago
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About search-papers

search-papers is an MCP server for agents to search and analyze arXiv papers, suited to research and academic workflows. Alongside multi-field search, it supports version tracking, citation extraction, related-paper discovery, and bibliography export.

Key features

  1. 01Search by fields, date range, and sort order
  2. 02Find papers by author or category
  3. 03Retrieve paper details and versions
  4. 04Extract citations and find related papers
  5. 05Export BibTeX or JSON
  6. 06Prompts for reviews and trend analysis

Use cases

  1. 01Find papers by topic and publication date
  2. 02Track paper versions and extract citations
  3. 03Compile a literature review on a research topic
  4. 04Compare papers and analyze research trends

MCP support

The MCP server provides clients with arXiv search, paper analysis, and bibliography export tools, plus category and trending resources and prompts for tasks such as literature reviews.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "saidiibrahim-search-papers": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search-papers"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Run commandnpx -y search-papers

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
npmsearch-papers0.1.1

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

Agents 🤝 arXiv Papers

Install MCP Server

Empower your agents to search, analyse, and explore academic papers from arXiv autonomouly.

Table of Contents

To Do

  • Publish to the MCP registry
  • Try Cloudflare's experimental Code Mode

Key Features

  • Advanced multi-field search with date ranges and sorting options
  • Author-specific searches with affiliation tracking
  • Category browsing for all ArXiv subject areas
  • Version tracking to see how papers evolved
  • Citation extraction from abstracts and metadata
  • Related paper discovery based on content similarity
  • Bibliography export in BibTeX and JSON formats

Getting Started

Cursor

Install MCP Server

{
  "search-papers": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://search-papers.com/sse"]
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport sse cloudflare-docs -s project https://search-papers.com/sse

{
  "search-papers": {
    "type": "sse",
    "url": "https://search-papers.com/sse"
  }
}
Codex
[mcp_servers.search-papers]
command = "npx"
args = ["https://search-papers.com/sse"]

Architecture

Search Papers MCP Features

Search & Discovery Tools:

  • advanced_search - Multi-field search with date ranges and sorting
  • search_by_author - Find all papers by specific authors
  • search_by_category - Browse papers in ArXiv categories
  • search_by_date_range - Find papers within time periods

Paper Analysis Tools:

  • get_paper_by_id - Retrieve complete paper information
  • get_paper_versions - Track all versions of a paper
  • get_citations - Extract ArXiv citations from papers
  • get_related_papers - Discover similar papers

Export & Bibliography:

  • export_bibliography - Export in BibTeX or JSON format

AI-Powered Prompts:

  • literature_review - Generate comprehensive literature reviews
  • research_gaps - Identify research gaps and opportunities
  • paper_comparison - Compare multiple papers
  • trend_analysis - Analyze research trends over time

Resources:

  • categories://list - Browse all ArXiv categories
  • trending://{category}/{days} - Get trending papers

Usage Examples

Advanced Searches
"Find papers on transformer architectures by Vaswani published after 2023"
"Search for quantum computing papers in the last month"
"Show me all papers by Geoffrey Hinton with their affiliations"
Paper Analysis
"Get all versions of paper 2401.12345 and show how it evolved"
"Extract citations from paper 2401.12345"
"Find papers related to arXiv:2301.00001"
Research Insights
"Generate a literature review on vision transformers focusing on architecture innovations"
"Identify research gaps in federated learning over the last 2 years"
"Compare papers 2401.12345, 2401.67890, and 2401.11111 on methodology"
"Analyze trends in large language models research over 5 years"
Export & Resources
"Export these 5 papers in BibTeX format for my thesis"
"Show trending AI papers from the last week"
"List all computer science categories in ArXiv"

Additional Resources

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License

Acknowledgments

Built with ❤️ by Ibrahim Saidi and AI agents.

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