io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp

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MCP server for academic papers, citations, authors, ECOS dossiers, and Federal Register text.

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Last commit 9d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-chaser": {
      "env": {
        "PAPER_CHASER_ENABLE_CORE": "false",
        "PAPER_CHASER_ENABLE_ARXIV": "true",
        "PAPER_CHASER_TOOL_PROFILE": "guided",
        "PAPER_CHASER_HIDE_DISABLED_TOOLS": "true",
        "PAPER_CHASER_ENABLE_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR": "true"
      },
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "paper_chaser_mcp"
      ],
      "command": "python"
    }
  }
}

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MCP server for academic papers, citations, authors, ECOS dossiers, and Federal Register text.

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CVE-2025-58444medium · fixedCVSS 4

MCP Inspector is Vulnerable to Potential Command Execution via XSS When Connecting to an Untrusted MCP Server

An XSS flaw exists in the MCP Inspector local development tool when it renders a redirect URL returned by a remote MCP server. If the Inspector connects to an untrusted server, a crafted redirect can inject script into the Inspector context and, via the built-in proxy, be leveraged to trigger arbitrary command execution on the developer machine. Version 0.16.6 hardens URL handling/validation and prevents script execution. > Thank you to the following researchers for their reports and contributi

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 0.16.6source →

CVE-2025-49596medium · fixedCVSS 4

MCP Inspector proxy server lacks authentication between the Inspector client and proxy

Versions of MCP Inspector below 0.14.1 are vulnerable to remote code execution due to lack of authentication between the Inspector client and proxy, allowing unauthenticated requests to launch MCP commands over stdio. Users should immediately upgrade to version 0.14.1 or later to address these vulnerabilities. Credit: Rémy Marot <bughunters@tenable.com>

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 0.14.1source →

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Is io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp safe to use?: io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp?: io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp?: io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 9 days ago.

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{ "mcpServers": { "paper-chaser": { "env": { "PAPER_CHASER_ENABLE_CORE": "false", "PAPER_CHASER_ENABLE_ARXIV": "true", "PAPER_CHASER_TOOL_PROFILE": "guided", "PAPER_CHASER_HIDE_DISABLED_TOOLS": "true", "PAPER_CHASER_ENABLE_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR": "true" }, "args": [ "-m", "paper_chaser_mcp" ], "command": "python" } } }

Paper Chaser MCP

Release status: The repository, CLI, Docker image metadata, and public MCP identity are now aligned on paper-chaser-mcp. GHCR images and GitHub Release assets are the primary public distribution channels; PyPI remains intentionally gated until account recovery and trusted-publisher setup are complete.

An MCP server for academic research — search papers, chase citations, look up authors, repair broken references, explore species dossiers, and retrieve regulatory text, all from one FastMCP server that AI assistants can call directly.

What can it do?

Paper Chaser MCP is now guided-first: the default public surface is designed to be hard to misuse and explicit about trust.

Default research entrypoint: research handles discovery, known-item recovery, citation repair, and regulatory routing in one trust-graded path, with a server-owned quality-first policy for guided use.

Grounded follow-up: follow_up_research answers against one saved searchSessionId; if you omit it, the server only infers a session when the choice is unique. Saved-session follow-up can classify mixed source sets into on-topic evidence, weaker context, and off-target leads when the stored metadata is already sufficient.

Decision metadata: guided responses surface executionProvenance, and ambiguous follow-up or source-inspection flows return structured sessionResolution / sourceResolution payloads instead of opaque errors.

Reference-first recovery: resolve_reference handles DOI/arXiv/URL, citation fragments, and regulatory-style references, and exact DOI/arXiv/ paper-URL inputs resolve as exact anchors rather than falling through to fuzzy repair. Ambiguous title-only or conflicting metadata matches can now return multiple_candidates or needs_disambiguation; treat those as candidate anchors, not citation-ready resolutions.

Compact top-level answer: guided research leads with a short recommendation-first summary, while keeping the structured evidence, leads, and provenance fields available below it.

Source auditability: inspect_source exposes one sourceId with provenance, trust state, weak-match rationale, and quality-aware direct-read next steps; omitted searchSessionId is only accepted when one compatible saved session exists.

Runtime truth: get_runtime_status surfaces active profile/transport and provider-state warnings wi

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp safe to use?

io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp?

io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp?

io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is io.github.joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp actively maintained?