Is io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp safe to use?

io.github.MCPServings/paper-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. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp?

io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

What can io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp do?

io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp provides 7 tools: search_openalex_institutions, get_paper_authors, get_papers_batch, recommend_papers_from_examples, Env and 2 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp?

io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp actively maintained?

io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 33 days ago. It has 1 GitHub stars.

io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp

Unified search over arXiv, Semantic Scholar & OpenAlex, plus arXiv full-text & citation graphs.

1 7 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 33d ago

Works with most clients

Transport:

7 tools · ~257 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp is an MCP server that unified search over arXiv, Semantic Scholar & OpenAlex, plus arXiv full-text & citation graphs. Its tool list has not been published yet, requires no API key, and scores 63/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

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

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-mcpservings-paper-mcp": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp does

Remotely-callable MCP server for academic paper search, full-text retrieval & image→LaTeX, served at https://latex-tools.online/mcp.

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Is io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp safe to use?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-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. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What can io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp do?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp provides 7 tools: search_openalex_institutions, get_paper_authors, get_papers_batch, recommend_papers_from_examples, Env and 2 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 33 days ago. It has 1 GitHub stars.

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Education

Step 1

Install in your client

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

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-mcpservings-paper-mcp": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp does

Remotely-callable MCP server for academic paper search, full-text retrieval & image→LaTeX, served at https://latex-tools.online/mcp.

Test This Server

No automated test available for this server. Check the GitHub README for setup instructions.

README

paper-mcp

Remotely-callable MCP server for academic paper search, full-text retrieval & image→LaTeX, served at https://latex-tools.online/mcp.

Three corpora behind one normalized interface:

arxiv (default) — search, metadata, and full-text (HTML / markdown / LaTeX source)
semanticscholar (alias s2) — the full S2 API surface: citation graph, authors, recommendations, full-text snippets, bulk datasets
openalex (alias oa) — 316M all-field works: citation graph, authors with h-index, institutions, topics, influence metrics

Plus a unified search_all that fuses all three corpora, image→LaTeX OCR, and LaTeX lint + PDF→text tooling.

Tools (41)

Generic / source-agnostic (8)

Tool	Purpose
`search_all(query, max_results=10, sources='arxiv,semanticscholar,openalex')`	Unified search. Fans out to all three corpora concurrently, de-duplicates the same work (by DOI/title) and re-ranks with Reciprocal Rank Fusion. Each hit carries `sources` (who found it) + an `ids` map for follow-up calls. Prefer this for broad lookups.
`search_papers(query, source='arxiv', max_results=10, sort_by='relevance')`	Single-corpus search. arXiv `query` accepts plain text or field syntax (`ti:` `au:` `cat:cs.CL` `abs:` + AND/OR).
`get_paper(paper_id, source='arxiv')`	One paper's full record. S2 id accepts S2 id / `DOI:` / `ARXIV:` / `CorpusId:`.
`search_by_author(author, source='arxiv')`	Papers by author, newest first.
`list_recent(category, source='arxiv')`	Latest in a category (arXiv code or S2 field of study).
`list_categories(source='arxiv')`	Common category codes.
`read_paper(paper_id, format='markdown')`	FULL text (arXiv). `markdown` = body with formulas as $LaTeX$ ; `html` = raw LaTeXML page; `latex` = original manuscript `.tex` source.
`list_paper_sources()`	Available corpora.

read_paper fetch chain: arxiv.org/html/{id} → ar5iv fallback (markdown/html), or arxiv.org/e-print/{id} tarball main .tex (latex). Formulas are recovered from the LaTeXML alttext invariant.

Medical / evidence-graded (1)

Tool Purpose

search_medical(query, study_types='rct,meta-analysis,systematic-review', year_from=0, max_results=10, fetch_fulltext=True) Clinical literature search. Queries PubMed, filters by research type via Publication-Type tags and re-ranks by the evidence pyramid (meta-analysis / systematic review > RCT > cohort > ...), so real trials surface above high-cited reviews/guidelines that pure-citation ranking floats up. Open-access full text is attached from Europe PMC by PMID. If the type filter yields nothing it auto-relaxes (flagged filter_relaxed). query is English keyword/boolean text — do NL/multilingual query understanding upstream. Backed by NCBI E-utilities + Europe PMC (both free, no key required).

Tool	Purpose
`search_medical(query, study_types='rct,meta-analysis,systematic-review', year_from=0, max_results=10, fetch_fulltext=True)`	Clinical literature search. Queries PubMed, filters by research type via Publication-Type tags and re-ranks by the evidence pyramid (meta-analysis / systematic review > RCT > cohort > ...), so real trials surface above high-cited reviews/guidelines that pure-citation ranking floats up. Open-access full text is attached from Europe PMC by PMID. If the type filter yields nothing it auto-relaxes (flagged `filter_relaxed`). `query` is English keyword/boolean text — do NL/multilingual query understanding upstream. Backed by NCBI E-utilities + Europe PMC (both free, no key required).

Image → LaTeX (3)

Turn a formula or table image back into LaTeX (e.g. a figure cropped from a paper) without needing your own vision model. Backed by the co-located recognize service (PaddleOCR-VL / DeepSeek-OCR / texify).

Tool	Purpose
`recognize_formula(image_url=... or image_base64=..., model='deepseek-ocr')`	Formula image → LaTeX. `image_url` is downloaded server-side (with SSRF guards). Returns `{latex, model, elapsed_ms}`.
`recognize_table(image_url=... or image_base64=..., model='deepseek-ocr')`	Table image → LaTeX `tabular`.
`list_ocr_models()`	Available OCR models (`deepseek-ocr`, `paddleocr-vl`, `texify`).

LaTeX tooling (3)

Companions to the LaTeX/PDF web tools at latex-tools.online — same backends, exposed over MCP.

Tool	Purpose
`lint_latex(code)`	Check a LaTeX snippet for errors and return an auto-fixed version. Returns `{errors, fixed_code, summary_en, summary_zh, elapsed_ms}`.
`extract_pdf(pdf_url=... or pdf_base64=..., formula=T

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

63/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−37

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

Inventory

Tools (7)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~257 tokens total

Community

Reviews

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Have you used this server?

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How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp safe to use?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-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. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What can io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp do?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp provides 7 tools: search_openalex_institutions, get_paper_authors, get_papers_batch, recommend_papers_from_examples, Env and 2 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.MCPServings/paper-mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 33 days ago. It has 1 GitHub stars.