Find Research Papers MCP Server

🌐 Live Documentation & Web Portal: https://papers.builditwithai.xyz. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting science & health tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-22 · ★ 5 · #29 OF 60 MAINTAINED SCIENCE & HEALTH · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Find Research Papers

before you install - you'll need

Set DO_NOT_TRACK, MCP_TELEMETRY_OPT_OUT before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add surendranb-find-research-papers-mcp -- npx -y find-research-papers-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "surendranb-find-research-papers-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "find-research-papers-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

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Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

repo age created 2026-08-07 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package find-research-papers-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.surendranb is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Find Research Papers can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.4.3 · 2026-08-22

Add 10s per-source timeout, concurrent search fan-out, and enhanced intent docstring

v0.4.2 · 2026-08-15

Telemetry Schema v2 & gateway update

v0.4.1 · 2026-08-10

Same as v0.4.0 (which did not reach PyPI due to a CI test race): workflow prompts, guidance as resources, clearer relayable error briefs, live per-source search progress, in-conversation Semantic Scholar key setup on…

04 · Who maintains Find Research Papers

Find Research Papers is maintained by surendranb. We track 2 MCP servers from surendranb - 2 actively maintained, 240 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from May 2025. Full record: all servers from surendranb.

google-analytics-mcp GA4 MCP server for AI agents: schema discovery, server-side aggregation, analysis-ready defaults. ★ 235

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp
category: science & health - ranked #29 of 60 actively-maintained science & health servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 7 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-22)
registry: io.github.surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp (active, first published 2026-08-08)
packages: npm:find-research-papers-mcp

06 · Find Research Papers FAQ

What is Find Research Papers?

🌐 Live Documentation & Web Portal: https://papers.builditwithai.xyz. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

Is Find Research Papers still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-22 and it shipped 7 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Find Research Papers?

Run `npx -y find-research-papers-mcp`. The README documents 2 environment variables (DO_NOT_TRACK, MCP_TELEMETRY_OPT_OUT) to set first. Set DO_NOT_TRACK, MCP_TELEMETRY_OPT_OUT before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Find Research Papers run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

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