Paper Search

Item: Paper Search
Rating: 73
Author: M8ven

Search and download academic papers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, and IACR. Fetch PDFs and extract full text to accelerate literature reviews. Get consistent metadata for easier filtering, citation, and analysis.

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// key findings

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

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Open source with a license and README

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You'll be asked for 1 credential: SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

🔐 secretSEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY— "": "" // Optional: For enhanced Semantic Scholar features

configPAPER_SEARCH_MCP_TRANSPORT

configPORT

configPAPER_SEARCH_MCP_HOST

configHOST

configPAPER_SEARCH_MCP_PORT

configPAPER_SEARCH_DOWNLOAD_DIR

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: 671f5728b3d2f26881fc7ac89cb1c3547448ca64

code hash: cb55d85309b138c6bc0aea560906a1782117d9a41de10b3170a1f8edc26d2daf

verified: 7/9/2026, 10:22:22 AM

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