philosophy-mcp

Provides access to philosophy texts including scholarly papers from PhilPapers/PhilArchive and classic books from Project Gutenberg, SEP, and other open-access sources, all without requiring an API key.

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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

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// required environment variables

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

configOPENALEX_MAILTO— claude mcp add philosophy -e =you@example.com -- npx -y philosophy-mcp

configPHILOSOPHY_DOC_ROOTS— $HOME Extra roots the local_doc_ tools may read (delimiter-separated absolute paths).

configPHILPAPERS_DOWNLOAD_DIR— tmp>/philpapers-mcp Where fetch_pdf saves files.

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commit: 96a39290ac7095db0fe8895b08d3e288c088c73f

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verified: 6/16/2026, 1:31:41 PM

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