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AI-Powered Academic Research

Let AI assistants search, analyze, and explore academic papers from arXiv autonomously. Research Papers MCP bridges the gap between AI agents and academic research, enabling intelligent literature reviews, trend analysis, and paper discovery—all through natural language commands.

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Powerful Academic Research Integration

Everything you need to integrate arXiv research workflows with AI assistants and automation tools.

Autonomous Research

AI agents can independently search papers, analyze literature, and iterate on research questions without human intervention.

Complete Workflow

From paper discovery to bibliography export—manage the entire academic research lifecycle through AI commands.

Lightning Fast Search

Advanced field-specific queries with real-time arXiv access deliver blazing fast paper discovery for rapid research cycles.

AI Analysis

Generate literature reviews, identify research gaps, and analyze trends with comprehensive AI-powered insights.

Citation Networks

Extract citations, track paper versions, and discover related research with automated paper relationship mapping.

Multi-Client Support

Works with Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and any MCP-compatible client for maximum flexibility.

Getting Started

No installation required - just configure your MCP client

Configuration Example
Add to your MCP client configuration
JSON claude_desktop_config.json
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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ResearchPapersMCP": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "research-papers-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}
Global NPM Installation
bash 
npm install -g research-papers-mcp
JSON 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ResearchPapersMCP": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["research-papers-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
Development Setup
bash 
git clone https://github.com/Saidiibrahim/search_papers
cd search_papers && npm install
JSON 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ResearchPapersMCP": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/search_papers/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Usage Examples

See Research Papers MCP in action

AI Assistant Integration
Natural language commands through your AI assistant
You:
"Find recent papers on transformer architectures and create a literature review"
AI Assistant:
I'll search for recent transformer papers and create a comprehensive literature review...
✓ Found 23 recent papers on transformers
✓ Analyzed key contributions and trends
✓ Generated structured literature review
✓ Exported citations in BibTeX format
Complete Research Workflow
From research question to analysis in minutes
You:
"Research quantum machine learning and identify research gaps"
AI Assistant:
I'll conduct a comprehensive research analysis on quantum machine learning...
✓ Searched quantum ML papers (2020-2024)
✓ Analyzed 45 papers across 3 categories
✓ Identified 8 key research gaps
✓ Generated trend analysis report
✓ Suggested future research directions
Result:
Your quantum ML research analysis is complete! I've identified promising areas in hybrid quantum-classical algorithms and quantum advantage in specific ML tasks.

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Contributing Guide

Learn how to set up your development environment and contribute to the project

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