paper-mcp
Server Details
Search arXiv/Semantic Scholar/OpenAlex + medical evidence (PubMed/Europe PMC) + LaTeX/PDF tools.
- Status
- Unhealthy
- Last Tested
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP
- URL
- Repository
- MCPServings/paper-mcp
- GitHub Stars
- 1
- Server Listing
- paper-mcp
Tool Schema Changelog
Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections. Dates show when Glama detected each change.
4 tool updates
- Added
extract_pdf - Added
extract_pdf_result - Added
lint_latex - Added
search_medical
37 tool updates
- First observed
autocomplete_papers - First observed
get_author - First observed
get_author_papers - First observed
get_authors_batch - First observed
get_dataset_diffs - First observed
get_dataset_download_links - First observed
get_dataset_release - First observed
get_openalex_citations - First observed
get_openalex_references - First observed
get_openalex_trends - First observed
get_openalex_work - First observed
get_paper - First observed
get_paper_authors - First observed
get_paper_citations - First observed
get_paper_references - First observed
get_papers_batch - First observed
list_categories - First observed
list_dataset_releases - First observed
list_ocr_models - First observed
list_openalex_topics - First observed
list_paper_sources - First observed
list_recent - First observed
match_paper_title - First observed
read_paper - First observed
recognize_formula - First observed
recognize_table - First observed
recommend_papers_for_paper - First observed
recommend_papers_from_examples - First observed
search_all - First observed
search_authors - First observed
search_by_author - First observed
search_openalex_authors - First observed
search_openalex_institutions - First observed
search_openalex_works - First observed
search_papers - First observed
search_papers_bulk - First observed
search_snippets
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TDQS
Multiple tools overlap in functionality (e.g., forward citation search via get_paper_citations and get_openalex_citations; bibliography via get_paper_references and get_openalex_references). While descriptions clarify the source, an agent may mis-select without careful reading.
Most tools follow a verb_noun pattern (e.g., search_papers, get_author, lint_latex). Some inconsistency between 'list_' and 'get_' prefixes (list_categories vs get_paper), but overall naming is clear and predictable.
41 tools is high, covering many sub-domains (papers, authors, citations, OCR, datasets, medical search, etc.). While each tool appears justified, the count feels somewhat bloated for a single server, risking agent confusion.
The server offers a comprehensive set of operations for academic paper research: search, retrieval, full-text reading, citation/reference graphs, recommendation, author profiles, PDF extraction, formula/table recognition, and even medical evidence search. No critical gaps are apparent.