paper-search-mcp-nodejs vs research-workspace
paper-search-mcp-nodejs is an MCP server published by Dianel555. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (npm registry (MCP servers)). research-workspace is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by WenyuChiou. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-12. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  paper-search-mcp-nodejs |  research-workspace |
|---|---|---|
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Listed Version: 0.3.3 Downloads/month (npm): 1 747 Downloads/week (npm): 214 Forks (GitHub): 25 Stars (GitHub): 191 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace wenyuchiou/ai-research-skills | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.5.28 Forks (GitHub): 15 Stars (GitHub): 67 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | paper-search-mcp-nodejs | research-workspace |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 191 (better) | 67 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 25 (better) | 15 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (paper-search-mcp-nodejs) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 12 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dianel555/paper-search-nodejs | github.com/wenyuchiou/research-hub |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 2026-11-10 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
paper-search-mcp-nodejs
A Node.js MCP server for searching and downloading academic papers from multiple sources, including arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, Web of Science, and more.
research-workspace
12 research-hub skills: a resumable human-in-the-loop workflow orchestrator plus literature search, comparison, orientation, context compression, design, verified multi-agent routing, NotebookLM verification, paper memory and summaries, Zotero curation, and gap-to-topic decisions.
How to run each
paper-search-mcp-nodejs
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
research-workspace As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add wenyuchiou/ai-research-skills
/plugin install research-workspace@ai-research-skillsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
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