literature-review-toolkit vs Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP
literature-review-toolkit is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑01.
literature-review-toolkit is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Jack L. Gallant. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP is an MCP server published by helena-bioinformatics. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-03. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP | |
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| Community marketplace gallantlab/literature-review-toolkit | Removed on 2026-11-01 Version: 2.4.10 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 21 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | literature-review-toolkitno longer listed · | Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 21 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (api.helena.bio/noodle/v1/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/gallantlab/literature-review-toolkit | github.com/helena-bioinformatics/noodle-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 4 days ago |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of literature-review-toolkit
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Academic research MCP server for paper search, citation checks, graphs, and deep research.
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Academic literature search, citation management, PDF retrieval, identifier conversion, and BibTeX export
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semantic-scholar-mcp io.github.mrfentmen/semantic-scholar-mcp
Search academic papers and read citations from Semantic Scholar. No key required.
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literature-review
Literature search, systematic reviews, citation management and reference managers.
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Academic Research Intelligence MCP
Academic paper search, scientific literature, citation analysis, arXiv & semantic related-work.
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Build systematic literature databases using OpenAlex API. Phased workflow for search, screening, snowballing, annotation, and synthesis with structured user interaction.
What each says it does
literature-review-toolkit
Drive an LLM agent through a structured academic literature review — search, verify, canonicalize references, count citations, cross-reference, and assemble an annotated bibliography.
Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP
Search biomedical papers, inspect publication records, and traverse citation or semantic graphs.
How to run each
literature-review-toolkit
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http noodle https://api.helena.bio/noodle/v1/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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.
What it can do: literature-review-toolkit · What it can do: Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP · Compare two other plugins
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