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MCP, CLI, Skills for searching and downloading academic papers from multiple sources like arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, etc.

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Paper Search is an MCP server published by openags. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). The last change we recorded was on 2026-10-12. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12.

What it asks for

  • Runs on your machine
  • Tools: 57

Tools it declares: 57. As declared on: Docker MCP Catalog.

  • download_arxiv
  • download_base
  • download_biorxiv
  • download_citeseerx
  • download_crossref
  • download_dblp
  • download_doaj
  • download_hal
  • download_iacr
  • download_medrxiv
  • download_openaire
  • download_openalex
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  • download_pubmed
  • download_scihub
  • download_semantic
  • download_ssrn
  • download_with_fallback
  • download_zenodo
  • get_crossref_paper_by_doi
  • read_arxiv_paper
  • read_base_paper
  • read_biorxiv_paper
  • read_citeseerx_paper
  • read_crossref_paper
  • read_dblp_paper
  • read_doaj_paper
  • read_hal_paper
  • read_iacr_paper
  • read_medrxiv_paper
  • read_openaire_paper
  • read_openalex_paper
  • read_pubmed_paper
  • read_semantic_paper
  • read_ssrn_paper
  • read_zenodo_paper
  • search_arxiv
  • search_base
  • search_biorxiv
  • search_citeseerx
  • search_core
  • search_crossref
  • search_dblp
  • search_doaj
  • search_europepmc
  • search_google_scholar
  • search_hal
  • search_iacr
  • search_medrxiv
  • search_openaire
  • search_openalex
  • search_papers
  • search_pmc
  • search_pubmed
  • search_semantic
  • search_ssrn
  • search_unpaywall
  • search_zenodo

What it declares, asks for and runs, in full

Only install plugins from developers you trust. We list what marketplaces publish and do not test plugins.

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Commands and configs built only from what its marketplaces declare. We do not run them for you and do not test plugins.

As a local MCP server: Docker image

Built from what Docker MCP Catalog declares.

Claude CodeTerminal
claude mcp add --transport stdio paper-search -- docker run -i --rm mcp/paper-search
Codex~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.paper-search]
command = "docker"
args = ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/paper-search"]
Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-search": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/paper-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}
DockerTerminal
docker run -i --rm mcp/paper-search

We do not store launch arguments. If the server needs any, its own documentation names them.

Where it is published

MarketplaceStatusVersionFiguresVerifiedFirst seen
Docker MCP Catalog (Open on Docker Hub) Listed sha256:19d0af269a55 Forks (GitHub): 294
Pulls (Docker Hub): 45 045
Stars (Docker Hub): 5
Stars (GitHub): 2 789		 Not marked

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.

What changed

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