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Paperclip

· github.com/matsjfunke/paperclip

Paperclip — search, read, and analyze 8M+ biomedical papers from the command line

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About Paperclip

Paperclip is an MCP server in the Documentation category: paperclip — search, read, and analyze 8M+ biomedical papers from the command line.

Install

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claude mcp add paperclip -- npx -y paperclip-mcp
npx
npx -y paperclip-mcp

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README

Paperclip MCP Server

📎 Paperclip is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables searching and retrieving research papers from Arxiv, the Open Science Framework (OSF) API, and OpenAlex.

Tests Health Check License

Important the server is no longer hosted on paperclip.matsjfunke.com/mcp you need to host it yourself! For that you can fork this repo and use the deploy.yml Github Action to host on a simple VPS (my simple VPS setup guide)

Quick Start

Setup the paperclip MCP server in your host via the server url no authentication is needed.

Example JSON for cursor:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperclip": {
      "url": "https://<your-server-domain.com>/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Table of Contents

Usage Examples

Here are examples of Paperclip integrated with popular MCP clients:

Cursor IDE:

Paperclip integration with Cursor

Langdock:

Paperclip integration with Langdock

Supported Paper providers

Preprint Providers to be added

List of preprint repositorys

Contributing

Interested in contributing to Paperclip? Check out our Contributing Guide for development setup instructions, testing procedures, and more!

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Questions

About Paperclip

How do I install Paperclip?

Run claude mcp add paperclip -- npx -y paperclip-mcp, then add the server to your MCP client's configuration.

Is Paperclip safe to use with an AI agent?

Its trust score is 52 out of 100 (fair). It passes 1 of the 1 static security checks run so far. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.

Is Paperclip still maintained?

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