ResearchMCP - AI-Powered Research Paper Assistant

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that helps analyze academic papers by fetching research from OpenAlex.

Features

• Search Papers: Search for academic papers by topic/keywords
• Get Abstracts: Retrieve full abstracts for specific papers
• Powered by OpenAlex API (millions of papers, no API key needed!)

Tools

search_papers

Search for academic papers on OpenAlex.

Parameters:

• query (string, required): Research topic or keywords
• max_results (int, optional): Maximum papers to return (default: 5)
• year_from (int, optional): Only papers from this year onwards

get_paper_abstract

Get the full abstract for a specific paper.

Parameters:

• paper_id (string, required): OpenAlex paper ID from search results

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ResearchMCP.git
cd ResearchMCP

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Run the server
uv run src/server.py