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Paperclip

by matsjfunke

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.

Quick Start

Setup the paperclip MCP server in your host via the server url https://paperclip.matsjfunke.com/mcp no authentication is needed.

Example JSON for cursor:

{ "mcpServers": { "paperclip": { "url": "https://paperclip.matsjfunke.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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security - not tested
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license - permissive license
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quality - not tested

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

The paperclip server enables searching and retrieving research papers from various sources

  1. Table of Contents
    1. Usage Examples
      1. Supported Paper providers
        1. Preprint Providers to be added
          1. Contributing

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