All-in-MCP
# All-in-MCP
A FastMCP-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing academic paper search, web search, and PDF processing utilities. Features a modular architecture with both proxy and standalone server capabilities.
- [_All-in-MCP Introduction Slides_](docs/slide/intro.pdf)
- [**Introduction Video on Bilibili**](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ZcvNzSEX5/)
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<summary>APaper Module Introduction</summary>
- [**Paper Tools overview _Video_**](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1RMKWzdEk8)
- [_Overview PDF_](https://github.com/jiahaoxiang2000/tutor/blob/main/Apaper/setup.pdf)

</details>
## Architecture
All-in-MCP uses a modern **FastMCP architecture** with three main components:
1. **🔄 All-in-MCP Proxy Server**: Main server that routes requests to academic tools and web search
2. **📚 APaper Module**: Isolated academic research server with specialized paper search tools
3. **🔍 Qwen Search Module**: Web search server powered by Qwen/Dashscope API with SSE-based MCP
This design provides better modularity, performance, and scalability.
## Features
All servers expose search tools as FastMCP endpoints with automatic tool registration:
### Available Tools
| Category | Tool Name | Description | Backend |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| **Academic Research** | `apaper_search_iacr_papers` | Search academic papers from IACR ePrint Archive | APaper |
| | `apaper_download_iacr_paper` | Download PDF of an IACR ePrint paper | APaper |
| | `apaper_read_iacr_paper` | Read and extract text content from an IACR ePrint paper PDF | APaper |
| **Bibliography Search** | `apaper_search_dblp_papers` | Search DBLP computer science bibliography database | APaper |
| **Cross-platform Search** | `apaper_search_google_scholar_papers` | Search academic papers across disciplines with citation data | APaper |
| **Web Search** | `qwen_search_web_search` | Search the web using Qwen/Dashscope API | Qwen Search |
| **GitHub Repository** | `github-repo-mcp_getRepoAllDirectories` | Get all directories from a GitHub repository | GitHub-Repo-MCP |
| | `github-repo-mcp_getRepoDirectories` | Get directories from a specific path in GitHub repository | GitHub-Repo-MCP |
| | `github-repo-mcp_getRepoFile` | Get file content from GitHub repository | GitHub-Repo-MCP |
All tools are implemented using FastMCP decorators with automatic registration, built-in validation, and enhanced error handling.
## Quick Start
- [**Video for Env Setup**](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1cZKozaEjg) [**Video for Claude code**](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1s9KmzVEcE/)
- [_Overview PDF_](https://github.com/jiahaoxiang2000/tutor/blob/main/Apaper/config.pdf) [_PDF for Claude code_](https://github.com/jiahaoxiang2000/tutor/blob/main/Apaper/config-claude.pdf)
### Prerequisites
- Python 3.10 or higher
- `pipx` for Python package installation
- `npx` for MCP Inspector (Node.js required)
### Integration with MCP Clients
Add the servers to your MCP client configuration:
#### VSCode Configuration (.vscode/mcp.json)
```json .vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"all-in-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "pipx",
"args": ["run", "all-in-mcp"],
"env": {
"APAPER": "true",
"QWEN_SEARCH": "true",
"DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here",
"GITHUB_REPO_MCP": "true"
}
}
}
}
```
#### Claude Code Configuration (.mcp.json)
```json .mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"all-in-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "pipx",
"args": ["run", "all-in-mcp"],
"env": {
"APAPER": "true",
"QWEN_SEARCH": "true",
"DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here",
"GITHUB_REPO_MCP": "true"
}
}
}
}
```
### Server Options
The main proxy server supports multiple MCP backends through environment variables:
```bash
# Run with APaper academic tools enabled
APAPER=true pipx run all-in-mcp
# Run with Qwen Search web search enabled
QWEN_SEARCH=true DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here pipx run all-in-mcp
# Run with GitHub repository tools enabled
GITHUB_REPO_MCP=true pipx run all-in-mcp
# Run with all backends enabled
APAPER=true QWEN_SEARCH=true DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here GITHUB_REPO_MCP=true pipx run all-in-mcp
# Run standalone APaper server (academic tools only)
pipx run apaper
# Run standalone Qwen Search server (web search only)
DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here pipx run qwen-search
```
> **Note**: If you have the package installed globally, you can also run directly: `all-in-mcp` or `qwen-search`
## Debugging & Testing
### MCP Inspector
Use the official MCP Inspector to debug and test server functionality:
```bash
# Debug the main proxy server with APaper tools
APAPER=true npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector pipx run all-in-mcp
# Debug with all backends enabled
APAPER=true GITHUB_REPO_MCP=true npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector pipx run all-in-mcp
# Debug standalone APaper server
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector pipx run apaper
```
#### Local Development with uv
When developing locally, use `uv run` to debug specific MCP functions:
```bash
# Debug APaper server (academic tools)
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run apaper
# Debug all-in-mcp proxy with APaper enabled
APAPER=true npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run all-in-mcp
# Debug all-in-mcp proxy with GitHub repo tools enabled
GITHUB_REPO_MCP=true npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run all-in-mcp
# Debug all-in-mcp with all backends enabled
APAPER=true QWEN_SEARCH=true DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here GITHUB_REPO_MCP=true npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run all-in-mcp
# Debug Qwen Search server
DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run qwen-search
```
The MCP Inspector provides:
- 🔍 **Interactive Tool Testing**: Test all available tools with real parameters
- 📊 **Server Information**: View server capabilities and tool schemas
- 🐛 **Debug Messages**: Monitor server communication and error messages
- ⚡ **Real-time Testing**: Execute tools and see results immediately
Perfect for development, debugging, and understanding how the FastMCP tools work.
<details>
<summary>Development</summary>
For development setup and contribution guidelines, see the [Development Guide](docs/development.md).
### Quick Development Setup
```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/jiahaoxiang2000/all-in-mcp.git
cd all-in-mcp
# Install with development dependencies
uv sync --extra dev
# Run tests (now using unittest)
uv run python tests/test_fastmcp_server.py
uv run python tests/test_apaper_iacr.py
uv run python tests/test_apaper_pdf.py
uv run python tests/test_qwen_search.py
```
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TDQS
Scored across 7 tools
The tools are split into two distinct domains (academic papers and GitHub), but within the GitHub group, three tools lack descriptions and are ambiguously named (e.g., getRepoAllDirectories vs getRepoDirectories). The apaper tools are well-described and distinct.
Tool names follow two different conventions: snake_case with 'apaper_' prefix for academic tools, and camelCase with 'github-repo-mcp_' prefix for GitHub tools. This inconsistency makes it harder for an agent to predict naming patterns.
The total of 7 tools is reasonable, but the server tries to cover two unrelated domains with only a few tools each. The academic part (~4 tools) is appropriately scoped, while the GitHub part (3 tools) feels marginal for a repository toolset.
The academic paper tools cover search and download, which is decent. However, the GitHub tools only provide read operations (get directories and file) with no support for listing repositories, searching code, or any write actions, leaving significant gaps for typical repository interactions.