arxiv-search-mcp

An MCP server for searching arXiv.

Installation

Install the package directly with PyPI.

pip install arxiv-search-mcp

Once installed in your agent's environment, you can load it with the settings in sample_settings.json.

Related MCP server: Research Paper Agent

Usage

Once installed, you can run the server module directly.

python -m arxiv_search_mcp

To run the server using the MCP inspector, execute the following command.

uv run mcp dev arxiv_search_mcp/mcp_server.py

To include the server in your agent config, ensure it's installed in the agent's virtualenv and then add this to your config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arxiv": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "arxiv_mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

The following tools are available:

search_papers

Search for papers on arXiv.

Parameters:

• query (str): The search query.

• max_results (int, optional): The maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 10.

get_paper

Get detailed information about a specific paper.

Parameters:

• paper_id (str): The ID of the paper to retrieve.