MCP Server for IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive - enables AI assistants to search and retrieve cryptographic research papers
Connect Eprint to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP Server for IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive - enables AI assistants to search and retrieve cryptographic research papers. The eprint mcp server is what makes that connection.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to the IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive, enabling AI assistants to search and retrieve cryptographic research papers.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
search_papers — Search for papersget_paper — Get paper detailsget_recent_papers — Get recent papersdownload_paper — Get download infoget_paper_url — Get paper URLsInstallation — The Installation tool exposed by this serverPrerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverSetup — The Setup tool exposed by this servereprint-mcp-server on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Configuration is passed through the environment: DEBUG, MAX_RESULTS. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Eprint's toolset — search_papers, get_paper, get_recent_papers and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by heewon-chung; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| search_papers | Search for papers |
| get_paper | Get paper details |
| get_recent_papers | Get recent papers |
| download_paper | Get download info |
| get_paper_url | Get paper URLs |
| Installation | The Installation tool exposed by this server. |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Setup | The Setup tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"eprint": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["./dist/index.js"],
"env": {
"DEBUG": "0",
"MAX_RESULTS": "50"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| DEBUG | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MAX_RESULTS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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Your workspace, on speaking terms with AI — search, read and write Notion pages and databases.
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Chat with your second brain — search, read and write vault notes through the Local REST API.