An unofficial MCP interface to interact with the PapersWithCode API
Connect MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. An unofficial MCP interface to interact with the PapersWithCode API. The mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.
This MCP server provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) client that interfaces with the PapersWithCode API.
The server ships on npm as @smithery/cli, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
search_papers — The search_papers tool exposed by this serverget_paper — The get_paper tool exposed by this serverread_paper_from_url — The read_paper_from_url tool exposed by this serverlist_paper_results — The list_paper_results tool exposed by this serverlist_paper_tasks — The list_paper_tasks tool exposed by this serverlist_paper_methods — The list_paper_methods tool exposed by this serverlist_paper_repositories — The list_paper_repositories tool exposed by this serverlist_paper_datasets — The list_paper_datasets tool exposed by this serversearch_research_areas — The search_research_areas tool exposed by this serverget_research_area — The get_research_area tool exposed by this serverlist_research_area_tasks — The list_research_area_tasks tool exposed by this serversearch_authors — The search_authors tool exposed by this serverPlenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. MCP's toolset — search_papers, get_paper, read_paper_from_url and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by hbg; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| search_papers | The search_papers tool exposed by this server. |
| get_paper | The get_paper tool exposed by this server. |
| read_paper_from_url | The read_paper_from_url tool exposed by this server. |
| list_paper_results | The list_paper_results tool exposed by this server. |
| list_paper_tasks | The list_paper_tasks tool exposed by this server. |
| list_paper_methods | The list_paper_methods tool exposed by this server. |
| list_paper_repositories | The list_paper_repositories tool exposed by this server. |
| list_paper_datasets | The list_paper_datasets tool exposed by this server. |
| search_research_areas | The search_research_areas tool exposed by this server. |
| get_research_area | The get_research_area tool exposed by this server. |
| list_research_area_tasks | The list_research_area_tasks tool exposed by this server. |
| search_authors | The search_authors tool exposed by this server. |
| get_paper_author | The get_paper_author tool exposed by this server. |
| list_papers_by_author_id | The list_papers_by_author_id tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"paperswithcode": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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