🔍 Enable AI assistants to search and access medRxiv papers through a simple MCP interface.
🔍 Enable AI assistants to search and access medRxiv papers through a simple MCP interface. The mcp mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 10 defined tools rather than through you.
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.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
claude — The claude tool exposed by this serverCursor — Paste the following into Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP → Add new server: - Mac/Linux s npx -y @smithery/cli@latest runWindsurf — The Windsurf tool exposed by this serverCLine — The CLine tool exposed by this serversearch_medrxiv_key_words — The search_medrxiv_key_words tool exposed by this serversearch_medrxiv_advanced — The search_medrxiv_advanced tool exposed by this serverget_medrxiv_metadata — The get_medrxiv_metadata tool exposed by this serverdownload_paper — The download_paper tool exposed by this serverread_paper — The read_paper tool exposed by this serverlist_papers — The list_papers tool exposed by this serverAmong 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. MCP's toolset — claude, Cursor, Windsurf and 7 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by JackKuo666; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| claude | The claude tool exposed by this server. |
| Cursor | Paste the following into Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP → Add new server: - Mac/Linux s npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @JackKuo666/medrxiv-mcp-server --client cursor --config "{}" |
| Windsurf | The Windsurf tool exposed by this server. |
| CLine | The CLine tool exposed by this server. |
| search_medrxiv_key_words | The search_medrxiv_key_words tool exposed by this server. |
| search_medrxiv_advanced | The search_medrxiv_advanced tool exposed by this server. |
| get_medrxiv_metadata | The get_medrxiv_metadata tool exposed by this server. |
| download_paper | The download_paper tool exposed by this server. |
| read_paper | The read_paper tool exposed by this server. |
| list_papers | The list_papers tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"medrxiv": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "medrxiv-mcp-server"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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