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io.github.akkylab/litra-paper-search

NPM · LITRA-PAPER-SEARCH-MCP · SCANNED AUG 3

MCP server for Litra.ai – AI-powered academic paper search with relevance scoring and summarization

+44 this week 68 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (6 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score →

Supply Chain Security87
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.Partial
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
Schema Quality & AI Usability69
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 231 tokens (~77/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management27
  • Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.

npm · litra-paper-search-mcp

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add akkylab-litra-paper-search -- npx -y litra-paper-search-mcp
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add akkylab-litra-paper-search -- npx -y litra-paper-search-mcp
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "akkylab-litra-paper-search": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "litra-paper-search-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add akkylab-litra-paper-search --command npx --arg -y --arg litra-paper-search-mcp
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  akkylab-litra-paper-search:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "litra-paper-search-mcp"]
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "akkylab-litra-paper-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "litra-paper-search-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 3 Aug 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 2 Aug 26 +46
    • Provenance: unverified → fail security
    • Install scripts: unverified → pass security
    • Known CVEs: unverified → partial security
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass security
    • Tool coverage: 100 → unverified functional
    • Schema quality: unverified → good functional
    • Stability: unverified → 0.23 functional
    • MCP protocol: unverified → pass functional
    • Maintenance: unverified → pass functional
    • Dependency health: unverified → partial functional
    • License: unverified → pass functional
    • Licence: MIT functional
  • 1 Aug 26 −7
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 31 Jul 26 −18
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified security
  • 28 Jul 26 +22
    • Tool coverage: unverified → 100 functional
    • First check of Schema quality: unverified functional
    • First check of Schema quality: pass functional
    • First check of Schema quality: fail functional
    • First check of Tool coverage: 100 functional
  • 27 Jul 26 24

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 3 Aug 2026 · Analysed npm/[email protected]

Provenance none

Ecosystem: npm · Outcome: none

Dependencies 95 packages

95 packages in the resolved dependency tree · 95 deprecated · 29 stale.

The dependency tree was only partially resolved, so these counts may be incomplete.

MCP tools — 3 exposed · ~231 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability.

Tool Tokens
check_credits ~20

Check your Litra.ai credit balance and subscription plan.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

search_author ~50

Search academic papers by author name. Returns author profile and publications.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitintegerMaximum number of papers (1-50, default: 20)
namestringyesAuthor name

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

search_papers ~161

Search academic papers with AI-powered relevance scoring and summarization. Returns papers ranked by relevance with AI-generated summaries.

NameTypeReqDescription
max_resultsintegerMaximum number of papers (10-30, default: 30)
querystringyesNatural language search query
year_fromintegerMinimum publication year (inclusive). NOTE: Year filtering is currently experimental. The pilot search stage does not yet apply the year filter, so some papers outside the specified range may still a…
year_tointegerMaximum publication year (inclusive). NOTE: Year filtering is currently experimental. See year_from for details on the known limitation (Litra.ai issue #1068).

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.