io.github.arxivsub/arxivsub-mcp
NPM · ARXIVSUB-MCP · SCANNED AUG 3
Search arXiv and major AI/ML/CV/NLP/robotics conference papers and their related work.
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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
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 24 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability63
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1180 tokens (~236/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- 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
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 · arxivsub-mcp
claude mcp add arxivsub-arxivsub-mcp -- npx -y arxivsub-mcp
codex mcp add arxivsub-arxivsub-mcp -- npx -y arxivsub-mcp
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"arxivsub-arxivsub-mcp": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"npx",
"-y",
"arxivsub-mcp"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add arxivsub-arxivsub-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg arxivsub-mcp
mcp_servers:
arxivsub-arxivsub-mcp:
command: "npx"
args: ["-y", "arxivsub-mcp"] {
"mcpServers": {
"arxivsub-arxivsub-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"arxivsub-mcp"
]
}
}
} 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 +10
- Install scripts: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Provenance: fail → unverified ▼ security
- Known CVEs: unverified → partial ▲ security
- Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet. security
- Capabilities: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Maintenance: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- License: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.23 ▲ functional
- Dependency health: unverified → partial ▲ functional
- Licence: MIT functional
- 1 Aug 26 −10
- Known CVEs: partial → unverified ▼ security
- Dependency health: partial → unverified ▼ functional
- 31 Jul 26 +33
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 30 Jul 26 −43
- Known CVEs: partial → unverified ▼ security
- Dependency health: partial → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- 29 Jul 26 +51
- Provenance: unverified → fail ▼ security
- Known CVEs: unverified → partial ▲ security
- Install scripts: unverified → pass ▲ security
- License: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
- Schema quality: unverified → excellent ▲ functional
- Maintenance: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- Licence: MIT functional
- 28 Jul 26 −18
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- Dependency health: unverified → partial ▲ functional
- First check of Schema quality: unverified functional
- 27 Jul 26 43
First indexed and scored.
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.
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.
find_similar_papers ~205
Given ONE paper you already have (from a prior search result), return the most similar papers from the same corpus — semantic nearest neighbours, each with the full summary and code link. Use for 'more like this', 'related work', 'what else is in this line of work', or to expand a literature review. You can chain it: search -> pick a seed -> find_similar_papers -> repeat on a strong neighbour.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| item_id | string | yes | The seed paper's arXivSub id (uuid) from a prior search result. Never invent one. |
| item_type | string | yes | The seed paper's type, from its search 'source': 'arxiv' -> 'paper', 'conferences' -> 'ciiina'. |
| language | string | — | Summary language, 'en' or 'zh'. Default 'en'. |
| limit | integer | — | How many neighbours to return (server caps at 20). Default 8. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
library_list ~120
List the user's personal arXivSub library — collections and saved items, optionally filtered. Use for 'what have I saved', 'show my library', 'which papers are in my <name> collection', 'what am I reading'.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| collection_name | string | — | Only items in this collection. |
| item_type | string | — | Only papers ('paper') or conference items ('ciiina'). |
| limit | integer | — | Max items (server caps at 200). Default 100. |
| status | string | — | Only items with this reading status. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
library_save ~184
Save (or update) a paper in the user's personal arXivSub library. Use for 'save this', 'bookmark that paper', 'add it to my <X> collection', 'note that ...', 'mark as read'. Idempotent: saving the same paper again updates only the fields you pass and never duplicates. Cannot delete — removals are done on the website.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| collection_name | string | — | Optional collection/folder name; created automatically if it doesn't exist. |
| item_id | string | yes | The item's arXivSub id (uuid) from a prior search result. |
| item_type | string | yes | From the search 'source': 'arxiv' -> 'paper', 'conferences' -> 'ciiina'. |
| note | string | — | Optional note (<=2000 chars). |
| reading_status | string | — | Optional reading status. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
research_insight ~326
Build aggregate pivot statistics over the arXivSub corpora — the same engine as the website's Custom Chart. Use for trends, rankings, breakdowns and comparisons: 'how has interest in diffusion models trended', 'top institutions in RL', 'papers per month by keyword', 'avg citations by affiliation'. Returns rows of {dim, breakdown, value} for you to interpret and visualize. Requires Pro or active trial days.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| breakdown | string|null | — | Optional second split, same value set as dim. e.g. dim=time:month, breakdown=keyword. |
| corpus | string | — | 'arxiv' (recent arXiv) or 'ciiina' (conferences; 'conference' is an alias). Default 'arxiv'. |
| dim | string | yes | REQUIRED axis. arxiv: time:day|week|month|year, keyword, category, affiliation, author, citation_bin. ciiina: time:year, keyword, conference, award, affiliation, author, citation_bin. |
| filters | object | — | Optional object: search, start_date, end_date, keywords[], categories[] (arxiv), conferences[]/publish_years[]/awards[] (ciiina), affiliations[]. |
| measure | string | — | count_papers (default) | count_authors | count_affiliations | count_keywords | avg_citation | median_citation | award_rate (ciiina only). |
| options | object | — | Optional object: top_n_dim, top_n_breakdown, min_count, show_others, sort. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_papers ~345
Search academic papers from arXiv and major AI/CV/ML/robotics/NLP conferences via arXivSub (semantic + keyword search over a structured, summarized corpus). Use for 'find papers on X', 'latest research about Y', 'recent conference work on Z', or to start a literature review. Returns each paper with a 6-part summary (what it's about, innovations, techniques, datasets, results, limitations), authors + affiliations, pdf_url, and github_url when code is available.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| arxiv_days | integer | — | Only arXiv papers from the last N days. Default 30. |
| conference_years | array | — | Conference publication years to include, e.g. [2024, 2025]. Default: last two years. |
| has_code | boolean | — | If true, only return papers that ship a public code repository (a reproducibility signal). |
| language | string | — | Summary language, 'en' or 'zh'. Default 'en'. |
| limit | integer | — | Max papers per source (server caps at 100). Default 10. |
| locations | array | — | Venues to search (CASE-SENSITIVE): arxiv, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, NeurIPS, AAAI, MICCAI, CoRL, RSS, ACL, EMNLP, ICRA, IROS, IJCAI, SIGGRAPH, 'SIGGRAPH Asia'. Include 'arxiv' for arXiv preprints… |
| query | string | yes | Natural-language search query, e.g. 'LLM safety alignment'. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.