Academic Research Intelligence MCP
REMOTE · ACADEMIC-INTEL-MCP-PRODUCTION.UP.RAILWAY.APP · SCANNED AUG 19
Academic paper search, scientific literature, citation analysis, arXiv & semantic related-work.
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Dead
Every channel of this server has been unreachable for long enough to be marked dead. Its trust score is pinned to 0 and does not recover automatically: even once the server responds again it stays dead until it is manually reinstated.
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security57
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to connect, but we couldn't read the tool list to see what that exposes. View diagnostics → Unverified
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability0
- Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint returned HTTP 502. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability0
- Schema not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's schema.Unverified
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage0
- Tool coverage not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools.Unverified
Tool Safety–
Not scored yet: our latest scan of this component recorded no findings here. It fills in the next time we score it.
Capabilities0
- Capabilities not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's capabilities.Unverified
Unverified: 4 categories
Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.
How do I install the Academic Research Intelligence MCP server?
Academic Research Intelligence MCP is a hosted endpoint at https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app
claude mcp add --transport http foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp 'https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp": {
"url": "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp] url = "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp --url 'https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp:
url: "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
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.
- 19 Aug 26 −12
The score moved with no change recorded against any check. We would rather say so than guess.
- 13 Aug 26 −12
The score moved with no change recorded against any check. We would rather say so than guess.
- 12 Aug 26 −11
The score moved with no change recorded against any check. We would rather say so than guess.
- 11 Aug 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 10 Aug 26 −12
The score moved with no change recorded against any check. We would rather say so than guess.
- 9 Aug 26 −12
The score moved with no change recorded against any check. We would rather say so than guess.
- 7 Aug 26 0
- HSTS header: unverified → fail ▼ security
- Transport: Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint returned HTTP 502. security
- Authorization: Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to connect, but we couldn't read the tool list to see what that exposes. security
- 1 Aug 26 0
- Endpoint reachability: reachable → unreachable ▼ security
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 19 Aug 2026 · Probed https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=*.up.railway.app | CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 29 Jul 2026 | 27 Oct 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 6da79bb561da3efeb0e751ca21abd3999fe |
| SANs: *.up.railway.app, up.railway.app | ||||||
| CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5ddd70dd31f801c85c186a7a04b80afe |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| app. | present | 23684 | 8 | Verified |
| railway.app. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 502 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp | HTTP error | 502 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp |
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. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
author_profile ~173
Analyze an author's research profile from OpenAlex — h-index, paper count, total citations, primary field, affiliation, and recent papers. Citation analysis for evaluating academic authors in a literature review. PAID: $0.01 USDC per query after the daily free allowance (25/day). On a 402, pay the returned Solana memo and re-call with the SAME args plus payment_tx=<signature>. An Authorization: Bearer fnet_ key bypasses it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent_id | – | – | stable id for your agent (scopes the free-tier counter). |
| author_id | – | – | an OpenAlex author id (Axxxx) for an exact lookup. |
| author_name | – | – | the author's name (best match). |
| payment_tx | – | – | Solana tx signature, when re-calling after a 402. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
brief_summary ~169
Get the top 5 signals from today's brief as structured JSON — a cheap sample of the full daily_brief. Returns the day's highest-priority items (no prose) so an agent can decide whether to buy the full brief. PAID: $0.50 USDC (vs the full daily_brief price). Defaults to today (UTC). On a 402, pay the returned Solana memo and re-call with the SAME args plus payment_tx=<signature>. An Authorization: Bearer fnet_ key bypasses payment.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent_id | – | – | stable id for your agent (scopes the free-tier counter). |
| date | – | – | brief date YYYY-MM-DD (default today, UTC). |
| payment_tx | – | – | Solana tx signature, when re-calling after a 402. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
citation_graph ~207
Analyze the citation graph for a paper via live OpenAlex — list the papers citing it ("citations") or the papers it references ("references"). Citation analysis for tracing influence and prior work in a literature review. PAID: $0.01 USDC per query after the daily free allowance (25/day). On a 402, pay the returned Solana memo and re-call with the SAME args plus payment_tx=<signature>. An Authorization: Bearer fnet_ key bypasses it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent_id | – | – | stable id for your agent (scopes the free-tier counter). |
| depth | – | – | reserved (depth 1). |
| direction | string | – | "citations" (who cites this) or "references" (what this cites). |
| paper_id | string | yes | an OpenAlex work id (Wxxxx) — from a search/detail result's source. |
| payment_tx | – | – | Solana tx signature, when re-calling after a 402. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
daily_brief ~257
Get the curated daily academic-intel brief — the day's most significant research in one package, from OpenAlex, arXiv, and PubMed. Includes the top trending research topics, the top cited papers in the window, and notable new papers. Each brief carries a MINT provenance attestation so a buyer can verify it was produced by this server, unaltered. PAID: $10 USDC per brief. Defaults to today (UTC); a brief expires at the next midnight UTC. On a 402, pay the returned Solana memo and re-call with the SAME args plus payment_tx=<signature>. An Authorization: Bearer fnet_ key bypasses payment.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent_id | – | – | stable id for your agent (scopes the free-tier counter). |
| date | – | – | brief date YYYY-MM-DD (default today, UTC). |
| payment_tx | – | – | Solana tx signature, when re-calling after a 402 (x402 rail). |
| stripe_token | – | – | Stripe Checkout Session id (cs_…), when re-calling after paying the Stripe payment link (alternative to x402). Can also be supplied via the X-Stripe-Token header. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
mint_info ~98
Get FoundryNet Data Network info + MINT Protocol details. FREE. Returns how to attest your agent's literature review / research with MINT Protocol for verifiable on-chain proof, the MINT MCP endpoint, and all ten sister data servers (gov-contracts, brand-intel, patent-intel, financial-signals, weather-intel, cyber-intel, compliance, fact-check, oss-intel, social-intel).
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
paper_detail ~110
Get the full record for an academic paper from OpenAlex, arXiv, or PubMed — abstract, authors, venue, year, citation and reference counts, open-access PDF link, and TLDR when available. FREE. Provide a paper_id, a DOI, or a title.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| doi | – | – | the DOI. |
| paper_id | – | – | source paper id (e.g. an OpenAlex Wxxxx or arXiv id). |
| title | – | – | a title to look up (best match). |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
search_papers ~255
Search academic papers across OpenAlex, arXiv, and PubMed for literature reviews — filter by query, year, field, venue, citation count, or open access. Returns title, authors, abstract, and citation count (sorted by citations). PAID: $0.01 USDC per query after a daily free allowance (25/day). On a 402, pay the returned Solana memo and re-call with the SAME args plus payment_tx=<signature>. agent_id scopes your allowance; an Authorization: Bearer fnet_ key bypasses it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent_id | – | – | stable id for your agent (scopes the free-tier counter). |
| field | – | – | field-of-study / category tag (e.g. "Machine learning"). |
| limit | integer | – | max rows (1-100, default 25). |
| min_citations | – | – | minimum citation count. |
| open_access_only | – | – | true → only open-access papers. |
| payment_tx | – | – | Solana tx signature, when re-calling after a 402. |
| query | string | yes | free-text over title + abstract. |
| venue | – | – | journal/conference name, partial match. |
| year_from | – | – | – |
| year_to | – | – | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
similar_papers ~181
Find related academic papers by semantic similarity — the "related work" finder for a literature review. Give a free-text query OR a paper_id and get the most similar papers via fastembed semantic similarity (pgvector). Premium. PAID: $0.02 USDC per query after the daily free allowance (25/day). On a 402, pay the returned Solana memo and re-call with the SAME args plus payment_tx=<signature>. An Authorization: Bearer fnet_ key bypasses it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent_id | – | – | stable id for your agent (scopes the free-tier counter). |
| paper_id | – | – | a paper id in the dataset to find neighbors of. |
| payment_tx | – | – | Solana tx signature, when re-calling after a 402. |
| query | – | – | free-text description of the topic / idea to match. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
trending_research ~201
Find trending research across OpenAlex, arXiv, and PubMed — the most-cited recent academic papers and the highest-volume topics in a time window, optionally scoped to a field. For tracking emerging scientific literature. PAID: $0.01 USDC per query after the daily free allowance (25/day). On a 402, pay the returned Solana memo and re-call with the SAME args plus payment_tx=<signature>. An Authorization: Bearer fnet_ key bypasses it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent_id | – | – | stable id for your agent (scopes the free-tier counter). |
| days | integer | – | look-back window (1-365, default 30). |
| field | – | – | optional field-of-study filter. |
| metric | string | – | "citations" (most-cited) or "volume" (publication volume). |
| payment_tx | – | – | Solana tx signature, when re-calling after a 402. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
What is the Academic Research Intelligence MCP server?
Academic Research Intelligence MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.FoundryNet/academic-intel-mcp. Academic paper search, scientific literature, citation analysis, arXiv & semantic related-work. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp).
Is the Academic Research Intelligence MCP server safe to use?
Academic Research Intelligence MCP scores 0 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Academic Research Intelligence MCP server expose?
Academic Research Intelligence MCP exposes 9 tools: search_papers, paper_detail, citation_graph, author_profile, trending_research, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,651 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Academic Research Intelligence MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Academic Research Intelligence MCP without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Academic Research Intelligence MCP server still maintained?
Academic Research Intelligence MCP has been unreachable for long enough that we treat it as dead, and its score is pinned to zero. We last reached this channel on 29 July 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.