# Academic Research Intelligence MCP (remote · academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app)

Academic paper search, scientific literature, citation analysis, arXiv & semantic related-work.

- Trust score: 59/100 (low)
- Change this week: +1
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app`: 59/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp/academic-intel-mcp-production.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp/academic-intel-mcp-production)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS not yet verified: we couldn't read the response headers to check for it.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but we couldn't connect to verify it.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 0/100
  - Schema not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's schema.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 0/100
  - Tool coverage not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools.
- **Capabilities**: 0/100
  - Capabilities not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's capabilities.

**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.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp]
url = "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$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

```bash
openclaw mcp add foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp --url https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp:
    url: "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "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.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-01 (score 59, 0)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: reachable → unreachable

### 2026-07-31 (score 59, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 59, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-28 (score 59, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-27 (score 58, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-26 (score 57)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `search_papers` (~255 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `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, required): free-text over title + abstract.
- `venue`: journal/conference name, partial match.
- `year_from`
- `year_to`

### `paper_detail` (~110 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `doi`: the DOI.
- `paper_id`: source paper id (e.g. an OpenAlex Wxxxx or arXiv id).
- `title`: a title to look up (best match).

### `citation_graph` (~207 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `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, required): an OpenAlex work id (Wxxxx) — from a search/detail result's source.
- `payment_tx`: Solana tx signature, when re-calling after a 402.

### `author_profile` (~173 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `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.

### `trending_research` (~201 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `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.

### `similar_papers` (~181 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `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.

### `daily_brief` (~257 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `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.

### `brief_summary` (~169 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `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.

### `mint_info` (~98 tokens)

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).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp/academic-intel-mcp-production#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 59
- 2026-08-02: 59
- 2026-08-01: 59
- 2026-07-31: 59
- 2026-07-30: 59
- 2026-07-29: 59
- 2026-07-28: 59
- 2026-07-27: 58
- 2026-07-26: 57

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/FoundryNet/academic-intel-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp/academic-intel-mcp-production/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp/academic-intel-mcp-production/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/foundrynet-academic-intel-mcp/academic-intel-mcp-production