Find Research Papers
PYPI · FIND-RESEARCH-PAPERS-MCP
Search open-source research papers across arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed, Semantic Scholar.
Available components
Last scanned (13 hours ago)
Scores higher than 56% of PyPI servers
Category Education and Research
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 → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security50
- Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 1 of 32 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency48
- 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 7 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability75
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).Partial
- Tool/resource definitions use about 493 tokens (~61/item across 8 items; 7 tools + 1 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage71
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
- Structured output schemas are declared (43% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 9 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.
Checks we ran (14)
- Known CVEs
- Install scripts
- Dependency health
- Source repository
- Provenance
- License
- Maintenance
- Security disclosure
- Schema quality
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Checks we could not complete (2)
These are gaps on our side, not findings about this package. We only credit what we can confirm, so a category made up entirely of them scores 0.
- Malware scan in Supply Chain SecurityMalware scan not yet available for this package.
- Stability in Stability & Change Management (scores 0 for this)Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
Does not apply to this package (2)
- Endpoint SecurityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
- Transport & ReachabilityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
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.
- 5 Nov 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 29 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 28 Oct 26 54
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 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed pypi/find-research-papers-mcp@0.4.9
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | No attestation published |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | Known build tool | setuptools.build_meta |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 32 packages
| Packages resolved | 32 |
|---|---|
| No linked repository | 1 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
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 →
check_for_updates ~28
Check PyPI for newer versions of find-research-papers-mcp and get upgrade instructions.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_paper Get paper details, references and citations ~88
Resolve one paper by identifier and return its metadata plus references (papers it cites) and citations (papers citing it) — works even for paywalled papers
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id_type | string | – | – |
| identifier | string | yes | – |
| include_citations | boolean | – | – |
| include_references | boolean | – | – |
| intent | string | – | – |
| verify | boolean | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_research_method Get research method ~29
House method for using this server: tiers, rules, source quirks, and verification steps
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_sources List paper sources ~27
List every scholarly source the server can search, with coverage, key requirements, and rate limits
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
search_papers Search research papers ~86
Search scholarly literature across multiple sources (arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, PubMed)
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| intent | string | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| open_access_only | boolean | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
| sort | string | – | – |
| sources | – | – | – |
| year_from | – | – | – |
| year_to | – | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| hits | array | yes | – |
| skipped | array | yes | – |
| sources_queried | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
skill_read Read a skill ~45
Fetch the full content of one skill by name (see skills_list). Read 'interpreting-errors' whenever a tool returns an error or skipped sources
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
skills_list List available skills ~32
List this server's skills (playbooks): guidance for interpreting results and recovering from errors. Fetch one with skill_read
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Find Research Papers MCP server?
Find Research Papers runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx find-research-papers-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · find-research-papers-mcp
claude mcp add surendranb-find-research-papers-mcp -- uvx find-research-papers-mcp
What is the Find Research Papers MCP server?
Find Research Papers is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp. Search open-source research papers across arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed, Semantic Scholar. This page covers its PyPI package (find-research-papers-mcp).
Is the Find Research Papers MCP server safe to use?
Find Research Papers scores 54 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. 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 Find Research Papers MCP server expose?
Find Research Papers exposes 7 tools: search_papers, get_paper, get_research_method, list_sources, skills_list, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 335 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Find Research Papers MCP server still maintained?
Find Research Papers is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the Find Research Papers MCP server under?
Find Research Papers declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.
What did VerifyMCP test on the Find Research Papers MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 14 checks on Find Research Papers, covering Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health, Source repository and 10 more. 2 items could not be completed, a gap on our side rather than a finding about Find Research Papers: Malware scan and Stability. One category scores 0 for that reason, because we only credit what we can confirm. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to a PyPI package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.