papersflow-ai/papersflow-mcp

Overview

papersflow-mcp is a production MCP server for literature search, citation verification, related-paper discovery, and authenticated research workflows. It integrates with Claude, Codex, Gemini, and other MCP clients to provide structured access to academic paper data.

Best for

Best for
Developers building AI-assisted research tools or integrating literature search into MCP workflows

Use cases

• Searching academic literature for relevant papers
• Verifying citations in research drafts
• Discovering related papers from a given reference

How to use

Tools exposed

• search
• fetch
• verify_citation
• search_literature
• find_related_papers
• get_citation_graph
• get_paper_neighbors
• expand_citation_graph

Tested with

Claude Code, Cline, VS Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini CLI

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "papersflow": {\n      "url": "https://doxa.papersflow.ai/mcp",\n      "transportType": "streamable-http"\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

papersflow-mcp is a production MCP server for literature search, citation verification, related-paper discovery, and authenticated research workflows. It integrates with Claude, Codex, Gemini, and other MCP clients to provide structured access to academic paper data.

9 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-03-11. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Searching academic literature for relevant papers
• Verifying citations in research drafts
• Discovering related papers from a given reference

Pros

• Supports multiple MCP clients including Claude, Codex, and Gemini
• Covers core research tasks like search, citation check, and discovery
• Open source with a production-ready server implementation

Cons

• Low GitHub star count (9) indicates limited community adoption
• May depend on external APIs or databases for paper data
• Documentation and usage examples are sparse

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