scipdf-mcp: Instructions file for Codex

AGENTS.md

scipdf-mcp AGENTS.md is an instructions file for Codex, OpenCode from gjjisadog/scipdf-mcp. It costs 465 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Installation and usage instructions for scipdf-mcp, a tool that finds academic papers and downloads their PDF files using a paper title or DOI, a standard paper identifier.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to install scipdf-mcp, connect it to AI clients, download papers, resolve DOIs, and report saved file paths.
Why use it?
It provides setup steps, troubleshooting guidance, and clear handling for missing or ambiguous paper identifiers.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Written for Codex and OpenCode: reads ~/.codex or $CODEX_HOME, but also the file is AGENTS.md. Also seen: mentions AGENTS.md; mentions Codex.

This is gjjisadog/scipdf-mcp's own configuration. It tells Codex and OpenCode how to work on scipdf-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything scipdf-mcp configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to gjjisadog/scipdf-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gjjisadog/scipdf-mcp/main/AGENTS.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gjjisadog/scipdf-mcp

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

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Per session 465 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 465 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00465 $0.00465
Opus 5 $0.00233 $0.00233
Sonnet 5 $0.00093 $0.00093
Haiku 4.5 $0.00047 $0.00047

Measured 9d ago against content hash 27b449725cab, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

scipdf-mcp AGENTS.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

AGENTS.md · 56 lines

What it actually says

AGENTS.md — install & use scipdf-mcp

One-step install

git clone https://github.com/gjjisadog/scipdf-mcp.git
cd scipdf-mcp
bash install.sh

Update later:

cd scipdf-mcp && bash install.sh --update

Requirements: Node.js ≥ 20.

What install does

  1. npm install + npm run build
  2. Skill → ~/.grok/skills/scipdf (+ ~/.codex / Claude / agents)
  3. MCP scipdf → Grok + Codex (config.toml) / Claude Desktop / Cursor
  4. Self-test: node dist/index.js version (+ soft resolve check)
  5. Download dir default ~/Documents/Papers

After install

  1. Restart Grok / Codex / other AI clients.
  2. /scipdf or ask to download by title/DOI.
  3. CLI fallback: node dist/index.js download 10.xxxx/yyyy

Workflow

user needs papers
  → resolve_doi / parse_references
  → download_paper(s)
  → report path + code on failure

On DOI_NOT_FOUND: use candidates or web → retry with explicit DOI.
On AMBIGUOUS_DOI: ask user to pick.
Never invent a local path.

Sources (default)

Download order: optional Unpaywall OA → pdfHostsscihubMirrors.

  • pdfHosts: https://sci.bban.top/pdf/
  • Mirrors: 15 built-in (ren/red/ee/st/ru/box/se, sidesgame, vg, usualwant, hkvisa, al, mksa.top, pismin, sci-hub.in) — see src/config.ts / README
  • Override: SCIPDF_MIRRORS, SCIPDF_PDF_HOSTS, or config.json
  • Probe: node dist/index.js check-mirrors or MCP check_mirrors

See skills/scipdf/SKILL.md.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 56 lines · 465 tokens per session scan A 27b449725cab

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scipdf-mcp AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository gjjisadog/scipdf-mcp (1 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 465 tokens to every session, about $0.0023 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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