Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to IlyaGusev/academia_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.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IlyaGusev/academia_mcp/main/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/IlyaGusev/academia_mcpWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/ilyagusev/academia_mcp/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/ilyagusev/academia_mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/ilyagusev/academia_mcp/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/ilyagusev/academia_mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/ilyagusev/academia_mcp/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.02701 | $0.02701 |
| Opus 5 | $0.01350 | $0.01350 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00540 | $0.00540 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00270 | $0.00270 |
Grade B, and why
academia_mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade B with 1 finding 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.
Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation
A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.
- Install TeX Live: `sudo apt install texlive-latex-base texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-science latexmk` How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 313 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
CLAUDE.md
This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
Project Overview
Academia MCP is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides tools for searching, fetching, analyzing, and reporting on scientific papers and datasets. It integrates with multiple academic APIs (ArXiv, ACL Anthology, Semantic Scholar, Hugging Face) and web search providers (Exa, Brave, Tavily), plus optional LLM-powered document analysis tools.
Key Features:
- ArXiv and ACL Anthology search/download
- Semantic Scholar citation graphs
- Hugging Face datasets search
- Web search and page crawling
- LaTeX compilation and PDF reading
- LLM-powered document QA and research proposal workflows
Tech Stack:
- Python 3.12+ with type hints (strict mypy)
- FastMCP framework for the MCP server
- OpenAI SDK for LLM calls (via OpenRouter)
- Pydantic for data models and settings
- Fire for CLI argument parsing
- Multiple transport options: stdio, SSE, streamable-http
Development Commands
IMPORTANT: Always prefer make commands when available. The Makefile provides consistent, tested workflows.
Setup
# Create virtual environment and install dependencies
uv venv .venv
make install
Validation (ALWAYS run before committing)
# Format code with black (line length: 100)
make black
# Run all validation: black, flake8, mypy --strict
make validate
This is the most important command - run make validate frequently during development.
Testing
# Run full test suite (via make)
make test
# Run a single test file
uv run pytest -s ./tests/test_arxiv_search.py
# Run a specific test
uv run pytest -s ./tests/test_arxiv_search.py::test_arxiv_search
Running the Server Locally
# Run with streamable-http (default, port 5056)
uv run -m academia_mcp --transport streamable-http
# Run with stdio (for Claude Desktop)
uv run -m academia_mcp --transport stdio
# Run with custom port
uv run -m academia_mcp --transport streamable-http --port 8080
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.
- 9d ago First seen · 313 lines · 2,701 tokens per session scan B 524d061b2b29
academia_mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository IlyaGusev/academia_mcp (91 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 2,701 tokens to every session, about $0.0135 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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