apaper-mcp

apaper-mcp is an MCP server for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode from ai4paper/apaper-plugin. Its token cost is not measured, scanned A, original, MIT.

An MCP server for researching academic papers. It runs locally as a Python package, but the available information does not list its search sources or supported actions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Academic paper research through the server. No more specific job can be identified from the available information.
Why use it?
It provides a connection for an MCP-compatible coding agent to an academic-paper research service, though the exact benefit is not specified.

MCP server for Claude CodeCodexCursorGemini CLIOpenCode

Written for no agent in particular: it speaks MCP, so any client can run it. Also seen: listed in a Claude config.

Good fit Academic paper research through the server. No more specific job can be identified from the available information.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add mcp/ai4paper/apaper-plugin/apaper-mcp
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ai4paper/apaper-plugin

Made for: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode.

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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.

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README.md
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Per session not measured What this adds to a session before it is invoked.
When invoked not measured Not applicable: nothing here is loaded into a session.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Security

Grade A, and why

apaper-mcp 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 26d 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.

.mcp.json · 9 lines

What it actually says

{
  "apaper-mcp": {
    "type": "stdio",
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "apaper-mcp"
    ]
  }
}
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. 26d ago First seen · 9 lines scan A 1041a66ff7de

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apaper-mcp is an MCP server published in the GitHub repository ai4paper/apaper-plugin (4 stars, last pushed 21d ago), licensed MIT. Its token cost is not measured: an MCP server costs its tool schemas, not its config file. 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 2026-09-21.