Conceptio Search runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 426 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.
Search 1M+ open-access papers, standards, and case law from an AI agent.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add conceptio-search -e 'CONCEPTIO_API_KEY=<CONCEPTIO_API_KEY>' -- uvx conceptio-search{
"mcpServers": {
"conceptio-search": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"conceptio-search"
],
"env": {
"CONCEPTIO_API_KEY": "<CONCEPTIO_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.conceptio-search]
command = "uvx"
args = ["conceptio-search"]
env = { CONCEPTIO_API_KEY = "<CONCEPTIO_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"conceptio-search": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"conceptio-search"
],
"env": {
"CONCEPTIO_API_KEY": "<CONCEPTIO_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"conceptio-search": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"conceptio-search"
],
"env": {
"CONCEPTIO_API_KEY": "<CONCEPTIO_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<CONCEPTIO_API_KEY> (Conceptio API key (Free, Dev, Pro or Enterprise) from your profile at https://www.conceptio.app. Required because an MCP client cannot run the CLI's interactive auth).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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