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Fulltext Article Downloader MCP Server

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Fulltext Article Downloader runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 151 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 29 Sep 2026.

Full text of research papers by DOI, arXiv, PMC or OpenReview id, verified against the record

Installs per day peak 71 · avg 28 · +13% w/w
a month agotoday
151
Installs / week
pypi · fulltext-article-downloader
30
Stars
0 open issues
29 Sep 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
BSD-3-Clause
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 2 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add fulltext-article-downloader -- uvx fulltext-article-downloader
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fulltext-article-downloader": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fulltext-article-downloader"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.fulltext-article-downloader]
command = "uvx"
args = ["fulltext-article-downloader"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fulltext-article-downloader": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fulltext-article-downloader"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "fulltext-article-downloader": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fulltext-article-downloader"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: UNPAYWALL_EMAIL (Contact email for Unpaywall and Crossref), FULLTEXT_OUTPUT_DIR (Folder for downloaded files (default ./papers)), WILEY_API_KEY (Wiley TDM token), ELSEVIER_API_KEY (Elsevier API key), SPRINGER_API_KEY (Springer Nature API key), SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY (Semantic Scholar API key).

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Fulltext Article Downloader — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Fulltext Article Downloader?
Fulltext Article Downloader runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package fulltext-article-downloader was installed 151 times last week.
How do I connect Fulltext Article Downloader?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls fulltext-article-downloader straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Fulltext Article Downloader?
The pypi package fulltext-article-downloader was installed 151 times in the last week. Week over week that is +13%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Fulltext Article Downloader open source?
Yes — it is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, written in Python and 30 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.