Fulltext Article Downloader MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

            return os.path.join(output_dir, name + ext)

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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 fulltext-article-downloader -- uvx fulltext-article-downloader

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fulltext-article-downloader": {
      "args": [
        "fulltext-article-downloader"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.fulltext-article-downloader]
command = "uvx"
args = ["fulltext-article-downloader"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fulltext-article-downloader": {
      "args": [
        "fulltext-article-downloader"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fulltext-article-downloader": {
      "args": [
        "fulltext-article-downloader"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: 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). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.