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BGPT - Scientific Paper Search MCP Server

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BGPT - Scientific Paper Search is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 2 tools.

Search scientific papers with structured experimental data from full-text studies

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 46%
91 days agonow
50.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 184 checks
2
Tools
read from the server
311 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
sse

What changed 2

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 27 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

27 Aug a tool description was rewritten search_papers
27 Aug a tool changed the parameters it asks for search_papers

BGPT - Scientific Paper Search does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 49.8% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add bgpt-mcp --transport http https://bgpt.pro/mcp/stream
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://bgpt.pro/mcp/stream
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.bgpt-mcp]
url = "https://bgpt.pro/mcp/stream"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bgpt-mcp": {
      "url": "https://bgpt.pro/mcp/stream"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "bgpt-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bgpt.pro/mcp/stream"
    }
  }
}

This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.

Available tools 2

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

lookup
lookup_paper
Look up a single paper by its DOI. Args: doi: The DOI of the paper (e.g. "10.1038/s41586-024-07386-0"). output_format: "evidence" for compact claim-level evidence (default), "legacy" for original paper metadata, or "full" for both. Returns: An envelope with found status and the paper in result, or a not-found message. A found paper counts as one result.
papers
search_papers
Search claim-level evidence extracted from full-text scientific papers. Args: query: Search terms (e.g. "CRISPR gene editing efficiency"). SHORT, concise queries are best. English language only. Use days_back, num_results, min_citations, and study_type instead of adding years or filters to the query. num_results: Number of results to return (1-100, default 16). First 50 results are free, then metered per result for paid users. days_back: Only return papers published within the last N days. min_citations: Only return papers with at least this many references cited. study_type: Only return papers of this study type. One of: primary study | systematic review | meta-analysis | narrative review | protocol | dataset | commentary | other. output_format: "evidence" for compact claim-level evidence (default), "legacy" for original paper metadata, or "full" for both. Returns: An envelope whose results list contains papers with claims, experiments, exact results, demonstrated scope, limitations, and provenance.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://bgpt.pro/mcp/sse sse answering 260 ms 5 min ago
https://bgpt.pro/mcp/stream streamable-http answering 221 ms 4 min ago

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BGPT - Scientific Paper Search — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can BGPT - Scientific Paper Search do?
It exposes 2 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: lookup_paper, search_papers. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is BGPT - Scientific Paper Search working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 184 checks got a reply (50.0%), average response time 311 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is BGPT - Scientific Paper Search still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect BGPT - Scientific Paper Search?
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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does BGPT - Scientific Paper Search need an API key?
No. BGPT - Scientific Paper Search completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 2 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is BGPT - Scientific Paper Search?
It answers our handshake in 311 ms on average, which is faster than 45% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.