BGPT - Scientific Paper Search MCP Server

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answering

BGPT - Scientific Paper Search is answering right now. Last checked 3 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 48 days of history · worst day 49%

48 days agonow

50.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 184 checks

Tools

read from the server

362 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 50.0% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 3 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add bgpt-mcp --transport http https://bgpt.pro/mcp/stream

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bgpt-mcp": {
      "url": "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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bgpt-mcp": {
      "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

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://bgpt.pro/mcp/sse	sse	answering	462 ms	3 min ago
https://bgpt.pro/mcp/stream	streamable-http	answering	241 ms	3 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 362 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 with the file path 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 362 ms on average, which is faster than 43% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.