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SciWeave MCP Server

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SciWeave is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago. Last commit 2 Aug 2026.

AI research grounded in 300M scientific works — every citation a verifiable DOI.

Uptime history 48 days of history · worst day 83%
48 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
Tools
hidden behind auth
273 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 2 Aug 2026

What the code does

We read the source, 1 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

A line of code looks encrypted api/favicon.ts:19
  "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAIAAAACACAIAAABMXPacAAAABmJLR0QA/wD/AP+gvaeTAAAezklEQVR4nOVdd1hT5xo/IQwBZS9RJDJluRDFzRQRQUCGbAERFGu11uto66p1tKLVupC9wlCZskFQQRScKCJTFBHZe0VC7h/pzY05I+ccksjT/h7/kPd84833nvOtdxFoNBrwT0FiSsbeQ8dkZWUU5GRnK87U0lDT1dbU1tSYM1vxW7MGC/5vzcBX6OsfKKt4Wlb+tOL5y/jQK…
Long encoded blob in source api/favicon.ts:19
  "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAIAAAACACAIAAABMXPacAAAABmJLR0QA/wD/AP+gvaeTAAAezklEQVR4nOVdd1hT5xo/IQwBZS9RJDJluRDFzRQRQUCGbAERFGu11uto66p1tKLVupC9wlCZskFQQRScKCJTFBHZe0VC7h/pzY05I+ccksjT/h7/kPd84833nvOtdxFoNBrwT0FiSsbeQ8dkZWUU5GRnK87U0lDT1dbU1tSYM1vxW7MGC/5vzcBX6OsfKKt4Wlb+tOL5y/jQK…

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

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 10 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add sciweave-mcp --transport http https://mcp.sciweave.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sciweave-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.sciweave.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.sciweave-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.sciweave.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sciweave-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.sciweave.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sciweave-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.sciweave.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.sciweave.com/mcp streamable-http sign-in 315 ms 10 min ago

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SciWeave — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for SciWeave?
The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.
Is SciWeave working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 273 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect SciWeave?
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. You sign in through your browser once and the client keeps the session: no key to copy, and it refuses anonymous clients.
How do you sign in to SciWeave?
No API key is involved. SciWeave answers our knock with an OAuth challenge, so you authorise it once in your browser and the client keeps the session. That is also why we see no tool list: it will not describe itself to an anonymous client, and that is the server working as intended, not a fault.
How fast is SciWeave?
It answers our handshake in 273 ms on average, which is faster than 54% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is SciWeave open source?
We cannot say either way: written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.