AI4L Library MCP Server

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AI4L Library runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 376 installs a week from npm.

Local Markdown library of the papers an evidence review cites: metadata, abstract and full text

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

Installs per day peak 283 · avg 9

a month agotoday

376

Installs / week

npm · ai4l-library

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Last commit

2 releases in 90 days

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This one has been quiet for a while

Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add ai4l-library -- npx -y ai4l-library

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai4l-library": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ai4l-library"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.ai4l-library]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "ai4l-library"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai4l-library": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ai4l-library"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "ai4l-library": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ai4l-library"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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AI4L Library — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for AI4L Library?

AI4L Library 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 npm package ai4l-library was installed 376 times last week.

Is AI4L Library 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 AI4L Library?

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 ai4l-library straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use AI4L Library?

The npm package ai4l-library was installed 376 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.