Lit MCP Server

io.github.gauravfs-14/lit-mcp

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Lit MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 103 installs a week from pypi.

MCP server for academic literature databases (arXiv, DBLP) to accelerate research using LLMs.

Installs per day peak 41 · avg 18 · +8% w/w

a month agotoday

103

Installs / week

pypi · lit-mcp

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0 releases in 90 days

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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 lit-mcp -- uvx lit-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lit-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "lit-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.lit-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["lit-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lit-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "lit-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lit-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "lit-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

Lit MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Lit MCP?

Lit MCP 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 pypi package lit-mcp was installed 103 times last week.

How do I connect Lit MCP?

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 runs locally, so the command pulls lit-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Lit MCP?

The pypi package lit-mcp was installed 103 times in the last week. Week over week that is +8%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.