Peer Research Papers MCP Server

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Peer Research Papers MCP is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago.

Scholarly literature search across nine sources

Uptime history 51 days of history · worst day 99%

51 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

991 ms

Response time

average over 24h

OAuth sign-in

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Peer Research Papers MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add peer-research-papers --transport http https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/peer-research-papers

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/peer-research-papers

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.peer-research-papers]
url = "https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/peer-research-papers"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "peer-research-papers": {
      "url": "https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/peer-research-papers"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "peer-research-papers": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/peer-research-papers"
    }
  }
}

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

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/peer-research-papers	streamable-http	sign-in	1092 ms	4 min ago

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Peer Research Papers MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Peer Research Papers MCP?

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 Peer Research Papers MCP working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 991 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Peer Research Papers MCP?

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. 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 Peer Research Papers MCP?

No API key is involved. Peer Research Papers MCP 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 Peer Research Papers MCP?

It answers our handshake in 991 ms on average, which is faster than 6% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.