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Studydiff MCP Server

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Studydiff runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 38 installs a week from npm. Last commit 28 Aug 2026.

Explain why two scientific papers disagree, every claim grounded in a verbatim source quote.

Installs per day peak 266 · avg 13 · +6% w/w
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npm · studydiff-mcp
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28 Aug 2026
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MIT
License
JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 22 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.

Page executes code built at runtime [пакет] public/index.html:642, public/index.html:486
  $('#out').innerHTML = h; $('#out').classList.add('show');

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

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add studydiff -- npx -y studydiff-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "studydiff": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "studydiff-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.studydiff]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "studydiff-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "studydiff": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "studydiff-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "studydiff": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "studydiff-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Anthropic API key, used only by compare_studies for live papers. compare_example and list_examples run offline without it.), NCBI_EMAIL (Contact email sent with PubMed/PMC E-utilities requests (NCBI asks callers to identify themselves). Optional.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Studydiff — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Studydiff?
Studydiff 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 studydiff-mcp was installed 38 times last week.
How do I connect Studydiff?
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 studydiff-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Studydiff?
The npm package studydiff-mcp was installed 38 times in the last week. Week over week that is +6%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Studydiff open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.