mcpbeat Sign in

Studydiff MCP Server

local only

Studydiff runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 49 installs a week from npm. Last commit 8 Oct 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 12 · avg 5 · +16% w/w
a month agotoday
49
Installs / week
npm · studydiff-mcp
1
Stars
0 open issues
8 Oct 2026
Last commit
no releases in 90 days
MIT
License
JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 3 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

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.

Three servers free · no card

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": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "studydiff-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.studydiff]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "studydiff-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "studydiff": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "studydiff-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "studydiff": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "studydiff-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: 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).

Alternatives to Studydiff

same job, measured the same way
SciWeave
by desci-labs

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

answering
IndiaInsurances
by indiainsurances

Every Indian insurance policy, clause by clause, with verbatim quotes. Free, no API key.

17 tools answering
Claimora
by claimora

Scientific and legal claim graph. Query claims, evidence, contradictions, and innovation flags.

8 tools answering
cite-gate
by co-mlpc

Checks that every quote in an AI-written script appears word for word in its source.

2 tools answering
Fidenta Verify
by noevant

Independent fact-checking for AI answers: a verdict and sources for every claim.

5 tools answering
check-claim
by piiiico

Check that a source really says what your claim says, before you publish. Verbatim, multi-path.

1 tools answering
C
Citation Check
by secondstageturbine

Does a cited URL exist, and does the source name what your claim names? Two answers.

2 tools answering
Claim Grounding
by truepointmarketingpartners-dotcom

Fact-check AI answers with cited sources. Pay per call in USDC on Base via x402.

4 tools answering

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 49 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 in the form 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 49 times in the last week. Week over week that is +16%. 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.