Panda Research Tools runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 267 installs a week from pypi.
Scholarly integrity — citations, literature/PubMed, experts, PDF tables, Wayback (7 tools).
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Panda Research Tools 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
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 mcp add panda-research-tools -e 'APIFY_TOKEN=<APIFY_TOKEN>' -- uvx panda-research-tools{
"mcpServers": {
"panda-research-tools": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"panda-research-tools"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.panda-research-tools]
command = "uvx"
args = ["panda-research-tools"]
env = { APIFY_TOKEN = "<APIFY_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"panda-research-tools": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"panda-research-tools"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"panda-research-tools": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"panda-research-tools"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<APIFY_TOKEN> (Apify API token. Free token: https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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Panda Research Tools — questions
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