Biolit MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

            r = subprocess.run(

    paper_dir = os.path.join(artifacts_root, paper_slug)

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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 mcp add biolit -- uvx biolit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biolit": {
      "args": [
        "biolit"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.biolit]
command = "uvx"
args = ["biolit"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biolit": {
      "args": [
        "biolit"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biolit": {
      "args": [
        "biolit"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Anthropic API key (required when using the default Anthropic provider)), OPENAI_API_KEY (OpenAI API key (required when using LLM_PROVIDER=openai)), LLM_PROVIDER (LLM provider: anthropic (default), openai, or ollama), LLM_MODEL (Model name override (e.g. claude-sonnet-4-6, gpt-4o)), SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY (Semantic Scholar API key for higher rate limits on citation lookup (optional)), UNPAYWALL_EMAIL (Email address for Unpaywall API access to improve PDF retrieval (optional)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.