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xpay Academic Research MCP Server

io.github.xpaysh/academic-research
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xpay Academic Research is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. Last commit 14 Mar 2026.

30+ academic research tools. Semantic Scholar, arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, CrossRef, IACR.

Uptime history 41 hours of history · worst hour 0%
41 hours agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 91 checks
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Tools
hidden behind auth
229 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 14 Mar 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add academic-research --transport http https://research.mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key={api_key}
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "academic-research": {
      "url": "https://research.mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key={api_key}"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.academic-research]
url = "https://research.mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key={api_key}"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "academic-research": {
      "url": "https://research.mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key={api_key}"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "academic-research": {
      "url": "https://research.mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key={api_key}"
    }
  }
}

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://research.mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key={api_key} streamable-http answering 229 ms 13 min ago

xpay Academic Research — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Is xpay Academic Research working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 229 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists xpay Academic Research as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect xpay Academic Research?
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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does xpay Academic Research need an API key?
No. xpay Academic Research completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
Is xpay Academic Research open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.