Back to Browse
Free
Server data from the Official MCP Registry
Academic paper search, scientific literature, citation analysis, arXiv & semantic related-work.
About
Academic paper search, scientific literature, citation analysis, arXiv & semantic related-work.
Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp
Security Report
4.2
Use Caution4.2High RiskAcademic Research Intelligence MCP is a well-structured education/research server with appropriate permissions for its purpose (network access for scholarly APIs, embeddings, and Solana payment verification). The codebase demonstrates solid authentication via Bearer tokens and x402 micropayments, with reasonable input validation. However, several moderate-severity issues warrant attention: missing timeout enforcement on some async operations, broad exception handling that could mask errors, potential SQL injection vectors in PostgREST filter construction, and insufficient logging of payment-related security events. Supply chain analysis found 5 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (1 critical, 3 high severity).
7 files analyzed · 14 issues found
Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.
Permissions Required
This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.
How to Install & Connect
Available as Local & Remote
This plugin can run on your machine or connect to a hosted endpoint. during install.
Documentation
View on GitHubFrom the project's GitHub README.
Academic Research Intelligence MCP
Academic research intelligence for AI agents — paper search, scientific literature, citation analysis, arXiv search, author metrics, trending research, and a semantic related-work finder (pgvector). Built on free scholarly sources.
Part of the FoundryNet Data Network. Attest your agent's literature review with MINT Protocol. See also: gov-contracts-mcp, brand-intel-mcp, patent-intel-mcp, financial-signals-mcp, weather-intel-mcp, compliance-mcp, cyber-intel-mcp.
Live MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP):
https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp
Tools
| Tool | Price | What it does |
|---|---|---|
search_papers | $0.01 | Paper search by query/year/field/venue/citations/open-access |
paper_detail | free | Full record — abstract, authors, citations, references, PDF |
citation_graph | $0.01 | Papers citing this / referenced by it (live OpenAlex) |
author_profile | $0.01 | h-index, papers, citations, primary field, recent activity |
trending_research | $0.01 | Trending topics + most-cited recent papers |
similar_papers | $0.02 | Semantic related-work finder via embeddings (pgvector) — premium |
mint_info | free | FoundryNet Data Network + MINT Protocol |
Free tier: 25 paid-tool queries/day per agent. Then x402: the tool returns an
HTTP-402 with a Solana USDC payment memo — pay it, re-call with the same args plus
payment_tx=<signature>. An Authorization: Bearer fnet_… key bypasses the paywall.
Sources
Daily (~4am PT): OpenAlex (primary, keyless, rich metadata + citations),
arXiv (CS/physics/math/bio preprints), PubMed (biomed). Abstracts are
embedded with fastembed (bge-small) for similar_papers (pgvector cosine).
citation_graph and author_profile resolve live from OpenAlex. Semantic
Scholar is an optional enhancement (TLDR/relevance via S2_API_KEY; keyless S2
rate-limits hard).
Connect
Smithery: @foundrynet/academic-intel · MCP registry: io.github.FoundryNet/academic-intel-mcp
{ "mcpServers": { "academic-intel": { "url": "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp" } } }
Built by FoundryNet · hello@foundrynet.io
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to review this server!
More Education & Research MCP Servers
Toleno
Freeby Toleno · Developer Tools
Toleno Network MCP Server — Manage your Toleno mining account with Claude AI using natural language.
137
Stars
516
Installs
8.0
Security
4.8
Local
mcp-creator-python
Freeby mcp-marketplace · Developer Tools
Create, build, and publish Python MCP servers to PyPI — conversationally.
-
Stars
71
Installs
10.0
Security
4.6
Local
MarkItDown
Freeby Microsoft · Content & Media
Convert files (PDF, Word, Excel, images, audio) to Markdown for LLM consumption
120.0K
Stars
33
Installs
6.0
Security
5.0
Local