Biorxiv MCP server
online · 100% uptimeSearch and retrieve bioRxiv and medRxiv preprints — by DOI, date interval, or keyword — via MCP.
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4 stars412 downloads/wk
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How Biorxiv compares
Against every graded SEO MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 93/100
- higher than 90% of 769 SEO servers
- Uptime
- 100%
- of our recent checks; the typical remote SEO server answers 100%
- Response time
- 236 ms
- faster than 59% of 536 SEO servers
- GitHub stars
- 4
- more than 83% of 405 SEO servers
- Downloads a week
- 412
- more than 91% of 170 SEO servers with a package
Release history: 9 versions in the registry since 2026-08-25, latest 2026-10-29, typically one every 8 days.
Install Biorxiv in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add --transport http biorxiv-mcp-server https://biorxiv.caseyjhand.com/mcp
What the publisher says
From the Biorxiv repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
@cyanheads/biorxiv-mcp-server Search and retrieve bioRxiv and medRxiv preprints — by DOI, date interval, or keyword — via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 6 Tools
Public Hosted Server: https://biorxiv.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Overview
bioRxiv and medRxiv preprint metadata and full text, searchable via EuropePMC. Fetch preprints by DOI, browse by date interval or subject category, search by keyword and author, resolve journal-publication crosswalks, and extract full text from the rendered article page, from any MCP client. Runs as a stdio process, a local Streamable HTTP server, or the public hosted endpoint above.
Tools
Capability reference
biorxivgetpreprint tool
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Biorxiv: common questions
- Is Biorxiv MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (93/100). Read the Biorxiv safety report
- How do I install Biorxiv?
- It runs remotely at biorxiv.caseyjhand.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
- Does Biorxiv need an API key?
- No secret keys are declared. It reads 13 settings from the environment.
- Is Biorxiv maintained?
- The last commit was 42 days ago (2026-09-23). The latest release is v0.5.1.
- Is Biorxiv up?
- 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
- What can I use instead of Biorxiv?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: SEO Skill MCP server, HasData TikTok MCP server and DispatchSEO MCP server.
- How does Biorxiv compare with other SEO MCP servers?
- safety score 93/100 (higher than 90% of 769 SEO servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote SEO server answers 100%); response time 236 ms (faster than 59% of 536 SEO servers). Full comparison.
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