Repository
openags/paper-search-mcp agent skills
- skills
- 2
- GitHub stars
- 2.8k
GitHub description: “MCP, CLI, Skills for searching and downloading academic papers from multiple sources like arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, etc.”
- Stars
- 2,776 (290 forks)
- Licence
- MIT
- Last push
- Oct 2026
- Created
- Apr 2025
- ai-scientist
- arxiv-papers
- mcp-server
- paper-search
Install all skills
npx skills add openags/paper-search-mcpAdd --skill <name> for a single skill and -a <agent> to choose the agent (see the agent guides).
Skills in openags/paper-search-mcp, ranked
Ranked by score. Sort bymost stars,trending,newest,recently updated
| # | Skill | Repository | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Search, download, and read academic papers from 20+ sources (arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, CrossRef, etc). | openags/ | 2.8k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | 8 days ago |
| 2 | Search, download, and read academic papers through the paper-search MCP tools (mcppaper-search), covering arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, OpenAlex and 15+ other sources. | openags/ | 2.8k | — | ~794 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | 8 days ago |
Questions, answered from the data.
What is the best skill in openags/paper-search-mcp?
Paper Search from openags/paper-search-mcp ranks first of the 2 skills in openags/paper-search-mcp listed here, with the highest score: its repository has 2.8k GitHub stars, its SKILL.md loads about 1.2k tokens and it has informational notes only in the automated safety check. Next come Paper Search.
Are the skills in openags/paper-search-mcp official?
None yet. All 2 skills in openags/paper-search-mcp listed here come from community repositories; a skill counts as official when the product's own GitHub organization publishes it.
How do I install all skills from openags/paper-search-mcp?
Run npx skills add openags/paper-search-mcp in your project: the open-source skills CLI installs the repository's skills into your coding agent's skills folder. To install a single skill, open its page here for the exact command.
How are these skills ranked?
By Skill Navigator score, which combines the GitHub stars of the skill's repository (shared across that repo's skills and discounted for large collections), how many other GitHub owners carry a copy of the skill, and automated SKILL.md quality checks, minus penalties for safety-check warnings and for each further skill from the same repository. Skills that fail the safety check are not listed.