# scientific-papers-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to efficiently search and discover relevant scientific papers in your Zotero library. It solves problems of information overload and tedious manual searching by providing hybrid search, incremental indexing, and cross-encoder reranking capabilities. With inputs of scientific papers and search queries, it outputs relevant results, making it ideal for researchers and academics seeking to quickly find specific studies or topics within their library.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/tofunori-scientific-papers-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/tofunori-scientific-papers-mcp

## Description

Enables semantic search across scientific papers in your Zotero library with hybrid search, incremental indexing, and cross-encoder reranking.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.00
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-31

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/zjfk2af4pz)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/tofunori/scientific-papers-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "tofunori-scientific-papers-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/tofunori-scientific-papers-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/tofunori-scientific-papers-mcp/pull`

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