Research papers for AI agents

Search 250 million scholarly works across OpenAlex, Crossref, arXiv and PubMed; resolve any DOI. Call it from any agent over MCP or REST, no key needed to start.

Connect

MCP server (Streamable HTTP): https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/research-papers

claude mcp add --transport http research-papers https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/research-papers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-data": {
      "url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/research-papers"
    }
  }
}

Tools

papers_search

Search scholarly papers (OpenAlex default, or Crossref) with authors, venue, year, DOI, citations and open-access link. 1 credit.

arxiv_search

Search arXiv preprints with abstracts and PDF links. 1 credit.

pubmed_search

Search PubMed biomedical literature. 1 credit.

doi_lookup

Metadata for a DOI from Crossref. 1 credit.

Every caller gets 25 free credits a day without a key. For more, get a free key with 300 credits at ukdata.reliness.co.uk. All tools: UK data tools for AI agents.