fulltext-article-downloader

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add fulltext-article-downloader -e UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=... -e FULLTEXT_OUTPUT_DIR=... -e WILEY_API_KEY=... -e ELSEVIER_API_KEY=... -e SPRINGER_API_KEY=... -e SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=... -- uvx fulltext-article-downloader

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fulltext-article-downloader": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fulltext-article-downloader"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "...",
        "FULLTEXT_OUTPUT_DIR": "...",
        "WILEY_API_KEY": "...",
        "ELSEVIER_API_KEY": "...",
        "SPRINGER_API_KEY": "...",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Full text of research papers by DOI, arXiv, PMC or OpenReview id, verified against the record

Questions

fulltext-article-downloader is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package fulltext-article-downloader.

Run: claude mcp add fulltext-article-downloader -e UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=... -e FULLTEXT_OUTPUT_DIR=... -e WILEY_API_KEY=... -e ELSEVIER_API_KEY=... -e SPRINGER_API_KEY=... -e SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=... -- uvx fulltext-article-downloader

Run: codex mcp add fulltext-article-downloader --env UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=... --env FULLTEXT_OUTPUT_DIR=... --env WILEY_API_KEY=... --env ELSEVIER_API_KEY=... --env SPRINGER_API_KEY=... --env SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=... -- uvx fulltext-article-downloader

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