Biorxiv Mcp

io.github.mrfentmenPublished by GitHub account mrfentmenv1.0.1Updated Oct 24, 2026

Biology preprints from bioRxiv. No key required.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Local MCP server that gives an assistant access to bioRxiv biology preprints, with no API key required.

What you can do
  • Retrieve biology preprints from bioRxiv for an assistant to read and use.
  • The manifest lists no individual tools, so the exact operations are not documented; the server is described only as providing bioRxiv preprint content.
  • No authentication is involved, so requests go to bioRxiv's public preprint service.
When to use it
Useful when you want an assistant to look up or discuss biology preprints from bioRxiv while working locally, for example when reviewing recent life-science literature. Not needed if you do not work with bioRxiv content.
Requirements
Runs as a local process on the user's machine, installed from the npm package biorxiv-mcp over stdio, so a Node.js runtime is needed. No API key, environment variables or headers are declared. Network access to bioRxiv is implied.
Before you install
The tool list and README are not available, so what the server can do and what it sends to bioRxiv cannot be verified before installing. It is desktop-only and not available as a web executable.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Biorxiv Mcp in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

This repository has no README.

Tools

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SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

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  1. v1.0.1LatestSep 22, 2026

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