# nobleblocks-mcp **Category:** πŸ”¬ Research **Repository:** https://github.com/nobleblocks/nobleblocks-mcp **Views:** 0 **Installs:** 0 **Upvotes:** 0 **Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/nobleblocks-mcp ## Description Search 340M+ academic papers β€” citation graphs, semantic similarity, and AI literature reviews. ## Claude Desktop Quick Installation Heuristic fallback β€” verify the package name and runner against the repository README before running it. Uses `npx` (confidence: low): ```json "mcpServers": { "nobleblocks-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y","nobleblocks-mcp"] } } ``` ## Documentation & README # NobleBlocks MCP Server

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Search 340 million deduplicated academic papers from Claude Desktop, Claude Web, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, or any MCP-compatible tool. Covers 15+ academic databases β€” all cross-linked through a biomedical knowledge graph with 1.3M+ entities and 109M+ paper connections. This is a thin authenticated client β€” all indexing, ranking, vector search, and knowledge graph traversal runs on the NobleBlocks backend. You get fast results without managing any infrastructure. --- ## What's in the index | Source | Papers | Updates | |--------|--------|---------| | OpenAlex | ~250M works | Daily | | Semantic Scholar | ~220M papers | Weekly | | PubMed / MEDLINE | ~41M articles | Daily | | Europe PMC | ~43M articles | Daily | | Crossref | Incremental | Daily | | arXiv | ~2.5M preprints | Daily | | bioRxiv / medRxiv | ~1K/day | Daily | | ClinicalTrials.gov | ~582K trials | Daily | | Unpaywall | OA link resolution | Daily | | DBLP | Computer science | Via OpenAlex | | CORE | ~37M open access outputs | Coming soon | | BASE (Bielefeld) | Discovery metadata | Via OpenAlex | | DOAJ | Open access journals | Via Crossref | | Papers with Code | ML/AI benchmarks | Weekly | | Retraction Watch | Retraction status | Weekly | | USPTO / EPO patents | ~9.3M patent-paper links | Daily | | …and others | | | All sources are cross-deduplicated on DOI, PMID, and arXiv ID. Total unique records after dedup: **340M+** (June 2026). ## Knowledge graph The search backend also maintains a biomedical knowledge graph (1.3M+ entities, 109M+ paper links) with genes, diseases, drugs, proteins, institutions, researchers, topics, genetic variants, and drug-target-disease relationships sourced from PubTator Central, DisGeNET, ChEMBL, UniProt, ROR, ORCID, Open Targets, and others. ## Tools | Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | `search_papers` | Full-text + semantic hybrid search with year/citation/source filters | | `get_paper` | Fetch metadata by DOI, PMID, arXiv ID, or OpenAlex ID | | `find_similar` | Find papers related by meaning, not just keyword matching | | `get_citation_graph` | Citation network β€” references and citing papers | | `search_by_entity` | Find papers linked to a gene, drug, disease, or institution via the KG | | `create_literature_review` | AI-generated structured lit review with citations (Pro) | --- ## Get an API key All usage requires a free NobleBlocks account. Sign up takes 30 seconds: 1. Go to [nobleblocks.com/signup](https://www.nobleblocks.com/auth/signup) 2. Create an account (email or Google) 3. Navigate to [Settings > API Keys](https://www.nobleblocks.com/settings/api-keys) and generate a key **Free plan**: 100 searches/day, 5 similar/day, citation graph access. **Pro plan**: 5,000 searches/day, literature review generation, priority support. --- ## Quick start (Remote β€” no install needed) The easiest way to get started is the **remote connector** β€” no API keys, no Python install: 1. Open [claude.ai](https://claude.ai) β†’ Settings β†’ Connectors (or Integrations) 2. Click "Add" and paste: `https://mcp.nobleblocks.com/mcp` 3. Sign in with your NobleBlocks account 4. Ask Claude: *"Search for papers on CRISPR gene therapy"* --- ## Install (Local) ```bash uvx nobleblocks-mcp ``` --- ## Configure Claude Desktop Add to your Claude Desktop config (`~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json` on macOS): ```json { "mcpServers": { "nobleblocks": { "command": "nobleblocks-mcp", "env": { "NOBLEBLOCKS_API_KEY": "nb_pk_your_key_here" } } } } ``` Restart Claude Desktop. The NobleBlocks tools will appear in the tools list. ## Configure VS Code Copilot Add to `.vscode/mcp.json` in your project: ```json { "servers": { "nobleblocks": { "command": "nobleblocks-mcp", "env": { "NOBLEBLOCKS_API_KEY": "nb_pk_your_key_here" } } } } ``` ## Configure Cursor / Cline / Continue Point your editor's MCP settings at the `nobleblocks-mcp` command with stdio transport. Set `NOBLEBLOCKS_API_KEY` in the environment. --- ## CLI usage You can also search directly from the terminal: ```bash # Search papers nobleblocks search "CRISPR base editing" --limit 5 --min-year 2022 # Get a specific paper nobleblocks get 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2 # Find similar papers nobleblocks similar "Attention Is All You Need" # Citation graph nobleblocks citations 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2 --direction both ``` All CLI commands require `NOBLEBLOCKS_API_KEY` set in your environment (or pass `--key`). --- ## Environment variables | Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | `NOBLEBLOCKS_API_KEY` | *(required)* | Your API key from nobleblocks.com | | `NOBLEBLOCKS_API_BASE` | `https://www.nobleblocks.com` | API endpoint | | `LOG_LEVEL` | `INFO` | Logging verbosity | --- ## Examples Once configured, ask naturally in Claude/Cursor: > "Find the most-cited papers on CRISPR base editing from 2022-2024" > "Show me papers similar to 'Attention Is All You Need' by Vaswani" > "What papers cite DOI 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2?" > "Find papers linking BRCA1 to drug resistance" > "Generate a literature review on CAR-T cell therapy in solid tumors" --- ## Development ```bash git clone https://github.com/nobleblocks/nobleblocks-mcp.git cd nobleblocks-mcp pip install -e . # Test with MCP Inspector npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector nobleblocks-mcp ``` ## License MIT β€” see [LICENSE](LICENSE). --- Built by [NobleBlocks](https://www.nobleblocks.com) β€” the academic research platform for the AI era.