Research Scan vs Code of Paper

In-depth architectural comparison of the Research Scan and Code of Paper MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

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Choose Research Scan when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Code of Paper when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	R Research Scan Developer Tools	Code of Paper Developer Tools
Summary	Find the 5-10 recent papers with the highest impact on a research question, topic or project.	Find GitHub implementations of arXiv research papers — paper lookup, ranked code, search.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research-scan": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "research-scan"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "code-of-paper": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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