Alternatives to bgpt-mcp
bgpt-mcp is an agent skill by Conner Lambden: Search scientific papers via the BGPT MCP server and retrieve structured experimental data — methods, results, conclusions, quality scores, and 25+ metadata…. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 agent skills cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match bgpt-mcp and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. arxiv-search leads the list (published by the vendor; larger repository (30.6K stars)). 2 of them are published by the company behind the product. Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with bgpt-mcp.
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bgpt-mcp
Search scientific papers via the BGPT MCP server and retrieve structured experimental data — methods, results, conclusions, quality scores, and 25+ metadata…
12 alternatives
Ordered by how closely each matches bgpt-mcp (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.
- 1arxiv-search
langchain-aiOfficial
Searches arXiv for preprints and academic papers, retrieves abstracts, and filters by topic.
- Published by the vendor
- Larger repository (30.6K stars)
★ 30.6KLast active Oct 23, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2alpha-research
Companion-Inc
Search, read, and query research papers via Feynman's alphaXiv-backed alpha tools.
- Larger repository (10K stars)
★ 10KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3lit-synthesizer
Sooraj (github.com/sooraj-codes)
Search PubMed and bioRxiv for bioinformatics literature, synthesise results into a structured report, and build a citation graph — all locally, with a…
- Repository has 1.2K stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 1.2KLast active Oct 20, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 4scansci-pdf
Rimagination
下载学术论文。支持 DOI、arXiv ID、关键词搜索、批量下载、Sciverse 语义检索/元数据、Elsevier API、WebVPN/CARSI 机构访问、下载失败排障。当用户要求下载论文(单篇或批量)、搜索文献、获取引文、配置 Sciverse/Elsevier API、或下载遇到…
- Repository has 1.2K stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 1.2KLast active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 5arxiv-paper-writer
QJHWC
Writes ML/AI review and survey papers for arXiv using the IEEEtran LaTeX template with verified BibTeX citations.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Ships helper scripts
★ 639Last active Oct 11, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 6firecrawl-research-index
firecrawlOfficial
Find the papers that answer a research query in Firecrawl's research paper index — a corpus of paper abstracts whose largest share is biomedical and…
- Published by the vendor
★ 664Last active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7
Baidu Scholar academic search skill.
- Repository has 2K stars
- Open source (MIT)
★ 2KLast active Sep 15, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 8lit-sync
Aperivue
Use when references in a .bib file (often from /search-lit) should land in Zotero and Obsidian.
- Supports bash
★ 349Last active Oct 4, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 9pubmed-summariser
ClawBio contributors
Search PubMed, preserve complete abstracts and sections, and produce research briefings with abstract openings or optional OpenAI/Ollama summaries.
- Repository has 1.2K stars
- Open source (MIT)
★ 1.2KLast active Sep 11, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 10paper2html
cnfjlhj
Use when turning an academic paper PDF/arXiv/OpenReview page/local LaTeX source into a single-file Chinese HTML deep-reading page, especially when the user…
- Supports bash
★ 456Last active Sep 14, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 11zotero-obsidian-bridge
Galaxy-Dawn
Use this skill when Zotero is the literature source of truth and the project KB should receive source notes under Sources/Papers plus project-linked synthesis…
- Larger repository (5.9K stars)
★ 5.9KLast active May 13, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 12wikiskill-evolve
ashutoshsinghpr7
Run the WikiSkill self-evolution loop (arXiv 2608.27454) on a Hermes workspace — raw→maintainer→proposer→gate with strict R_val > R_best gating.
- Open source (MIT)
★ 283Last active Sep 15, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet