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AI agent tools in research and academia

In this catalog, Research and academia covers universities and research labs. Our enrichment pass tags 87 listings with it: 33 MCP servers, 41 agent skills, 2 plugins and 11 AI agents. By listing rank, the top MCP server is Stata MCP, the top agent skill is alpha-research and the top AI agent is feynman. 2 of the 87 are published by the vendor behind the product, and 74 were active in the last 30 days. 1 of the 33 MCP servers runs only as a remote server, with nothing to install locally. Each entry below links to its listing page, with grades, install commands and sources.

Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade

What the field is

Tagged listings
87
By type
33 MCP servers, 41 agent skills, 2 plugins and 11 AI agents
Published by the vendor
2 of 87
Active in the last 30 days
74 of 87
Open source
74 of 87
MCP servers that run only remotely
1 of 33
Hosts named by the MCP servers
Claude Code (33), Cursor (33), VS Code (33)

Building blocks by type

The top entries of each type, by listing rank. Open a listing for its install command, grades and sources.

MCP servers 33 tagged

  1. 1
    Stata MCP

    SepineTam

    Let LLM help you achieve your regression analysis with Stata

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (AGPL-3.0)

    ★ 270↓ 2.1K/wkLast active Oct 19, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  2. 2
    Zotero MCP

    54yyyu

    Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.

    • Most GitHub stars here (5,548)
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 5.5K↓ 7.1K/wkLast active Oct 16, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  3. 3
    CLIO Adios

    iowarp

    Fetch and analyze BP5 data files using ADIOS2.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (BSD-3-Clause)

    ★ 30↓ 7.3K/wkLast active Oct 8, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  4. 4
    CLIO Arxiv

    iowarp

    Search arXiv by topic, author, title or date, read paper details, and export BibTeX or PDFs.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (BSD-3-Clause)

    ★ 30↓ 7.3K/wkLast active Oct 8, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  5. 5
    ArXiv MCP Server

    blazickjp

    Search arXiv papers, download full text, semantic search, citation graphs, and alerts.

    • 3.2K GitHub stars
    • Most weekly downloads here (16.4K)
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 3.2K↓ 16.4K/wkLast active Oct 8, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

Search MCP servers for research and academia → All connectors

Agent skills 41 tagged

  1. 1
    alpha-research

    Companion-Inc

    Search, read, and query research papers via Feynman's alphaXiv-backed alpha tools.

    • Largest repository here (10,016 stars)
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 10KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  2. 2
    bgpt-mcp

    Conner Lambden

    Search scientific papers via the BGPT MCP server and retrieve structured experimental data — methods, results, conclusions, quality scores, and 25+ metadata…

    • Repository has 1.2K stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1.2KLast active Oct 10, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  3. 3
    lit-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
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1.2KLast active Oct 20, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  4. 4
    scansci-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
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1.2KLast active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  5. 5
    proposal-final-review

    Optima-CityU

    Use when assembling a completed staged Typst proposal and checking its evidence, logic, citations, structure, and export readiness.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (BSD-3-Clause)

    ★ 677Last active Sep 29, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

Search agent skills for research and academia → All skills

Plugins 2 tagged

  1. 1
    TeXRA

    texra-ai

    TeXRA: Your 24/7 AI Theorist.

    • Most GitHub stars here (35)
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 35Last active Oct 24, 2026VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium

  2. 2
    Trinno Research Assist

    Open1s

    Research assistant with AI-powered capabilities for academic research, patent analysis, and innovation support.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1Last active Oct 11, 2026VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium

Search plugins for research and academia → All plugins

AI agents 11 tagged

  1. 1
    feynman

    Companion-Inc

    Open-source CLI research agent for literature reviews, deep research and paper drafts.

    • Most GitHub stars here (10,016)
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 10KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  2. 2
    openscience

    synthetic-sciences

    Open-source AI workbench for scientific research that runs analyses and experiments with visible steps.

    • 4.2K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 4.2KLast active Oct 20, 2026

  3. 3
    PaperQA2

    FutureHouse

    Retrieval augmented generation package that answers questions from scientific papers and documents with citations.

    • 9.5K GitHub stars
    • Most weekly downloads here (30.7K)
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 9.5K↓ 30.7K/wkLast active Aug 12, 2026

  4. 4
    luxas

    Muuuun

    Autonomous research agent that reads papers, runs experiments and compiles a LaTeX report with no human in the loop

    • 1.2K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1.2KLast active Oct 12, 2026

  5. 5
    ScienceClaw

    AgentTeam-TaichuAI

    Personal research assistant for scientific work, built on LangChain DeepAgents with an isolated Docker sandbox.

    ★ 673Last active May 9, 2026

Search AI agents for research and academia → All agents

For business buyers: agents with stated pricing

Only agents whose listing states pricing are shown, with what the listing says. Check the publisher's pricing page before you buy.

AgentPricing in its listingSource
ElicitElicitFreemium with a free tier; $0 to $89 per month; pricing page checked Oct 2026Pricing page
LinerLinerFreemium with a free tier; $0 to $35.99 per month; pricing page checked Oct 2026Pricing page

Questions

What are the top tools for research and academia?
By listing rank, the top MCP server is Stata MCP, the top agent skill is alpha-research and the top AI agent is feynman. Rank weighs adoption, freshness, documentation and publisher identity; money never changes it.
How many tools does the catalog list for research and academia?
87 listings are tagged for it: 33 MCP servers, 41 agent skills, 2 plugins and 11 AI agents. Tags come from an automated enrichment pass over the top-ranked listings, so tools outside that pass are not counted.
Which AI apps do the MCP servers work with?
Of the 33 MCP servers, 33 list Claude Code, 33 list Cursor and 33 list VS Code as a supported host. Open a listing for its install command and the other hosts it names.
Do the AI agents for research and academia cost money?
Pricing is stated for 2 of the 11 agents: Elicit (freemium with a free tier), Liner (freemium with a free tier). The other agents state no pricing in their listings.

87 listings are tagged for this industry; the lists above show the top entries.

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