all-in-mcp 0.3.1

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing daily-use utility functions and academic paper search capabilities

All-in-MCP

A FastMCP-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing academic paper search and PDF processing utilities. Features a modular architecture with both proxy and standalone server capabilities.

• Paper Tools overview Video
• Overview PDF

Architecture

All-in-MCP uses a modern FastMCP architecture with two main components:

1. 🔄 All-in-MCP Proxy Server: Main server that routes requests to academic tools
2. 📚 APaper Module: Isolated academic research server with specialized paper search tools

This design provides better modularity, performance, and scalability.

Features

Both servers expose academic paper search tools as FastMCP endpoints with automatic tool registration:

Available Tools

• Academic Research:
  • search-iacr-papers: Search academic papers from IACR ePrint Archive
  • download-iacr-paper: Download PDF of an IACR ePrint paper
  • read-iacr-paper: Read and extract text content from an IACR ePrint paper PDF
• Bibliography Search:
  • search-cryptobib-papers: Search CryptoBib bibliography database for cryptography papers (structured metadata or raw BibTeX)
• Crossref Search:
  • search-crossref-papers: Search academic papers from Crossref database
• Google Scholar:
  • search-google-scholar-papers: Search academic papers across disciplines with citation data
• PDF Reading:
  • read-pdf: Read and extract text from local and online PDF files

All tools are implemented using FastMCP decorators with automatic registration, built-in validation, and enhanced error handling.

Quick Start

• Video for Env Setup Video for Claude code
• Overview PDF PDF for Claude code

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10 or higher
• UV package manager

Installation

Install from PyPI (Recommended by UV)

uv pip install all-in-mcp

Server Options

The main proxy server supports multiple MCP backends through environment variables:

# Run with APaper academic tools enabled
APAPER=true uv run all-in-mcp

# Run with GitHub repository tools enabled
GITHUB_REPO_MCP=true uv run all-in-mcp

# Run with both backends enabled
APAPER=true GITHUB_REPO_MCP=true uv run all-in-mcp

# Run standalone APaper server (academic tools only)
uv run apaper

Integration with MCP Clients

Add the servers to your MCP client configuration:

VSCode Configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "all-in-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "all-in-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "APAPER": "true",
        "GITHUB_REPO_MCP": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "all-in-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "all-in-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "APAPER": "true",
        "GITHUB_REPO_MCP": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

Debugging & Testing

MCP Inspector

Use the official MCP Inspector to debug and test server functionality:

# Debug the main proxy server with APaper tools
APAPER=true npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run all-in-mcp

# Debug with all backends enabled
APAPER=true GITHUB_REPO_MCP=true npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run all-in-mcp

# Debug standalone APaper server
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run apaper

The MCP Inspector provides:

• 🔍 Interactive Tool Testing: Test all available tools with real parameters
• 📊 Server Information: View server capabilities and tool schemas
• 🐛 Debug Messages: Monitor server communication and error messages
• ⚡ Real-time Testing: Execute tools and see results immediately

Perfect for development, debugging, and understanding how the FastMCP tools work.

Development

For development setup and contribution guidelines, see the Development Guide.

Quick Development Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/jiahaoxiang2000/all-in-mcp.git
cd all-in-mcp

# Install with development dependencies
uv sync --extra dev

# Run tests (now using unittest)
uv run python tests/test_fastmcp_server.py
uv run python tests/test_apaper_iacr.py
uv run python tests/test_apaper_pdf.py