methods-mcp MCP Server

Name: methods-mcp MCP Server
Author: io.github.FlynnLachendro

io.github.FlynnLachendro/methods-mcp

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What is the methods-mcp MCP server?

MCP server for structured methods extraction + reproducibility heuristics on academic papers.

How to install methods-mcp

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
required
secret
Required for LLM-driven extraction tools (extract_methods, summarize_paper, methods_repro_review).
GITHUB_TOKEN
secret
Optional. Raises the GitHub REST API rate limit used by reproducibility assessment.
METHODS_MCP_MODEL
Override the default Claude model (default: claude-sonnet-4-6).

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "methods-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "methods-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<YOUR_METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "methods-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "methods-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<YOUR_METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "methods-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "methods-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<YOUR_METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "methods-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "methods-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<YOUR_METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add methods-mcp --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY> --env GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN> --env METHODS_MCP_MODEL=<YOUR_METHODS_MCP_MODEL> -- uvx methods-mcp