MCP Server

io.github.rachadele/biolit MCP Server

Name: io.github.rachadele/biolit MCP Server
Author: io.github.rachadele

io.github.rachadele/biolit

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What is the io.github.rachadele/biolit MCP server?

LLM-assisted biomedical literature screening and extraction for PubMed, GEO, and preprints.

How to install io.github.rachadele/biolit

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
secret
Anthropic API key (required when using the default Anthropic provider)
OPENAI_API_KEY
secret
OpenAI API key (required when using LLM_PROVIDER=openai)
LLM_PROVIDER
LLM provider: anthropic (default), openai, or ollama
LLM_MODEL
Model name override (e.g. claude-sonnet-4-6, gpt-4o)
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY
secret
Semantic Scholar API key for higher rate limits on citation lookup (optional)
UNPAYWALL_EMAIL
Email address for Unpaywall API access to improve PDF retrieval (optional)

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biolit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "biolit"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "LLM_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_LLM_PROVIDER>",
        "LLM_MODEL": "<YOUR_LLM_MODEL>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biolit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "biolit"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "LLM_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_LLM_PROVIDER>",
        "LLM_MODEL": "<YOUR_LLM_MODEL>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biolit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "biolit"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "LLM_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_LLM_PROVIDER>",
        "LLM_MODEL": "<YOUR_LLM_MODEL>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "biolit": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "biolit"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "LLM_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_LLM_PROVIDER>",
        "LLM_MODEL": "<YOUR_LLM_MODEL>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add biolit --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY> --env OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY> --env LLM_PROVIDER=<YOUR_LLM_PROVIDER> --env LLM_MODEL=<YOUR_LLM_MODEL> --env SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY> --env UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL> -- uvx biolit