MCP server for structured methods extraction + reproducibility heuristics on academic papers.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add methods-mcp -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY> -e GITHUB_TOKEN=<GITHUB_TOKEN> -e METHODS_MCP_MODEL=<METHODS_MCP_MODEL> -- uvx methods-mcp==0.1.7
{
"mcpServers": {
"methods-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"methods-mcp==0.1.7"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"methods-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"methods-mcp==0.1.7"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"methods-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"methods-mcp==0.1.7"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "<METHODS_MCP_MODEL>"
}
}
}
}
Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYRequired, secret | Required for LLM-driven extraction tools (extract_methods, summarize_paper, methods_repro_review). |
GITHUB_TOKENOptional, secret | Optional. Raises the GitHub REST API rate limit used by reproducibility assessment. |
METHODS_MCP_MODELOptional | Override the default Claude model (default: claude-sonnet-4-6). |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (PYPI, stdio) |
| First published | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Last updated | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.FlynnLachendro/methods-mcp |
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