BGPT Paper Search
Search scientific papers and pull structured full-text experimental data through the BGPT MCP server.
What it does
This skill tells the agent to call the BGPT MCP server's search_papers tool, returning structured experimental data extracted from full-text papers rather than just titles and abstracts. Each result carries 25+ fields: title, authors, journal, year, DOI, methods, quantitative results, sample sizes, study quality scores, and author conclusions.
BGPT is a remote MCP server, so there is no local install — but you must register it in your agent's MCP configuration first. The free tier allows 50 searches per network; beyond that you need an API key at $0.01 per result.
Who it's for
- Researchers running systematic or scoping literature reviews
- Anyone building evidence tables for meta-analyses
- Users who need to compare sample sizes, effect sizes, or protocols across studies
- Clinical guideline authors and R&D technology scouts
Examples
- Compare quantitative results — "Search papers on CRISPR gene editing efficiency in human cells and tabulate editing efficiency (%) plus sample size per cell line."
- Build an evidence table — Search studies on one intervention, then summarize design, sample size, quality score, and primary outcome into a meta-analysis-ready table.
- Methodology survey — Compare experimental protocols across 20 papers on a topic and summarize the most common assays and control designs.
· · · Install guide · · ·
Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
- Download the ZIP with the button below.
- In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
- Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
Install in Claude Code
Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code
Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart. Copy the skills/bgpt-paper-search folder from the GitHub repo K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/bgpt-paper-search/. When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.
Install with a command instead
git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/bgpt-paper-search ~/.claude/skills/⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.
- Open a terminal and clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git - Copy the skill into Claude's skills folder:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/bgpt-paper-search ~/.claude/skills/ - Verify Node.js is installed with
node -v; install it from nodejs.org if missing. - Add the BGPT server to your Claude Desktop / Claude Code MCP config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"bgpt": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["mcp-remote", "https://bgpt.pro/mcp/sse"]
}
}
}
- Fully quit and relaunch Claude so the MCP server connects.
- Test with a prompt like "Use BGPT to find papers about <topic>".
- If you expect more than 50 searches, get an API key at https://bgpt.pro/mcp and add it to your configuration.