BGPT Paper Search
Overview
BGPT is a remote MCP server that searches a curated database of scientific papers built from raw experimental data extracted from full-text studies. Unlike traditional literature databases that return titles and abstracts, BGPT returns structured data from the actual paper content — methods, quantitative results, sample sizes, quality assessments, and 25+ metadata fields per paper.
When to Use This Skill
Use BGPT when the value is in structured full-text experimental data, not titles/abstracts:
- Building evidence tables for a meta-analysis, scoping review, or clinical guideline
- Extracting sample sizes, effect sizes, methods, protocols, or conclusions across studies
- Comparing methodologies, or filtering papers by quality score / evidence grading
For broad title/abstract discovery use alterlab-pubmed; for real-time web-grounded summaries of recent developments use alterlab-perplexity.
Setup
BGPT is a remote MCP server — no local installation required.
Claude Desktop / Claude Code
Add to your MCP configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"bgpt": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["mcp-remote", "https://bgpt.pro/mcp/sse"]
}
}
}
npm (alternative)
npx bgpt-mcp
Usage
Once configured, use the search_papers tool provided by the BGPT MCP server:
Search for papers about: "CRISPR gene editing efficiency in human cells"
The server returns structured results including:
- Title, authors, journal, year, DOI
- Methods: Experimental techniques, models, protocols
- Results: Key findings with quantitative data
- Sample sizes: Number of subjects/samples
- Quality scores: Study quality assessments
- Conclusions: Author conclusions and implications
Pricing
- Free tier: 50 free results, no API key required
- Paid: $0.02 per result (billed per result actually returned, not per search) with an API key from bgpt.pro/mcp
Complementary Skills
Pairs well with:
alterlab-literature-review — gather structured data with BGPT, then synthesizealterlab-pubmed — PubMed for broad discovery, BGPT for deep experimental dataalterlab-biorxiv — combine preprint discovery with full-text data extractionalterlab-pyzotero — manage citations from BGPT search results
1---2name: alterlab-bgpt-search3description: Search scientific papers and retrieve structured experimental data extracted from full-text studies via the BGPT MCP server, returning 25+ fields per paper (methods, results, sample sizes, quality scores, conclusions). Use when running a literature review or evidence synthesis, or when needing experimental details (sample sizes, effect sizes, methods, quality scores) that abstracts alone do not provide. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.4license: MIT5---67# BGPT Paper Search89## Overview1011BGPT is a remote MCP server that searches a curated database of scientific papers built from raw experimental data extracted from full-text studies. Unlike traditional literature databases that return titles and abstracts, BGPT returns structured data from the actual paper content — methods, quantitative results, sample sizes, quality assessments, and 25+ metadata fields per paper.1213## When to Use This Skill1415Use BGPT when the value is in structured full-text experimental data, not titles/abstracts:16- Building evidence tables for a meta-analysis, scoping review, or clinical guideline17- Extracting sample sizes, effect sizes, methods, protocols, or conclusions across studies18- Comparing methodologies, or filtering papers by quality score / evidence grading1920For broad title/abstract discovery use `alterlab-pubmed`; for real-time web-grounded summaries of recent developments use `alterlab-perplexity`.2122## Setup2324BGPT is a remote MCP server — no local installation required.2526### Claude Desktop / Claude Code2728Add to your MCP configuration:2930```json31{32 "mcpServers": {33 "bgpt": {34 "command": "npx",35 "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://bgpt.pro/mcp/sse"]36 }37 }38}39```4041### npm (alternative)4243```bash44npx bgpt-mcp45```4647## Usage4849Once configured, use the `search_papers` tool provided by the BGPT MCP server:5051```52Search for papers about: "CRISPR gene editing efficiency in human cells"53```5455The server returns structured results including:56- **Title, authors, journal, year, DOI**57- **Methods**: Experimental techniques, models, protocols58- **Results**: Key findings with quantitative data59- **Sample sizes**: Number of subjects/samples60- **Quality scores**: Study quality assessments61- **Conclusions**: Author conclusions and implications6263## Pricing6465- **Free tier**: 50 free results, no API key required66- **Paid**: $0.02 per result (billed per result actually returned, not per search) with an API key from [bgpt.pro/mcp](https://bgpt.pro/mcp)6768## Complementary Skills6970Pairs well with:71- `alterlab-literature-review` — gather structured data with BGPT, then synthesize72- `alterlab-pubmed` — PubMed for broad discovery, BGPT for deep experimental data73- `alterlab-biorxiv` — combine preprint discovery with full-text data extraction74- `alterlab-pyzotero` — manage citations from BGPT search results
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