researchplus MCP server

MCP server for autonomous overnight research loops.

What this server exposes

• search_literature: queries searchthearxiv for relevance-ranked paper discovery.
• search_literature now returns health metadata with cache, retry, fallback, and empty-result signals.
• read_paper_text: fetches full arXiv HTML and converts it to plain text chunks.
• instruction://overnight-research-loop: strict loop protocol resource for coding agents.
• instruction://research-memory-template: markdown template for research memory files.
• instruction://research-evidence-template: markdown template for extracted evidence notes.
• instruction://research-session-checkpoint: compact live state buffer for compaction-safe continuation.
• instruction://research-task-queue: round-robin task queue for long-running sessions.
• instruction://research-stop-condition: bounded pause and resume guidance for exact stop targets.
• instruction://research-validation-rubric: ranking and validation checklist for evidence-backed ideas.
• overnight_research_bootstrap: reusable MCP prompt to start the loop.

Long-running loop pattern

The server is designed for restartable long sessions rather than literal infinite execution in one context window.

• Keep a small checkpoint in instruction://research-session-checkpoint.
• Keep a live round-robin queue in instruction://research-task-queue.
• Write one research/ memory file per idea.
• Track query provenance and health metadata so degraded discovery runs stay auditable.
• Enforce search -> read -> implement by reading full paper text before coding.
• Refresh the checkpoint after meaningful progress and before large task switches.
• Treat compaction or timeout as a normal pause, then resume from the checkpoint and queue.
• Use research/ideas/ for per-idea notes, research/evidence/ for supporting passages, research/checkpoints/current.md for the live state, research/queues/live.md for the work queue, and research/templates/ for reusable forms.

Build and run

• npm run build
• npm run start

For development:

• npm run dev