MCP Server for Space Frontiers

A retrieval layer for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent. Four read-only tools search peer-reviewed papers, books, patents, standards, Wikipedia, Reddit, Telegram, Discord, and YouTube, with bounded full text and canonical URIs for citation.

Academic Papers Telegram Reddit Discord YouTube

What You Get

spacefrontiers_search_documents

Search peer-reviewed papers, books, patents, and Wikipedia. Use for citations, prior art, and grounded scientific claims.

•Defaults to 10 compact, reranked results
•Returns source_uri, snippet, abstract preview, authors, date, score
•Filter by ISSN, document type, or publication date

spacefrontiers_search_social

Search Reddit, Telegram, Discord, and YouTube transcripts. Use for news, current events, and community discussion.

•Defaults to 10 compact, reranked results
•Filter by source URI prefixes
•Pair with filter_issued_after for time windows

spacefrontiers_fetch_document

Retrieve bounded full text + references for one document by canonical URI (DOI, arXiv, PMID, ISBN, …).

•Defaults to 40K characters; configurable up to 100K
•Returns abstract, authors, and up to 50 references
•Citation backlinks are opt-in to avoid an extra search

spacefrontiers_search_in_document

Find relevant passages within a specific document by query. Use for documents over ~20K tokens.

•Returns up to five scored passages without the full body
•Reports an empty match without triggering a large fallback fetch
•Same URI input as fetch_document

One-Click Install

Add Space Frontiers to your editor or agent in one click. Supported clients open a browser for secure OAuth sign-in.

Cursor VS Code VS Code Insiders Smithery

Cline, Windsurf, and Raycast users: install via Smithery or use the manual config below.

Manual Install

Easiest — one command, auto login via browser:

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user spacefrontiers https://mcp.spacefrontiers.org

On first use, a browser window opens for you to sign in and authorize. No API key needed.

Or use an API key directly:

claude mcp add --transport http spacefrontiers https://mcp.spacefrontiers.org --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with a key from your API keys page.

Using an AI coding agent? Just say: "Install the Space Frontiers MCP from https://spacefrontiers.org/install.md"

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