MCP Server for Space Frontiers

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

Academic Papers Telegram Reddit YouTube

What You Get

spacefrontiers_search_documents

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

•Returns title, source_uri (DOI/URL), snippet, authors, date, score
•Filter by ISSN, document type, or publication date
•Empty query + filter_issns = browse a journal

spacefrontiers_search_social

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

•Filter by subreddit URL or @telegram_channel
•Pair with filter_issued_after for time windows
•Often the timeliest source for breaking topics

spacefrontiers_fetch_document

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

•Returns full body, abstract, authors, references, referenced_by
•Truncates content over ~100K characters
•Walks the citation graph via reference URIs

spacefrontiers_search_in_document

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

•Returns scored snippets without reading the whole body
•Falls back to full document if no passage matches
•Same URI input as fetch_document

One-Click Install

Add Space Frontiers to your editor or agent in one click. You will be prompted for an API key after install.

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 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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