Product 02 · RBAi Scholar

11.1 million papers,
searched by meaning.

Search 11.1 million biomedical abstracts from PubMed, bioRxiv and medRxiv. Ask in plain English to search by meaning, use keyword mode for gene symbols and Boolean queries, or put a term in quotes to require it.

Operational 11M+ papers Qwen 0.6B
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One rbai_sk_ key works for both access methods. The free allowance includes 20 searches a day; no credit card is required.

Documentation · Client configuration

Configure your AI client

Select a target client, then copy the complete configuration. Code remains available in its own scrollable region at every viewport width.

Target clientClaude Desktop
claude_desktop_config.json · needs Node.js 18+
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rbai-corpus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote@0.14.3",
        "https://scholar.thedreamlabinnovations.com/v1/mcp",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key:${RBAI_CORPUS_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RBAI_CORPUS_KEY": "rbai_sk_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}
Target clientCursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rbai-corpus": {
      "url": "https://scholar.thedreamlabinnovations.com/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer rbai_sk_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}
Target clientVS Code
.vscode/mcp.json · asks for your key once
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rbai-corpus-key",
      "description": "RBAi Scholar API key (rbai_sk_...)",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "rbai-corpus": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scholar.thedreamlabinnovations.com/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:rbai-corpus-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

RBAi Scholar is a standalone MCP product. It provides two tools: search_corpus (semantic search with hybrid ranking) and search_corpus_keyword (exact terms and Boolean logic). Your key works in the Authorization: Bearer header or as x-api-key. Claude Desktop connects through mcp-remote, because its configuration file starts only local programs. Claude Code, other clients, the REST reference and the benchmark: github.com/Insightwithhari/rbai-scholar.

Payment · Pricing

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Billing cycle
Save ₹98/year Billing cycle: Monthly
Free
Plan price
₹0

Included allowance20 searches / day · 1 request a second

  • Semantic search across the live biomedical index
  • All filters (year, author, type, OA, citations)
  • REST API + MCP integration
  • No credit card required
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Plan price
₹49 /month

Included allowance500 searches / day · 2 requests a second

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