Connect AnswerThis to your assistant

AnswerThis lets your AI assistant search academic papers, work with the papers in your AnswerThis library, create and edit cited Writer drafts, and run systematic reviews, from screening and extraction to risk of bias, GRADE and the write-up. You don't need an account to read this guide or to search public papers; other tools ask you to sign in to AnswerThis.

Connect

Pick your assistant below. The AnswerThis MCP page has the same options as one-click cards.

Claude

Open AnswerThis in the Claude directory and add it. On Claude Team and Enterprise plans, owners (or Enterprise roles allowed to manage connectors) add it; members then select Connect in Customize → Connectors.

Can't use the Claude directory? Add AnswerThis as a custom connector and choose Sign in when needed under Authentication on step 2. Claude may preselect No sign-in, and then it won't ask you to sign in when a tool needs your AnswerThis account.

ChatGPT

Open AnswerThis in the ChatGPT plugin directory and select Install plugin.

Codex

Codex uses the same plugin: install it from the plugin directory, or in the Codex CLI run codex plugin add answerthis@openai-curated-remote.

Cursor

Add AnswerThis to Cursor. The link opens Cursor and adds the server to its MCP config.

Claude Code and other MCP clients

Add the server by URL: https://api.answerthis.io/mcp. For a JSON config such as Cursor's mcp.json or Claude Code's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "answerthis": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.answerthis.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Then sign in to AnswerThis from the client (in Claude Code, run /mcp).

Sign in and approve

Public paper search (search_papers) and product help (get_answerthis_docs) work without an account. Every other tool, and searching your own library, needs your AnswerThis account.

The first time a tool needs your account, your assistant opens AnswerThis sign-in. Sign in or create an account, check which assistant is asking and the permissions it requests, then approve. Your assistant receives a connection token, not your password. Never paste a password, API key or token into a chat.

Library, full text, Writer drafts, systematic reviews and jobs are separate permissions. Reading full text depends on whether the source is available to you; AnswerThis does not bypass publisher access.

Available tools

These are the 59 tools the AnswerThis server offers. Your assistant's tool list is authoritative for their arguments. “Not used” means the tool does not use your plan's API calls or processing credits.

API calls and credits

Most tools are not counted against your plan's API allowance. The tools that start counts, fetches, screening or extraction use API calls, and screening and extraction also use processing credits per paper, as the table shows.

start_screening, start_extraction, retry_job and resume_slr_step accept max_credits to cap what that work can spend. Sign in to the AnswerThis MCP page and open Usage to see your use.

Disconnect and support

Tool results, including private papers and drafts you let your assistant read, are sent to that assistant. See the MCP privacy supplement and connector terms.

To disconnect, sign in to the AnswerThis MCP page and select Disconnect on the assistant's card or under Other connected apps. That connection can no longer use your AnswerThis account, and your saved work stays. A client you connected more than once, such as Cursor on two computers, can be listed once per connection; disconnect each one. For help, email [email protected] or use the contact page.