Consensus

consensus

Consensus is the go-to MCP for academic research. Connect directly to 220M+ peer-reviewed papers to search, synthesize, and build structured research outputs from within your conversation. Run literature reviews, build boolean search strategies, generate bibliographies, identify research gaps, and draft cited content — grounded in studies from PubMed, Semantic Scholar, and ArXiv. Pre-built workflows handle complex tasks in minutes: systematic reviews, curriculum reading lists, grant research with novelty analysis, and clinical evidence synthesis. Built for researchers, students, faculty, and clinicians across biomedical, social science, STEM, and all academic disciplines.

Install

Start a new Codex session after installation to use the plugin

Category: Education & Research
Author: Consensus
GitHub: openai/plugins
Website: consensus.app

Good for

Literature reviews
Search academic papers
Build bibliographies
Identify research gaps

Getting started

Install plugin
Connect to PubMed
Enter keywords
Generate results

Before you install

Requires OpenAI account, supports biomedical and social science fields

Summarized by AI from the project docs; check the official docs before relying on it.

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