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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
WOS_API_KEYNoYour Web of Science API key from Clarivate Developer Portal (required for Web of Science platform)
PUBMED_API_KEYNoYour NCBI PubMed API key (optional, increases rate limits from 3 to 10 requests/second)
WILEY_TDM_TOKENNoYour Wiley TDM token (required for Wiley platform)
WOS_API_VERSIONNoWeb of Science API version (v1 or v2). Default is v1.v1
ELSEVIER_API_KEYNoYour Elsevier API key (required for ScienceDirect and Scopus platforms)
SPRINGER_API_KEYNoYour Springer Nature API key for Metadata API v2 (required for Springer platform)
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEYNoYour Semantic Scholar API key (optional, increases rate limits)
SPRINGER_OPENACCESS_API_KEYNoYour Springer Nature OpenAccess API key (optional, if different from main SPRINGER_API_KEY)

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
search_papers

Search academic papers from multiple sources including arXiv, Web of Science, etc.

search_arxiv

Search academic papers specifically from arXiv preprint server

search_webofscience

Search academic papers from Web of Science database

search_pubmed

Search biomedical literature from PubMed/MEDLINE database using NCBI E-utilities API

search_biorxiv

Search bioRxiv preprint server for biology papers

search_medrxiv

Search medRxiv preprint server for medical papers

search_semantic_scholar

Search Semantic Scholar for academic papers with citation data

search_iacr

Search IACR ePrint Archive for cryptography papers

download_paper

Download PDF file of an academic paper

search_google_scholar

Search Google Scholar for academic papers using web scraping

get_paper_by_doi

Retrieve paper information using DOI from available platforms

search_scihub

Search and download papers from Sci-Hub using DOI or paper URL. Automatically detects and uses the fastest available mirror.

check_scihub_mirrors

Check the health status of all Sci-Hub mirror sites

get_platform_status

Check the status and capabilities of available academic platforms

search_sciencedirect

Search academic papers from Elsevier ScienceDirect database (requires API key)

search_springer

Search academic papers from Springer Nature database. Uses Metadata API by default (all content) or OpenAccess API when openAccess=true (full text available). Same API key works for both.

search_wiley

DEPRECATED: Wiley TDM API does not support keyword search. Use search_crossref to find Wiley articles, then use download_paper with platform="wiley" to download PDFs by DOI.

search_scopus

Search the Scopus abstract and citation database (requires Elsevier API key)

search_crossref

Search academic papers from Crossref database. Free API with extensive scholarly metadata coverage across publishers.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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