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Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
search_papers

Search arXiv papers with advanced query syntax.

Query supports field prefixes:

  • ti: - Title search (e.g., "ti:transformer")

  • au: - Author search (e.g., "au:Hinton")

  • abs: - Abstract search (e.g., "abs:neural networks")

  • cat: - Category search (e.g., "cat:cs.AI")

  • all: - All fields (default)

Boolean operators: AND, OR, ANDNOT

Examples:

  • "ti:machine learning" - Search in title

  • "au:Hinton AND cat:cs.AI" - Combined search

  • "abs:neural networks OR abs:deep learning" - OR search

get_paper

Get detailed information about a specific arXiv paper.

Returns complete metadata including abstract, authors, categories, and more. Optionally downloads the PDF to local storage.

Accepts flexible ID formats:

  • 2301.12345

  • arXiv:2301.12345

  • 2301.12345v1 (with version)

download_paper

Download PDF for a specific arXiv paper.

Downloads the PDF to the local download directory (./.arxiv by default). Returns the local file path upon success.

list_downloaded_papers

List all PDFs that have been downloaded to local storage.

Returns a list of downloaded papers with file information.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription
search_arxiv_promptPrompt template for searching arXiv papers.
download_paper_promptPrompt template for downloading papers.

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription
get_downloads_resourceGet list of downloaded papers as a resource. Returns markdown-formatted list of all locally downloaded papers.

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