Schema | Academic Paper Search MCP Server

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`CROSSREF_API_KEY`	No	Your Crossref API key (optional but recommended)
`SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY`	No	Your Semantic Scholar API key (not currently implemented)

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Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name Description

Name	Description
search_papers	Search for papers across multiple sources. `args: query: the search query limit: the maximum number of results to return (default 10)`
fetch_paper_details	Get detailed information about a specific paper. `Args: paper_id: Paper identifier (DOI for Crossref, paper ID for Semantic Scholar) source: Source database ("semantic_scholar" or "crossref")`
search_by_topic	Search for papers by topic with optional date range. `Note: Query length is limited to 300 characters. Longer queries will be automatically truncated. Args: topic (str): Search query (max 300 chars) year_start (int, optional): Start year for date range year_end (int, optional): End year for date range limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results to return (default 10) Returns: str: Formatted search results or error message`

search_papers

Search for papers across multiple sources.

args: 
    query: the search query
    limit: the maximum number of results to return (default 10)

fetch_paper_details

Get detailed information about a specific paper.

Args:
    paper_id: Paper identifier (DOI for Crossref, paper ID for Semantic Scholar)
    source: Source database ("semantic_scholar" or "crossref")

search_by_topic

Search for papers by topic with optional date range.

Note: Query length is limited to 300 characters. Longer queries will be automatically truncated.

Args:
    topic (str): Search query (max 300 chars)
    year_start (int, optional): Start year for date range
    year_end (int, optional): End year for date range  
    limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results to return (default 10)
    
Returns:
    str: Formatted search results or error message

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