AMiner MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:152-212 (registration)

  Registration of the search_papers_advanced tool, including schema definition with Zod and the inline async handler that performs validation, API call via client, formatting, and error handling.
  server.registerTool( "search_papers_advanced", { title: "Advanced Paper Search", description: "Advanced paper search functionality supporting multiple search criteria", inputSchema: { keyword: z.string().optional().describe("Search keyword"), venue: z.string().optional().describe("Venue/journal name"), author: z.string().optional().describe("Author name"), page: z.number().min(0).default(0).describe("Page number, starting from 0"), size: z.number().min(1).max(10).default(10).describe("Number of papers per page, maximum 10"), order: z.enum(["year", "n_citation"]).optional().describe("Sort order: year (by publication year) or n_citation (by citation count)") } }, async ({ keyword, venue, author, page, size, order }) => { try { // Validate at least one search condition is provided if (!keyword && !venue && !author) { return { content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify({ error: "Validation Error", message: "At least one of keyword, venue, or author must be provided" }, null, 2) }], isError: true }; } const result = await aminerClient.searchPapers({ keyword, venue, author, page, size, order }); const formattedResult = aminerClient.formatSearchResults(result); return { content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(formattedResult, null, 2) }] }; } catch (error) { return { content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify({ error: "Search failed", message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error' }, null, 2) }], isError: true }; } } );
• src/aminer-client.ts:27-94 (handler)

  Core implementation of paper search logic: constructs query parameters from inputs, makes authenticated GET request to AMiner API, validates and parses response, computes pagination info, handles various errors.
  async searchPapers(params: SearchParams): Promise<SearchResult> { // Validate required parameters if (!params.keyword && !params.venue && !params.author) { throw new Error('At least one of keyword, venue, or author must be provided'); } if (params.size > 10) { throw new Error('Size parameter cannot exceed 10'); } // Build query parameters const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(); if (params.keyword) searchParams.append('keyword', params.keyword); if (params.venue) searchParams.append('venue', params.venue); if (params.author) searchParams.append('author', params.author); searchParams.append('page', params.page.toString()); searchParams.append('size', params.size.toString()); if (params.order) searchParams.append('order', params.order); const url = `${this.config.baseUrl}?${searchParams.toString()}`; try { const response = await fetch(url, { method: 'GET', headers: { 'Authorization': this.config.apiKey, 'Content-Type': 'application/json', }, }); if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`); } const data = await response.json() as AminerSearchResponse; // Add detailed response data check if (!data) { throw new Error('API returned empty response'); } if (!data.success) { throw new Error(`API Error (${data.code}): ${data.msg}`); } // Check the completeness of the response data if (typeof data.total !== 'number') { console.warn('API response missing or invalid total field, defaulting to 0'); } // Ensure data.data is not null, if it is null, use an empty array const papers = data.data || []; const total = data.total || 0; return { papers, total, page: params.page, size: params.size, hasMore: (params.page + 1) * params.size < total, }; } catch (error) { if (error instanceof Error) { throw new Error(`Failed to search papers: ${error.message}`); } throw new Error('Unknown error occurred while searching papers'); } }
• src/aminer-client.ts:165-198 (helper)

  Helper function called by the tool handler to format raw search results into a structured JSON response with summary statistics, indexed papers (formatted via formatPaper), and pagination details.
  formatSearchResults(result: SearchResult): SearchResultFormatted { const { papers, total, page, size, hasMore } = result; // Ensure papers is not null or undefined const formattedPapers = papers && Array.isArray(papers) ? papers.map((paper, index) => { const formattedPaper = this.formatPaper(paper); // Only process successfully formatted papers, skip error results if ('error' in formattedPaper) { return null; } return { index: page * size + index + 1, ...formattedPaper }; }).filter((paper): paper is NonNullable<typeof paper> => paper !== null) : []; return { summary: { total, page: page + 1, size, hasMore, currentPageResults: formattedPapers.length }, papers: formattedPapers, pagination: { currentPage: page + 1, nextPage: hasMore ? page + 2 : null, previousPage: page > 0 ? page : null } }; }
• src/aminer-client.ts:120-160 (helper)

  Helper function to format individual raw paper data from AMiner API into a clean, user-friendly structure, preferring Chinese fields where available, handling missing data gracefully.
  formatPaper(paper: AminerPaper | null | undefined): Paper | ErrorResult { // Add empty value check if (!paper) { return { error: "Invalid Paper Data", message: "No paper information available." }; } const title = paper.title_zh || paper.title || 'N/A'; const authors = paper.authors && Array.isArray(paper.authors) ? paper.authors.map((author) => ({ name: author?.name_zh || author?.name || 'Unknown', org: author?.org || null })) : []; const venue = paper.venue ? { name_zh: paper.venue.name_zh || null, name_en: paper.venue.name_en || null, alias: paper.venue.alias || null } : null; const year = paper.year || null; const citations = paper.n_citation || 0; const abstract = paper.abstract_zh || paper.abstract || null; const doi = paper.doi || null; const url = paper.url || null; const keywords = paper.keywords_zh || paper.keywords || []; return { title, authors, venue, year, citations, abstract, doi, url, keywords, language: paper.language || null }; }
• src/types.ts:60-67 (schema)

  TypeScript interface defining the SearchParams used by searchPapers method, matching the Zod inputSchema of the MCP tool.
  export interface SearchParams { keyword?: string; venue?: string; author?: string; page: number; size: number; order?: 'year' | 'n_citation'; }