paper-search
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_papersA | Search academic literature across multiple sources, returning deduplicated and ranked results as JSON. Args: query: Free-text search query, e.g. "Hamiltonian Monte Carlo protein design". sources: Comma-separated source names: semantic-scholar, arxiv, pubmed, crossref, europepmc, openreview, dblp, openalex. Defaults to all keyless free sources. max_results_per_source: Maximum number of results fetched per source. year_from: Only include papers published in or after this year. year_to: Only include papers published in or before this year. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 1 tool
Only one tool exists, so there is no possibility of confusion or overlap with other tools. The tool's purpose is clearly defined as searching academic literature.
With a single tool, naming consistency is trivially maintained. The name 'search_papers' follows a clear verb_noun pattern, which is a good convention.
A single tool for a paper search server is extremely thin. While the tool is comprehensive in its search capabilities, the server lacks any other functionality such as fetching paper details, managing libraries, or retrieving citations, making the count feel insufficient for a full-featured server.
The server only provides search functionality, which is a core feature but leaves obvious gaps. For a paper search server, one would expect at least a tool to fetch details of a specific paper, and possibly tools for saving or managing papers. The current surface is incomplete for a comprehensive academic literature tool.