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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
PAPER_SEARCH_CACHENoLocal SQLite cache file path./tmp/paper_search_cache.db
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEYNoSemantic Scholar API key. Recommended to avoid rate limits.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": false
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
search_literatureC

Search open scholarly literature across configured sources.

plan_literature_searchC

Plan source routing and ranking without running a live search.

get_workB

Get a work by identifier (DOI, PMID, PMCID, arXiv, etc.).

resolve_identifiersC

Resolve a list of identifiers across sources and return merged records.

get_source_statusB

Return the health status of all configured sources.

lookup_meshC

Lookup MeSH descriptors for a biomedical term.

find_related_articlesC

Find PubMed related article PMIDs.

convert_identifiersC

Convert DOI/PMID/PMCID identifiers through the NCBI ID converter.

search_literature_signalsC

Search biomedical literature signals via PubTator3.

expand_from_workC

Expand from a known work by citations, references, or similar papers.

export_recordsC

Export a list of works to a supported format.

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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