trove-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORE_API_KEY | No | Optional API key for CORE to improve full-text throughput. | |
| TROVE_DB_PATH | No | Path to the local SQLite database file. Example: /Users/you/.trove-mcp/trove.db | |
| UNPAYWALL_EMAIL | No | Email address for Unpaywall OA discovery. Either this or TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL must be set for Unpaywall to work. | |
| TROVE_CONTACT_EMAIL | No | Your email address, used for contact and as fallback for Unpaywall. | |
| TROVE_DISABLED_TOOLS | No | Comma-separated list of tool names to hide from the MCP server (e.g., 'get_trending_papers,find_similar_papers'). | |
| TROVE_HTTP_CORS_ORIGIN | No | CORS origin allowed for browser-based MCP clients in HTTP mode. | |
| TROVE_HTTP_BEARER_TOKEN | No | Bearer token for authenticating HTTP mode requests. | |
| SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY | No | Optional API key for Semantic Scholar to enable reliable similar-paper recommendations. |
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
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
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No resources | |
This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
ActivityInactive
ResponsivenessNo issues