Academic MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY | No | Optional API key for enhanced Semantic Scholar features | |
| ACADEMIC_MCP_DOWNLOAD_PATH | No | Directory for downloaded PDFs | ./downloads |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
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Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| paper_searchB | Search academic papers from multiple sources. Available sources: arxiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Google Scholar, IACR ePrint Archive, Semantic Scholar, CrossRef.Input Constraints:
Example:paper_search([ {"searcher": "arxiv", "query": "machine learning", "max_results": 5}, {"searcher": "pubmed", "query": "cancer immunotherapy", "max_results": 3}, {"searcher": "iacr", "query": "cryptography", "max_results": 3, "fetch_details": true}, {"searcher": "semantic", "query": "climate change", "max_results": 4, "year": "2015-2020"}, {"searcher": "crossref", "query": "deep learning", "max_results": 2, "kwargs": {"filter": "from-pub-date:2020,has-full-text:true"}}, {"query": "deep learning", "max_results": 2} ]) |
| paper_downloadA | Download academic paper PDFs from multiple sources. Input Constraints:
Paper ID formats:
Returns:List of paths to the downloaded PDF files. Example:paper_download([ {"searcher": "arxiv", "paper_id": "2106.12345"}, {"searcher": "pubmed", "paper_id": "32790614"}, {"searcher": "biorxiv", "paper_id": "10.1101/2020.01.01.123456"}, {"searcher": "semantic", "paper_id": "DOI:10.18653/v1/N18-3011"} ]) |
| paper_readA | Read and extract text content from academic paper PDFs from multiple sources. Input Constraints:
Example:arXivpaper_read({"searcher": "arxiv", "paper_id": "2106.12345", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is arXiv ID. PubMedpaper_read({"searcher": "pubmed", "paper_id": "32790614", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is PubMed ID (PMID). bioRxivpaper_read({"searcher": "biorxiv", "paper_id": "10.1101/2020.01.01.123456", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is bioRxiv DOI. medRxivpaper_read({"searcher": "medrxiv", "paper_id": "10.1101/2020.01.01.123456", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is medRxiv DOI. IACRpaper_read({"searcher": "iacr", "paper_id": "2009/101", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is IACR paper ID. Semantic Scholarpaper_read({"searcher": "semantic", "paper_id": "DOI:10.18653/v1/N18-3011", "save_path": "./downloads"}) where paper_id: Semantic Scholar paper ID, Paper identifier in one of the following formats: - Semantic Scholar ID (e.g., "649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b") - DOI: (e.g., "DOI:10.18653/v1/N18-3011") - ARXIV: (e.g., "ARXIV:2106.15928") - MAG: (e.g., "MAG:112218234") - ACL: (e.g., "ACL:W12-3903") - PMID: (e.g., "PMID:19872477") - PMCID: (e.g., "PMCID:2323736") - URL: (e.g., "URL:https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.15928v1") CrossRefpaper_read({"searcher": "crossref", "paper_id": "10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is DOI. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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