Check that the InspireHEP MCP server is running.

Return cache and request performance statistics for the server.

Useful for monitoring cache hit rates, request counts, and average response times. No parameters required.

Search InspireHEP for papers matching a query.

Supports free-text and field-specific queries such as:

• "dark matter direct detection"

• "author:ellis title:higgs"

• "collaboration:ATLAS supersymmetry"

• "find a weinberg and t electroweak"

Args: query: Search query string. sort: Sort order — "bestmatch", "mostrecent", or "mostcited". size: Number of results to return (1-100, default 10).

Retrieve detailed metadata for a specific paper.

Provide at least one identifier. Accepts multiple formats:

• inspire_id: "3456"

• arxiv_id: "arxiv:2301.12345", "arxiv:hep-ph/0123456", or full URL

• doi: "10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.456789" or full URL

Returns title, authors, abstract, citations, references count, publication info, keywords, URLs, and more.

Retrieve figures for a specific paper.

Provide at least one identifier. Accepts multiple formats:

• inspire_id: "3456"

• arxiv_id: "arxiv:2301.12345", "arxiv:hep-ph/0123456", or full URL

• doi: "10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.456789" or full URL

Returns title, inspire url, and a list of figures with their captions, descriptions and direct download URLs.

Retrieve publication history and citation metrics for an author.

Provide either author_name or author_id:

• author_name: "Weinberg, Steven" (Last, First format)

• author_id: "S.Weinberg.1" (InspireHEP BAI)

Returns a list of papers plus aggregate metrics including total citations, h-index, and average citations per paper.

Args: author_name: Author name in "Last, First" format. author_id: InspireHEP author identifier (BAI). sort: Sort order — "mostrecent" or "mostcited". size: Number of papers to return (1-100, default 20).

Retrieve citation graph data for a paper.

Args: inspire_id: InspireHEP record ID (numeric). direction: "citing" (papers that cite this) or "cited_by" (papers this cites). size: Number of results to return (1–250, default 50).

Returns citation list with metadata, total count, and a year-by-year citation timeline.

Find publications from a specific experimental collaboration.

Handles common name variations (e.g. "lhcb" → "LHCb").

Args: collaboration_name: Collaboration name (e.g. "ATLAS", "CMS", "LHCb", "Belle-II"). sort: Sort order — "mostrecent" or "mostcited". size: Number of results to return (1–100, default 20). year: Optional year filter (e.g. 2024).

Returns publication list, year distribution, total citations, and top-cited papers from the returned set.

Generate a formatted reference list for a paper.

Args: inspire_id: InspireHEP record ID (numeric). format: Output format — "bibtex", "json", "latex-us", or "latex-eu".

Returns the reference list in the requested format along with total reference count and paper title.

Retrieve the BibTeX citation entry for a paper.

Accepts any common identifier format:

• Inspire ID: "3456"

• arXiv ID: "arxiv:2301.12345", "arxiv:hep-ph/0123456", or full URL

• DOI: "10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.456789" or full URL

Args: identifier: A DOI, arXiv ID, or InspireHEP record ID.

Returns the BibTeX entry along with paper title, texkey, and the resolved Inspire record ID.