Polymath MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYMATH_EMAIL | No | A real contact e-mail. Unlocks the Unpaywall source (which requires it) and puts Crossref requests in its polite pool with better rate limits. Without it everything else still works. |
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
| 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 papers across arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, DBLP, Europe PMC and Semantic Scholar. Results are deduplicated by DOI/arXiv id and sorted by citation count. Optionally restrict to specific sources or a year range. |
| get_paperA | Get details for one paper by DOI (e.g. '10.1145/3600006') or arXiv id (e.g. '2301.12345' or 'arXiv:2301.12345'). Merges metadata from every source that knows the paper, including an open-access PDF link when one exists. |
| search_codeA | Search code repositories on GitHub, e.g. to find the implementation of a paper or a library. Optionally filter by programming language. |
| search_hubA | Search the Hugging Face Hub for models or datasets. |
| search_trendsA | Search practitioner discussions and trends on Hacker News, Stack Overflow and the Electronics Stack Exchange. Useful as a signal of real-world relevance and for practical questions about a technology. |
| search_componentsA | Search electronic component information from keyless sources: scanned datasheets and databooks on the Internet Archive and KiCad symbol libraries (which confirm a part's existence and canonical naming). No keyless commercial parts API exists, so coverage is partial; for practical component discussion also try search_trends, which covers the Electronics Stack Exchange. |
| search_standardsA | Search technical standards and specifications: IETF RFCs and Internet-Drafts (TCP, HTTP, DNS, TLS, QUIC, ...). The primary source for networking and internet systems specs. |
| list_sourcesA | List every available data source and the category it serves. |
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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