literature-search-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI_TOOL | No | Tool name sent to PubMed/NCBI (default: literature-search-mcp). | |
| NCBI_EMAIL | No | Optional email sent to NCBI. | |
| NCBI_API_KEY | No | Optional API key for NCBI/PubMed. | |
| CROSSREF_MAILTO | No | Optional email for Crossref API etiquette. | |
| OPENALEX_MAILTO | No | Optional email for OpenAlex API etiquette. | |
| OPENALEX_API_KEY | No | Optional API key for OpenAlex. | |
| SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY | No | Optional API key for Semantic Scholar. |
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
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| literature_searchA | Search PubMed, Europe PMC, bioRxiv/medRxiv, Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, and arXiv. Sources fan out in parallel by default; results are normalized, deduplicated, and fused deterministically. Returns provider-supplied metadata abstracts or summaries capped at 3,000 characters by default, never full text or citation graphs. |
| literature_sourcesA | List the seven supported literature sources, optional credential environment variables, and provider limitations. |
| literature_get_fulltextA | Fetch open-access full text from Europe PMC (PMC Open Access subset) for a paper identified by at least one of pmcid, pmid, or doi. Returns title, abstract, structured sections, a joined plain-text full_text, and metadata (identifiers, source, url, license, word/character counts, truncated flag). Papers without open-access full text return a structured status of "not_found". |
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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