IEEE Xplore MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| IEEE_API_KEY | Yes | API key from developer.ieee.org | |
| IEEE_AUTH_TOKEN | No | Auth token for paywalled full-text access |
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
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 |
|---|---|
| search_papersB | Search IEEE Xplore for papers. Supports full-text search with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) and multiple filters. Returns metadata, abstracts, and links. |
| get_paper_detailsA | Get detailed metadata for a single IEEE paper by article number or DOI. Returns full author affiliations, abstract, keywords, citation counts, and URLs. |
| get_paper_citationsC | Get citation counts (papers and patents) for an IEEE paper. |
| get_full_textA | Retrieve the full text of an IEEE paper by article number. Works for Open Access articles. For paywalled articles, set IEEE_AUTH_TOKEN env var. Output is truncated at ~50K characters. |
| search_by_authorA | Search IEEE Xplore for papers by a specific author. Convenience wrapper around search_papers with author as the primary filter. |
| search_by_publicationA | Search IEEE Xplore for papers in a specific publication (journal/conference). Convenience wrapper around search_papers with publication_title as the primary filter. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 6 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose: get_full_text retrieves full text, get_paper_citations gets citation counts, get_paper_details fetches metadata, search_papers performs general searches, and search_by_author and search_by_publication are specialized search wrappers. The descriptions explicitly differentiate them, with no overlap in functionality that could cause misselection.
All tool names follow a consistent verb_noun pattern using snake_case: get_full_text, get_paper_citations, get_paper_details, search_by_author, search_by_publication, and search_papers. The naming is predictable and readable throughout, with no deviations or mixed conventions.
With 6 tools, the count is well-scoped for an IEEE Xplore server, covering core operations like retrieving papers, getting details, and searching. Each tool earns its place by addressing specific needs without being too thin or overwhelming, fitting typical server scopes of 3-15 tools.
The tool set provides strong coverage for searching and retrieving IEEE papers, including metadata, citations, and full text. Minor gaps exist, such as no explicit tools for updating or deleting data (though likely not needed for this read-heavy domain) or advanced features like filtering by date or citation trends, but agents can work around these with the available search capabilities.