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paper-mcp

by imnotdev25

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
S2_API_KEYNoSemantic Scholar API key for higher rate limits

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
extensions
{
  "io.modelcontextprotocol/ui": {}
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
paper_get_metadataA

Return comprehensive metadata for an academic paper searched by title.

Queries Semantic Scholar first (richest metadata), then falls back to arXiv.

Returns JSON with: title, authors, abstract, year, venue, doi, arxiv_id, semantic_scholar_id, citation_count, reference_count, fields_of_study, publication_types, publication_date, is_open_access, open_access_pdf, tldr.

Args: params (PaperInput): { paper_title: str }

Returns: str: JSON-encoded metadata dict or { "error": "..." }.

paper_get_pdfA

Find the best open-access PDF URL for a paper by title.

Source priority: Semantic Scholar OA → arXiv PDF → Unpaywall → gomcp browser.

Returns JSON with: pdf_url, source, title, year. May include browser_excerpt if gomcp fallback was used.

Args: params (PaperInput): { paper_title: str }

Returns: str: JSON-encoded result or { "error": "..." }.

paper_get_fulltextA

Retrieve the full text of a paper by title (up to 50,000 characters).

Fetch order: arXiv HTML5 renderer → gomcp browser → abstract-only fallback.

Returns JSON with: title, abstract, tldr, fulltext (str|null), fulltext_length (int), source.

Args: params (PaperInput): { paper_title: str }

Returns: str: JSON-encoded result or { "error": "..." }.

paper_get_citationsA

Return up to 100 papers that cite the given paper (forward citations).

Returns JSON with: paper_title, total_citations, returned, citations (list of {title, authors, year, venue, doi, arxiv_id, citation_count}).

Args: params (PaperInput): { paper_title: str }

Returns: str: JSON-encoded citations or { "error": "..." }.

paper_get_referencesA

Return the bibliography of a paper — the papers it cites (backward citations).

Returns JSON with: paper_title, total_references, returned, references (list of {title, authors, year, venue, doi, arxiv_id}).

Args: params (PaperInput): { paper_title: str }

Returns: str: JSON-encoded references or { "error": "..." }.

doi_get_metadataA

Resolve a DOI to comprehensive paper metadata from multiple authoritative sources.

This is the reverse of paper_get_metadata: given a DOI you already know, retrieve everything about the paper without needing its title.

Data is merged from three complementary sources (all queried in parallel):

  1. Crossref — canonical DOI registry; best for bibliographic data, publisher, volume/issue/page, funders, license.

  2. Semantic Scholar — adds citation count, references, fields of study, TL;DR, and open-access PDF link.

  3. Unpaywall — adds detailed open-access status and every known PDF URL.

Returns a merged JSON object with: doi, title, abstract, authors, year, publication_date, venue, publisher, volume, issue, page, type, subjects, issn, funders, license, citation_count, reference_count, is_referenced_by_count, fields_of_study, tldr, publication_types, is_open_access, oa_status, open_access_pdf, oa_locations (list of all known PDF URLs with host_type / version / license), arxiv_id, semantic_scholar_id, sources (list of which APIs responded successfully)

Args: params (DoiInput): { doi: str } Accepts bare DOI or full URL, e.g.: "10.1145/3442188.3445922" "https://doi.org/10.1145/3442188.3445922"

Returns: str: JSON-encoded metadata dict or { "error": "..." }.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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