sci-bot-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOST | No | HTTP bind host. | 0.0.0.0 |
| PORT | No | Hosted HTTP port supplied by the platform. | 8000 |
| AI_MODEL | No | Chat model name. | deepseek-chat |
| MCP_PORT | No | HTTP port fallback when PORT is not set. | 8000 |
| AI_BASE_URL | No | OpenAI-compatible API endpoint. | https://api.deepseek.com |
| MCP_TRANSPORT | No | stdio, streamable-http, or sse. | auto |
| DEEPSEEK_API_KEY | Yes | DeepSeek API key used by ask_research_question. |
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 200M+ academic papers using CrossRef API. Args: query: Search query (e.g. "CRISPR gene editing", "transformer attention mechanism") limit: Number of results to return (default 8, max 20) Returns: List of papers with title, authors, year, citation count, DOI, and abstract. |
| ask_research_questionA | Ask a research question and get an AI-generated answer with real paper citations. Searches academic papers and uses an LLM to synthesize an answer with proper citations [1][2][3]. Args: question: Your research question (e.g. "What are the latest CRISPR clinical applications?") num_references: Number of reference papers to use (default 8, max 15) Returns: A well-structured answer with inline citations and a reference list with DOIs. |
| get_paper_detailsA | Get detailed information about a specific paper by its DOI. Args: doi: The DOI of the paper (e.g. "10.1038/nature14539") Returns: Detailed paper info including full abstract, all authors, journal, and citation count. |
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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