Search the authenticated Mendeley library by title, authors, abstract, or notes and return concise document metadata, citation text, and PDF availability.

Fetch full metadata for one library document, including identifiers, abstract, keywords, tags, timestamps, and whether a file is attached.

List documents from the library, optionally filtered by folder and ordered by last modification, creation date, or title.

Return the folder and collection structure of the authenticated Mendeley library, including parent-child relationships.

Create a new folder in the personal library, nested under a parent folder, or in a group context.

Rename an existing folder and return its updated state.

Delete an existing folder and return a deletion confirmation.

Add an existing library document to an existing folder.

Search Mendeley's global catalog for papers that may not yet exist in the user's library and return catalog identifiers plus summary metadata.

Resolve a DOI against the Mendeley catalog and return the best matching paper metadata, including catalog_id for downstream actions.

Create a new library entry from supplied bibliographic metadata such as title, authors, year, source, abstract, and identifiers.

Remove a document from a folder without deleting the document from the library.

Update bibliographic fields on an existing library document, such as title, authors, year, source, abstract, or identifiers. Only supplied fields change.

Permanently delete a document from the library. This is destructive and cannot be undone through the API — confirm with the user before calling this tool.

Get the user's own annotations on a library document — PDF highlights and sticky notes — including note text and the pages they appear on. Useful for surfacing what the user marked as important in a paper.

Export one document or all documents in a folder as BibTeX, generated by Mendeley. Provide exactly one of document_id or folder_id. Returns raw BibTeX text ready to paste into a .bib file.

Try to download the first file attached to a library document or catalog entry. Returns structured metadata and an embedded PDF resource when Mendeley exposes one.

Extract and return the full text of the PDF attached to a library document so the model can read the paper's contents directly. Use this when asked to read, summarize, or answer questions about a paper. Works on text-based (born-digital) PDFs; scanned or image-only PDFs have no text layer and return an empty result.