Open Source Literature MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENALEX_MAILTO | No | Optional email for OpenAlex polite pool. | |
| SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY | No | Optional API key for Semantic Scholar to improve rate limits. |
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| auto_literature_screenB | Search OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, and arXiv, then internally merge, dedupe, screen, and rank papers. Returns only final selected papers. |
| discover_papersC | Alias for auto_literature_screen. It keeps raw and deduped candidates internal and returns final selected papers only. |
| expand_related_papersC | Use Semantic Scholar recommendations for a seed paper, then screen and rank related papers without exposing intermediate tables. |
| literature_mcp_healthA | Return server metadata and configured optional API keys. |
| export_to_zoteroB | Export selected final papers to a Zotero user or group library. Intended for results from auto_literature_screen. |
| generate_research_ideasA | Produce heuristic, keyword-based research-idea scaffolding from a topic and selected papers. Ideas are derived from term overlap and research-gap templates, not from a language model, and scores are relative heuristics. Does not run experiments or execute code. |
| review_research_ideaA | Heuristically review a proposed research idea against selected papers, scoring novelty, feasibility, and literature support from keyword overlap. Scores are relative heuristics, not a language-model judgment. |
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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