Search for academic papers and return BibTeX citations. Searches DBLP (computer science) and Semantic Scholar (broad academic coverage) for comprehensive results. Returns formatted BibTeX entries ready to use in LaTeX documents.
AI agents call search_bibtex to retrieve information from Jina AI without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
num | number | — | Maximum number of results to return (1-50, default: 10) |
year | number | — | Filter by minimum publication year (e.g., 2020 for papers from 2020 onwards) |
query | string | — | Search query - paper title, topic, or keywords (e.g., 'attention is all you need', 'transformer neural networks', 'deep learning optimization') |
author | string | — | Filter by author name (e.g., 'Vaswani', 'Hinton') |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool queries academic databases and retrieves structured citation data. It performs a search operation that returns read-only information (BibTeX entries) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The tool has no side effects on the underlying data or systems.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it "Search[es] for academic papers and return[s] BibTeX citations" from academic databases (DBLP, Semantic Scholar).
Risk signalsAccepts freeform code/query input (query)
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_bibtex gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Jina AI, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search_bibtex:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search_bibtex": {}
}
}search_bibtex is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search for academic papers and return BibTeX citations. Searches DBLP (computer science) and Semantic Scholar (broad academic coverage) for comprehensive results. Returns formatted BibTeX entries ready to use in LaTeX documents. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Jina AI MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_bibtex accepts 4 parameters: num, year, query, author. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Jina AI MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_bibtex: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Jina AI. Nothing to install.
search_bibtex is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_bibtex rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_bibtex. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
search_bibtex is provided by the Jina AI MCP server (jina). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Jina AI, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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