Analyze citation relationships and paper influence using Semantic Scholar citation graph.
AI agents call analyze_citations to retrieve information from Research Paper Ingestion MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and analyzes existing citation metadata from Semantic Scholar's public citation graph. It performs data retrieval and analysis only, with no side effects, data modification, or external command execution. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could retrieve citation data inappropriately but cannot modify, delete, or execute actions. This is a straightforward Read category tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'analyze_citations' and description states it 'Analyze[s] citation relationships and paper influence using Semantic Scholar citation graph' — a pure read/query operation against existing citation data with no modification, deletion, or execution…
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Analyze citation relationships and paper influence using Semantic Scholar citation graph. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Research Paper Ingestion MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Research Paper Ingestion MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for analyze_citations: 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 Research Paper Ingestion MCP Server. Nothing to install.
analyze_citations 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 analyze_citations 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 analyze_citations. 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.
analyze_citations is provided by the Research Paper Ingestion MCP Server MCP server (marc-shade/research-paper-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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