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63 tools from the Paper Search MCP MCP Server, categorised by risk level.

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READ 58 tools
Read download_acm Download a PDF from ACM Digital Library. Requires PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_ACM_API_KEY (or ACM_API_KEY) and instit... Read download_arxiv Download PDF of an arXiv paper. Args: paper_id: arXiv paper ID (e.g., '2106.12345'). s... Read download_base Download PDF for a paper from BASE. Args: paper_id: BASE paper identifier. save_path: ... Read download_crossref Attempt to download PDF of a CrossRef paper. Args: paper_id: CrossRef DOI (e.g., '10.1038/natu... Read download_dblp Download PDF for a paper from dblp. Note: dblp doesn't provide direct PDF access. This function re... Read download_doaj Download PDF for a paper from DOAJ. Args: paper_id: DOAJ paper identifier. save_path: ... Read download_hal Download PDF for a paper from HAL. Args: paper_id: HAL paper identifier. save_path: Di... Read download_ieee Download a PDF from IEEE Xplore. Requires PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_IEEE_API_KEY (or IEEE_API_KEY) and institutiona... Read download_medrxiv Download PDF of a medRxiv paper. Args: paper_id: medRxiv DOI. save_path: Directory to ... Read download_pubmed Attempt to download PDF of a PubMed paper. Args: paper_id: PubMed ID (PMID). save_path... Read download_scihub Download paper PDF via Sci-Hub (optional fallback connector). Args: identifier: DOI, title, PM... Read download_semantic download_semantic Read download_ssrn Download PDF for a paper from SSRN. Note: SSRN connector is metadata-only and download is not supporte... Read download_with_fallback Try source-native download, OA repositories, Unpaywall, then optional Sci-Hub. Args: source: S... Read download_zenodo Download PDF for a paper from Zenodo. Args: paper_id: Zenodo paper identifier. save_pa... Read get_crossref_paper_by_doi get_crossref_paper_by_doi Read read_acm_paper Download and read an ACM Digital Library paper. Requires PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_ACM_API_KEY (or ACM_API_KEY). ... Read read_arxiv_paper Read and extract text content from an arXiv paper PDF. Args: paper_id: arXiv paper ID (e.g., '... Read read_base_paper Read and extract text content from a BASE paper. Args: paper_id: BASE paper identifier. ... Read read_biorxiv_paper Read and extract text content from a bioRxiv paper PDF. Args: paper_id: bioRxiv DOI. s... Read read_citeseerx_paper Read and extract text content from a CiteSeerX paper. Args: paper_id: CiteSeerX paper identifi... Read read_crossref_paper Attempt to read and extract text content from a CrossRef paper. Args: paper_id: CrossRef DOI (... Read read_dblp_paper Attempt to read and extract text content from a dblp paper. Note: dblp doesn't provide direct paper co... Read read_doaj_paper Read and extract text content from a DOAJ paper. Args: paper_id: DOAJ paper identifier. ... Read read_hal_paper Read and extract text content from a HAL paper. Args: paper_id: HAL paper identifier. ... Read read_iacr_paper Read and extract text content from an IACR ePrint paper PDF. Args: paper_id: IACR paper ID (e.... Read read_ieee_paper Download and read an IEEE Xplore paper. Requires PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_IEEE_API_KEY (or IEEE_API_KEY). ... Read read_medrxiv_paper Read and extract text content from a medRxiv paper PDF. Args: paper_id: medRxiv DOI. s... Read read_openaire_paper Attempt to read and extract text content from an OpenAIRE paper. Args: paper_id: OpenAIRE pape... Read read_openalex_paper Attempt to read and extract text content from an OpenAlex paper. Args: paper_id: OpenAlex pape... Read read_pubmed_paper Read and extract text content from a PubMed paper. Args: paper_id: PubMed ID (PMID). s... Read read_semantic_paper read_semantic_paper Read read_ssrn_paper Read paper content from SSRN. Note: SSRN connector is metadata-only and read is not supported. Ar... Read read_zenodo_paper Read and extract text content from a Zenodo paper. Args: paper_id: Zenodo paper identifier. ... Read search_acm Search ACM Digital Library for papers. Requires PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_ACM_API_KEY (or ACM_API_KEY). Ar... Read search_arxiv Search academic papers from arXiv. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learning')... Read search_base Search academic papers from BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine). Args: query: Search query... Read search_biorxiv Search academic papers from bioRxiv. Note: bioRxiv API filters by category name within the last 30 day... Read search_citeseerx Search academic papers from CiteSeerX digital library. Args: query: Search query string (e.g.,... Read search_core Search academic papers from CORE. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learning').... Read search_crossref Search academic papers from CrossRef database. CrossRef is a scholarly infrastructure organization... Read search_dblp Search academic papers from dblp computer science bibliography. Args: query: Search query stri... Read search_doaj Search academic papers from DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). Args: query: Search quer... Read search_europepmc Search academic papers from Europe PMC. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learn... Read search_google_scholar Search academic papers from Google Scholar. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine l... Read search_hal Search academic papers from HAL open archive. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine... Read search_iacr Search academic papers from IACR ePrint Archive. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'cryp... Read search_ieee Search IEEE Xplore for papers. Requires PAPER_SEARCH_MCP_IEEE_API_KEY (or IEEE_API_KEY). Args: ... Read search_medrxiv Search academic papers from medRxiv. Note: medRxiv API filters by category name within the last 30 day... Read search_openaire Search academic papers from OpenAIRE European Open Access infrastructure. Args: query: Search ... Read search_openalex Search academic papers from OpenAlex. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learnin... Read search_papers Unified top-level search across all configured academic platforms. Args: query: Search query s... Read search_pmc Search academic papers from PubMed Central (PMC). Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'mac... Read search_pubmed Search academic papers from PubMed. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine learning'... Read search_semantic Search academic papers from Semantic Scholar. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'machine... Read search_ssrn Search metadata records from SSRN. Note: SSRN connector is metadata-only and does not support direct P... Read search_unpaywall Lookup a DOI via Unpaywall and return OA metadata. Unpaywall is DOI-centric and does not support gener... Read search_zenodo Search academic papers from Zenodo open repository. Args: query: Search query string (e.g., 'm...
WRITE 5 tools
Write download_biorxiv Download PDF of a bioRxiv paper. Args: paper_id: bioRxiv DOI. save_path: Directory to ... Write download_citeseerx Download PDF for a paper from CiteSeerX. Args: paper_id: CiteSeerX paper identifier. s... Write download_iacr Download PDF of an IACR ePrint paper. Args: paper_id: IACR paper ID (e.g., '2009/101'). ... Write download_openaire Download PDF for a paper from OpenAIRE. Args: paper_id: OpenAIRE paper identifier. sav... Write download_openalex Download PDF for a paper from OpenAlex. Args: paper_id: OpenAlex paper ID. save_path: ...

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The Paper Search MCP MCP server exposes 63 tools across 2 categories: Read, Write.

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Paper Search MCP tools are categorised as Read (58), Write (5). Each category has a recommended default policy.

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