lit_search_s2_paper – 1 MCP server offers this tool

What it usually takes

  • api_key – in 1 of 1
  • expand – in 1 of 1
  • expand_limit – in 1 of 1
  • paper_id – in 1 of 1

No server marks it as only reading: treat it as able to change data.

From each publisher's own tool list. We never call a tool.

Servers

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lit-search MCP co.huggingface.lemonpigeons/lit-search Fetch full details for one paper by Semantic Scholar ID, DOI, arXiv ID, PMID or corpus ID. Returns the abstract, authors, venue, citation counts, BibTeX, direct link and open-access PDF. Optionally expand the papers that cite it and the papers it references, including citation-context snippets, to trace a research thread. Returns: A markdown record for the paper plus optional citation/reference lists.api_key,expand,expand_limit,paper_idNot stated