lit_search_s2_related – 1 MCP server offers this tool

What it usually takes

  • api_key – in 1 of 1
  • author – in 1 of 1
  • limit – in 1 of 1
  • negative_paper_ids – in 1 of 1
  • seed_paper_ids – in 1 of 1
  • with_abstract – 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 Find literature adjacent to what you already have. Two routes: pass seed paper IDs to get Semantic Scholar recommendations (optional negative seeds steer away from a direction), or pass an author name to get that author with their most-cited papers. Use this to expand a reading list after an initial search. Returns: A markdown list of recommended papers or of the author's most-cited papers.api_key,author,limit,negative_paper_ids,seed_paper_ids,with_abstractNot stated