Science

Data source: Crossref, OpenAlex, PubMed, Semantic Scholar

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/academic-research/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-academic-research": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/academic-research/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/academic-research/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "search_papers", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/academic-research/

4 endpoints available:

GET /rest/academic-research/search_papers
GET /rest/academic-research/get_paper
GET /rest/academic-research/list_academic_sources
GET /rest/academic-research/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/academic-research/search_papers?query=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/academic-research/search_papers",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc academic-research

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (4)

search_papers

Search for academic papers across Crossref, OpenAlex, PubMed, and Semantic Scholar.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search query — keywords, title, topic, or author name.
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Maximum number of results. (default: 10)
`year_from`	`any`	optional	Earliest publication year.
`year_to`	`any`	optional	Latest publication year.