Paperlist MCP
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9 read-only tools for searching and reading papers from 30+ top conferences. Connect once and your AI client picks the right tool for each question.
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Conferences and papers 7
list_conferencesConference slugs, full names, domains and years. Can also return one edition's topics.
Try asking: Which years of CoRL does Paperlist have?
Parameters (1)
topics_for{ conference, year }- Also return topic slugs and paper counts for this edition
search_papersFull-text search with filters for conference, year, decision, topic and author.
Try asking: Find Oral papers on video diffusion at ICLR 2025 and NeurIPS 2024.
Parameters (10)
querystring- Search words; use "quoted phrases" for exact phrases
conferencesstring[]- Conference slugs from list_conferences, e.g. ["iclr", "neurips"]
year_fromnumber- First year to include
year_tonumber- Last year to include
decisionstring[]- Acceptance types, e.g. ["Oral", "Spotlight"]
topicstring- Topic slug from list_conferences topics_for
authorstring- Author name, e.g. "Kaiming He"
sortrelevance | citations | newest- Sort order (default relevance)
limitnumber- Results per page, 1-25 (default 10)
cursorstring- next_cursor from a previous call
get_paperOne paper's full record: abstract, authors, venue, decision, citations and links.
Try asking: Open the top result and summarize its method.
Parameters (1)
idstring · required- Paper id from search results
list_papersBrowse one conference edition, optionally by decision or topic.
Try asking: List the Spotlight papers at ICML 2025.
Parameters (6)
conferencestring · required- Conference slug, e.g. iclr
yearnumber · required- Edition year
decisionstring[]- Acceptance types, e.g. ["Oral", "Spotlight"]
topicstring- Topic slug from list_conferences topics_for
limitnumber- Results per page, 1-25 (default 10)
cursorstring- next_cursor from a previous call
list_topicsAll 207 research topics with trend stats, grouped by area, with paper counts.
Try asking: Which reinforcement learning topics have the most papers since 2023?
get_topic_statsHow a research topic grew at NeurIPS/ICLR/ICML/CVPR 2023–2026: counts by year and venue, growth, sub-themes, representative papers.
Try asking: Use paperlist to show how world models papers grew at NeurIPS 2023–2026.
Parameters (1)
topicstring · required- Topic slug from list_topics, e.g. world-models
find_similar_papersPapers related to one you already have, to grow a related-work list.
Try asking: Find papers similar to this one from 2024 onward.
Parameters (6)
idstring · required- Paper id from search results
conferencesstring[]- Conference slugs from list_conferences, e.g. ["iclr", "neurips"]
year_fromnumber- First year to include
year_tonumber- Last year to include
limitnumber- Results per page, 1-25 (default 10)
cursorstring- next_cursor from a previous call
Simple search and fetch 2
For clients that expect these two names, such as ChatGPT deep research.
searchSimple keyword search that returns ids for fetch.
Try asking: Search Paperlist for retrieval-augmented generation benchmarks.
Parameters (1)
querystring · required- Search words
fetchRead one paper by an id from search.
Try asking: Fetch the second result and give me its citation.
Parameters (1)
idstring · required- Id from search
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