General research
Search papers
One search across OpenAlex, PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, DBLP, INSPIRE and ERIC, de-duplicated, with open-access full text where it exists.
1 credit / call|search_papers, get_paper
Once connected, say this to your agent
Find 20 papers on microplastics in agricultural soil since 2020, open access first.
Works withClaude · ChatGPT · Codex · Cursor · Gemini CLI · REST API
Toolssearch_papers, get_paper
Example
YOU SAY TO YOUR AGENT
Find open-access papers on microplastics in agricultural soil since 2020.
On the right: the call your agent makes and the reply it got on 2026-10-13, shortened to the first records and a few of their fields.
search_papers({
"query": "microplastics in agricultural soil",
"year_from": 2020,
"open_access_only": true,
"limit": 5
})
{
"summary": "5 papers for \"microplastics in agricultural soil\" from openalex, pubmed.",
"records": [
{
"title": "Automated identification and quantification of invisible microplastics in agricultural soils",
"url": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156853",
"source": "openalex",
"license": "CC0-1.0",
"data": {
"doi": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156853",
"authors": [
"Weiqian Jia",
"Aleksandra Karapetrova",
"Mengjun Zhang"
],
"year": 2022,
"venue": "The Science of The Total Environment",
"citedBy": 180,
"retracted": false,
"openAccess": true,
"openAccessUrl": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt5x67x31c/qt5x67x31c.pdf?t=s09l9u"
}
}
],
"credits_used": 1
}What you get
- Real records with DOI, authors, venue and citations
- Open-access PDF links via Unpaywall
Good fit
- Starting a literature review
Not for
- Paywalled full text
Similar capabilities
Frequently asked questions
Your agent calls search_papers, get_paper over MCP. ScholarMuse queries OpenAlex, PubMed / Europe PMC, arXiv, bioRxiv / medRxiv, DBLP, INSPIRE-HEP, ERIC, Unpaywall and returns records, each with its source, licence and a link you can check.
No. It costs 1 credit per call, charged only when the call succeeds. A new account gets 50 credits once, valid for 30 days.
Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and any other client that supports MCP.
Yes. The same tools (search_papers, get_paper) are available over the REST API.




