INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

create_collection

Create a new Collection owned by the signed-in user.

scite.ainone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

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Potential side effects detected · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.scite-api-mcp]
url = "https://api.scite.ai/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scite-api-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.scite.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: scite-api-mcp
Remote MCP URL: https://api.scite.ai/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scite-api-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.scite.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "scite-api-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.scite.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "scite-api-mcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://api.scite.ai/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

search_literature — Search scientific literature and read full-text content from peer-reviewed papers.
search_patents — Search patent families from the scite patents database.
search_clinical_trials — Search clinical trials from the scite clinical trials database (ClinicalTrials.
get_clinical_trial — Fetch full details for a single clinical trial by NCT id.
search_grants — Search research grants from the scite grants database (NIH RePORTER, NSF, SBIR/STTR, Wellcome, EU, and more).
get_grant — Fetch full details for a single grant by id.
search_device510k — Search FDA 510(k) premarket notification clearances from the scite device database.
get_device510k — Fetch full details for a single FDA 510(k) clearance by K number.