← thesmartpatent.com
INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL
search_prior_art
Semantic search over CN and US patent databases.
LIVE ENDPOINT
https://thesmartpatent.com/api/mcp
Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for search_prior_art and invoke it with your own arguments.
Indexed input schema
{}Risk classification
Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.
- No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.
Parent server
CONNECT WITH APPROVAL
Client installation
Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.
Codex
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.invention-village]
url = "https://thesmartpatent.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true
Claude Code
.mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"invention-village": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://thesmartpatent.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Claude Desktop
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Name: invention-village
Remote MCP URL: https://thesmartpatent.com/api/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": {
"invention-village": {
"url": "https://thesmartpatent.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Visual Studio Code
.vscode/mcp.json
Add to Visual Studio Code{
"servers": {
"invention-village": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://thesmartpatent.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Generic MCP
Client-specific MCP configuration
{
"name": "invention-village",
"transport": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://thesmartpatent.com/api/mcp"
}
MCP Inspector
Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.
Related tools
verify_patent_number— Check whether patent numbers actually exist in our CN/US patent databases, and return the real title and dates for the ones that do.check_patent_text_fabrication— Run deterministic (zero-LLM) checks over patent-related text and return a list of items that a human must verify: patent numbers that do not resolve, quotations that cannot be located in the cited document, experimental or performance figures with no stated source, statute citations whose current wording should be confirmed, and internal-consistency defects in the draft itself (claim numbering, dependency references, figure references, antecedent basis).