INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

lookup_paper

Resolve a research paper (by arXiv id, DOI, URL, or title) and return its metadata plus any Scigantic archives linked to or suggested by it.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://api.scigantic.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for lookup_paper and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · 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.scigantic]
url = "https://api.scigantic.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scigantic": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.scigantic.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: scigantic
Remote MCP URL: https://api.scigantic.com/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": {
    "scigantic": {
      "url": "https://api.scigantic.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "scigantic": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.scigantic.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

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

MCP Inspector

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

search_archives — Search the Scigantic catalog of public scientific data archives by natural-language query.
get_archive — Get full metadata for one archive by id, including its schema card (structure summary) when one exists.
get_schema_card — Get the compact schema card for an archive: file format, columns, sample rows/headers, sidecar docs (READMEs/data dictionaries) and a copy-paste starter cell.
get_data_access — Get how to load a dataset in YOUR OWN environment: storage location plus copy-paste code snippets (from the dataset's schema card, or generated as a fallback).
list_archive_files — List a sample of the files/objects in an archive's storage (the cached file tree).
get_sample_notebook — Get the pre-executed starter notebook for an archive — a worked example of loading and exploring the data.
list_compute_tiers — List the compute tiers available for launching a Scigantic notebook (CPU/GPU options and hourly cost).