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Cerebrum

MCP serverVerified domain · askcerebrum.orgRemote● LiveFree to try

Search the scientific literature and get a cited answer, plus the Trending in Science edition.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to askcerebrum.org. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http cerebrum https://askcerebrum.org/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • search_literature — Search the scientific literature for a research question and return a cited answer with a numbered source list. Use this when you need evide
  • get_trending — Get the current Today in Science edition and return the top headlines grouped by section with links to the original stories.
  • get_statements — Look up what later papers say about a paper, in the citing sentences Cerebrum has collected and classified for it. Returns, for each DOI, wh
  • get_reception_report — Build the standing reception report for one paper: the citation statement counts Cerebrum holds for it, the reception tallies served via sci

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