author_name
(string, required): Full or partial author name (case-insensitive)
How to use it
author_name is exposed by the MCP Dblp MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the author_name tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install MCP Dblp
claude mcp add mcp-dblp -- uvx mcp-dblpOther tools in MCP Dblp (19)
Add a BibTeX entry to collection by DBLP key
(string, required): The citation key to use in the .bib file (e.g., "Vaswani2017")
(string, required): The DBLP key from search results (e.g., "conf/nips/VaswaniSPUJGKP17")
Export all collected BibTeX entries to a .bib file
Search publications with fuzzy title matching
Retrieve publications for a specific author
Get usage instructions and workflow guidance
Get detailed information about a publication venue
(boolean, optional): Whether to include BibTeX entries in the results. Default is false
(number, optional): Maximum number of publications to return. Default is 10
(string, required): Absolute path for the .bib file (e.g., "/path/to/refs.bib")
(string, required): A query string that may include boolean operators 'and' and 'or' (case-insensitive)
Search DBLP for publications using boolean queries
(number, required): A float between 0 and 1 where 1.0 means an exact match
(string, required): Full or partial title of the publication (case-insensitive)
(string, optional): Case-insensitive substring filter for publication venues (e.g., 'iclr')
(string, required): Venue name or abbreviation (e.g., 'ICLR' or full name)
(number, optional): Lower bound for publication year
(number, optional): Upper bound for publication year