path
(string, required): Absolute path for the .bib file (e.g., "/path/to/refs.bib")
How to use it
path is exposed by the MCP Dblp MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the path 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): Full or partial author name (case-insensitive)
(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): 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