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Domain expertise for Ai2 Asta MCP tools (Semantic Scholar corpus). Intent-to-tool routing, safe defaults, workflow patterns, and pitfall warnings for academic paper search, citation traversal, and author discovery.
Domain expertise for Ai2 Asta MCP tools (Semantic Scholar corpus). Intent-to-tool routing, safe defaults, workflow patterns, and pitfall warnings for academic paper search, citation traversal, and author discovery.
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Asta is Ai2's Scientific Corpus Tool, exposing the Semantic Scholar academic graph over MCP (streamable HTTP transport). This skill tells agents which Asta tool to call for which intent, and how to compose them into useful workflows.
https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1x-api-key header (request key at https://share.hsforms.com/1L4hUh20oT3mu8iXJQMV77w3ioxm)Before invoking any tool, verify the Asta MCP server is registered in the host agent. Tool names will be prefixed by the MCP server name chosen at install time (commonly asta__<tool> or mcp__asta__<tool>).
If no Asta tools are visible, do not make raw HTTP calls or invent results. Tell the user to register https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1 as a streamable HTTP MCP server with an x-api-key header, then restart/reload the host. Minimal setup hints:
[mcp_servers.asta] url = "https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1" and env_http_headers = { "x-api-key" = "ASTA_API_KEY" } to ~/.codex/config.toml.claude mcp add -t http -s user asta https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1 -H "x-api-key: $ASTA_API_KEY".https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1 with header { "x-api-key": "<YOUR_API_KEY>" }.| User intent | Asta tool | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Broad topic search | search_papers_by_relevance | Supports venue + date filters |
| Known paper title | search_paper_by_title | Optional venues + publication_date_range filters |
| Known DOI / arXiv / PMID / CorpusId / MAG / ACL / SHA / URL | get_paper | Single-paper lookup |
| Multiple known IDs at once | get_paper_batch | Batch lookup — pass ids as a JSON array (not a comma-separated string, unlike snippet_search's paper_ids); prefer over N sequential get_paper calls; unresolvable IDs are silently dropped (no null/error), so reconcile returned paperIds against your input |
| Who cited paper X | get_citations | Forward citations, paginated; accepts publication_date_range but not venues; limit defaults to 100 |
| Find author by name | search_authors_by_name | Default fields="name" returns only name + authorId — explicitly request affiliations,paperCount,citationCount,hIndex,externalIds to get anything rankable; externalIds carries ORCID/DBLP (url/homepage are also selectable) |
| An author's publications | get_author_papers | Pass author id; field param is paper_fields (not fields); limit defaults to 1000 — set it explicitly |
| Find passages mentioning X | snippet_search | ~500-word excerpts (title/abstract/body, excludes captions & bibliography); see snippet-specific params below |
Most search/citation tools accept publication_date_range (format YYYY-MM-DD:YYYY-MM-DD; year shorthand like "2021:", ":2015-01", "2015:2020" is also accepted), venues, and fields for field selection — pass them whenever the user's intent constrains scope (e.g., "recent", "since 2022", "at NeurIPS"). venues matches Semantic Scholar's exact venue strings (comma-separated, e.g. "Nature,N. Engl. J. Med."); a casual name like "NeurIPS" may not match, so fall back to a date/keyword filter when a venue lookup returns empty.
Per-tool parameter exceptions (verified against the live server — getting these wrong yields a malformed or silently-ignored argument):
get_author_papers names its field-selection param paper_fields, not fields (passing fields= is silently ignored — you get titles only), and accepts a publication_date_range but no venues filter. Its date filter is applied after paging and can drop valid in-range papers (a well-known author's 2024:2024 returned []), so for reliable results narrow by topic/venue and date client-side.get_citations accepts publication_date_range but not venues.snippet_search accepts neither fields nor publication_date_range. Instead it has: inserted_before (date filter, YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM/YYYY), paper_ids (comma-separated list of ≤100 IDs to restrict snippets to specific papers), and venues.fields parameter — avoid context blowupsget_paper / get_paper_batch accept a fields string. Never request citations or references via fields — a single highly-cited paper (e.g. Attention Is All You Need) returns 200k+ characters and will overflow the agent's context window. Use the dedicated get_citations tool for forward citations (it paginates). Asta does not provide a dedicated get_references tool — to retrieve a paper's reference list, use get_paper with fields=references only for papers you know have a small reference list (typically < 100).
Watch row counts too, not just per-row size: default limits are large — get_author_papers returns up to 1000, get_citations 100, search_papers_by_relevance 50, and snippet_search 20 (each snippet is ~500 words, making it the heaviest tool per row). Pass an explicit small limit — e.g. 20–50 for paper/citation lists, ~5–10 for snippets — unless the user asked for the full list.
Use task-specific field presets:
Metadata lookup:
title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,abstract
Search/ranking/results tables:
title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,abstract,citationCount,influentialCitationCount
DOI/export handoff:
title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,externalIds
Add journal, publicationDate, fieldsOfStudy, isOpenAccess only when needed. If pass-through fields such as citationCount are absent in a future response, degrade gracefully: sort by relevance/recency and omit citation-based claims.
Example call (topic search, ranked by citations, DOI exposed for downstream fetch):
search_papers_by_relevance(
keyword="mixture of experts routing",
publication_date_range="2023:",
fields="title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,externalIds,citationCount",
limit=20,
)
Asta's official fields list does not include externalIds, but the field is transparently passed through to the underlying Semantic Scholar API and works in practice. Add externalIds to fields to retrieve DOI, PubMed, PubMedCentral, ArXiv, MAG, DBLP, CorpusId. The same pass-through applies to citationCount and influentialCitationCount (also absent from the official list but verified to return) — request them when ranking results by citations. Caveats:
ArXiv + CorpusId.get_paper("DOI:...") lookup is not 100% reliable; some valid DOIs return not found. Prefer searching by title first, then reading externalIds off the result.search_papers_by_relevance(keyword, publication_date_range="<current_year-5>:", venues=?, fields="title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,abstract,citationCount,influentialCitationCount", limit=20) → initial hits (compute the lower bound from today's date — e.g., in 2026 pass publication_date_range="2021:"; adjust or drop the filter if the user asks for older work)get_citations on the most influential, or snippet_search for specific claimsget_paper(DOI|arXiv|...) → verify seedget_citations(paperId) → forward expansionsearch_papers_by_relevance with seed title terms for sideways discoverysearch_authors_by_name(name, fields="name,affiliations,paperCount,citationCount,hIndex,externalIds") → pick correct profile. You must request these fields — the default fields="name" returns only name + authorId, leaving nothing to rank on. Disambiguate by externalIds.ORCID when present (strongest signal), then paperCount/citationCount/hIndex; affiliations is often empty even when requested, so use it only as a tiebreakerget_author_papers(authorId, limit=50, paper_fields="title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,abstract,citationCount") → a bounded first page; expand only if the user asks for the full listsnippet_search(claim_query) → find passages making/supporting a claimpaper_ids="<id1>,<id2>,…" (≤100) so snippets are drawn only from that setget_paper(id) for full metadatasearch_paper_by_title before get_paper.abstract or venue, say so rather than inventing.| Situation | What to do |
|---|---|
Empty abstract | Not all corpus papers have full text — use snippet_search, or fall back to title + TLDR |
| Author disambiguation uncertain | Request the ranking fields up front (see Pattern 3 — they are not returned by default); prefer externalIds.ORCID, then paperCount/citationCount/hIndex, with affiliations only as a tiebreaker |
| Date-filtered results | A publication_date_range filter can return records whose publicationDate is null (only year is guaranteed), and papers with unknown dates are treated as published Jan 1 of their year — so boundary-year filtering is approximate |
429 Too Many Requests | Back off; batch with get_paper_batch instead of sequential get_paper calls |
| Need DOI / PubMed ID / arXiv ID | Add externalIds t |
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# Asta MCP — Academic Paper Search
Asta is Ai2's Scientific Corpus Tool, exposing the Semantic Scholar academic graph over MCP (streamable HTTP transport). This skill tells agents **which Asta tool to call for which intent**, and how to compose them into useful workflows.
- **MCP endpoint:** `https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1`
- **Auth:** `x-api-key` header (request key at <https://share.hsforms.com/1L4hUh20oT3mu8iXJQMV77w3ioxm>)
- **Transport:** streamable HTTP
## Prerequisite Check
Before invoking any tool, verify the Asta MCP server is registered in the host agent. Tool names will be prefixed by the MCP server name chosen at install time (commonly `asta__<tool>` or `mcp__asta__<tool>`).
If no Asta tools are visible, do **not** make raw HTTP calls or invent results. Tell the user to register `https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1` as a streamable HTTP MCP server with an `x-api-key` header, then restart/reload the host. Minimal setup hints:
- Codex CLI: add `[mcp_servers.asta] url = "https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1"` and `env_http_headers = { "x-api-key" = "ASTA_API_KEY" }` to `~/.codex/config.toml`.
- Claude Code: run `claude mcp add -t http -s user asta https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1 -H "x-api-key: $ASTA_API_KEY"`.
- Generic MCP clients: configure server URL `https://asta-tools.allen.ai/mcp/v1` with header `{ "x-api-key": "<YOUR_API_KEY>" }`.
## Tool Map — Intent → Asta Tool
| User intent | Asta tool | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Broad topic search | `search_papers_by_relevance` | Supports venue + date filters |
| Known paper title | `search_paper_by_title` | Optional `venues` + `publication_date_range` filters |
| Known DOI / arXiv / PMID / CorpusId / MAG / ACL / SHA / URL | `get_paper` | Single-paper lookup |
| Multiple known IDs at once | `get_paper_batch` | Batch lookup — pass `ids` as a **JSON array** (not a comma-separated string, unlike `snippet_search`'s `paper_ids`); prefer over N sequential `get_paper` calls; unresolvable IDs are silently dropped (no null/error), so reconcile returned `paperId`s against your input |
| Who cited paper X | `get_citations` | Forward citations, paginated; accepts `publication_date_range` but **not** `venues`; `limit` defaults to 100 |
| Find author by name | `search_authors_by_name` | Default `fields="name"` returns only `name` + `authorId` — **explicitly request** `affiliations,paperCount,citationCount,hIndex,externalIds` to get anything rankable; `externalIds` carries ORCID/DBLP (`url`/`homepage` are also selectable) |
| An author's publications | `get_author_papers` | Pass author id; field param is **`paper_fields`** (not `fields`); `limit` defaults to **1000** — set it explicitly |
| Find passages mentioning X | `snippet_search` | ~500-word excerpts (title/abstract/body, excludes captions & bibliography); see snippet-specific params below |
Most search/citation tools accept **`publication_date_range`** (format `YYYY-MM-DD:YYYY-MM-DD`; year shorthand like `"2021:"`, `":2015-01"`, `"2015:2020"` is also accepted), **`venues`**, and **`fields`** for field selection — pass them whenever the user's intent constrains scope (e.g., "recent", "since 2022", "at NeurIPS"). `venues` matches Semantic Scholar's **exact** venue strings (comma-separated, e.g. `"Nature,N. Engl. J. Med."`); a casual name like "NeurIPS" may not match, so fall back to a date/keyword filter when a venue lookup returns empty.
**Per-tool parameter exceptions** (verified against the live server — getting these wrong yields a malformed or silently-ignored argument):
- `get_author_papers` names its field-selection param **`paper_fields`**, not `fields` (passing `fields=` is silently ignored — you get titles only), and accepts a `publication_date_range` but **no** `venues` filter. Its date filter is applied *after* paging and can drop valid in-range papers (a well-known author's `2024:2024` returned `[]`), so for reliable results narrow by topic/venue **and date** client-side.
- `get_citations` accepts `publication_date_range` but **not** `venues`.
- `snippet_search` accepts **neither** `fields` nor `publication_date_range`. Instead it has: **`inserted_before`** (date filter, `YYYY-MM-DD`/`YYYY-MM`/`YYYY`), **`paper_ids`** (comma-separated list of ≤100 IDs to restrict snippets to specific papers), and `venues`.
### ⚠️ `fields` parameter — avoid context blowups
`get_paper` / `get_paper_batch` accept a `fields` string. **Never request `citations` or `references`** via `fields` — a single highly-cited paper (e.g. *Attention Is All You Need*) returns 200k+ characters and will overflow the agent's context window. Use the dedicated `get_citations` tool for forward citations (it paginates). Asta does not provide a dedicated `get_references` tool — to retrieve a paper's reference list, use `get_paper` with `fields=references` only for papers you know have a small reference list (typically < 100).
**Watch row counts too**, not just per-row size: default `limit`s are large — `get_author_papers` returns up to **1000**, `get_citations` **100**, `search_papers_by_relevance` **50**, and `snippet_search` **20** (each snippet is ~500 words, making it the heaviest tool per row). Pass an explicit small `limit` — e.g. 20–50 for paper/citation lists, ~5–10 for snippets — unless the user asked for the full list.
Use task-specific field presets:
Metadata lookup:
```
title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,abstract
```
Search/ranking/results tables:
```
title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,abstract,citationCount,influentialCitationCount
```
DOI/export handoff:
```
title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,externalIds
```
Add `journal`, `publicationDate`, `fieldsOfStudy`, `isOpenAccess` only when needed. If pass-through fields such as `citationCount` are absent in a future response, degrade gracefully: sort by relevance/recency and omit citation-based claims.
**Example call** (topic search, ranked by citations, DOI exposed for downstream fetch):
```
search_papers_by_relevance(
keyword="mixture of experts routing",
publication_date_range="2023:",
fields="title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,externalIds,citationCount",
limit=20,
)
```
### Retrieving DOI / external IDs (undocumented but supported)
Asta's official `fields` list does **not** include `externalIds`, but the field is transparently passed through to the underlying Semantic Scholar API and works in practice. Add `externalIds` to `fields` to retrieve `DOI`, `PubMed`, `PubMedCentral`, `ArXiv`, `MAG`, `DBLP`, `CorpusId`. The same pass-through applies to **`citationCount`** and **`influentialCitationCount`** (also absent from the official list but verified to return) — request them when ranking results by citations. Caveats:
- Not all papers have a DOI — pure arXiv preprints often only return `ArXiv` + `CorpusId`.
- `get_paper("DOI:...")` lookup is not 100% reliable; some valid DOIs return `not found`. Prefer searching by title first, then reading `externalIds` off the result.
- Since this is undocumented, treat it as best-effort and degrade gracefully if a future Asta release drops it.
## Workflow Patterns
### Pattern 1 — Topic Discovery
1. `search_papers_by_relevance(keyword, publication_date_range="<current_year-5>:", venues=?, fields="title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,abstract,citationCount,influentialCitationCount", limit=20)` → initial hits (compute the lower bound from today's date — e.g., in 2026 pass `publication_date_range="2021:"`; adjust or drop the filter if the user asks for older work)
2. Rank/present top N by citationCount + recency
3. Offer follow-ups: `get_citations` on the most influential, or `snippet_search` for specific claims
### Pattern 2 — Seed-Paper Expansion
1. `get_paper(DOI|arXiv|...)` → verify seed
2. `get_citations(paperId)` → forward expansion
3. Optionally `search_papers_by_relevance` with seed title terms for sideways discovery
4. Deduplicate by paperId before presenting
### Pattern 3 — Author Deep-Dive
1. `search_authors_by_name(name, fields="name,affiliations,paperCount,citationCount,hIndex,externalIds")` → pick correct profile. **You must request these fields** — the default `fields="name"` returns only `name` + `authorId`, leaving nothing to rank on. Disambiguate by `externalIds.ORCID` when present (strongest signal), then `paperCount`/`citationCount`/`hIndex`; `affiliations` is often empty even when requested, so use it only as a tiebreaker
2. `get_author_papers(authorId, limit=50, paper_fields="title,year,authors,venue,tldr,url,abstract,citationCount")` → a bounded first page; expand only if the user asks for the full list
3. Filter client-side by topic keywords or date
### Pattern 4 — Evidence Retrieval
1. `snippet_search(claim_query)` → find passages making/supporting a claim
2. To ground a claim **within specific papers**, pass `paper_ids="<id1>,<id2>,…"` (≤100) so snippets are drawn only from that set
3. For each hit, optionally `get_paper(id)` for full metadata
## Output & Interaction Rules
- Always report **which tool was used**. Report total count only when the tool exposes a total; otherwise report returned count/page size and do not imply a corpus-wide total.
- Present up to 10 results as a table (title, year, venue, citations if fetched), then details for the most relevant.
- If the user writes in Chinese, present summaries in Chinese; keep titles in original language.
- After results, offer: **Details / Refine / Citations / Snippet / Export / Done**.
## Critical Rules
- **Prefer batched intent over ping-pong.** If the user's question needs two independent lookups, issue them as parallel MCP tool calls in one turn, not sequentially.
- **Never guess IDs.** If a user gives a fuzzy title, use `search_paper_by_title` before `get_paper`.
- **Respect rate limits.** An API key buys higher limits but not unlimited — stop expanding citation graphs beyond what the user asked for.
- **Do not fabricate fields.** If Asta returns null `abstract` or `venue`, say so rather than inventing.
## Handling Asta responses
| Situation | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| Empty `abstract` | Not all corpus papers have full text — use `snippet_search`, or fall back to title + TLDR |
| Author disambiguation uncertain | Request the ranking fields up front (see Pattern 3 — they are **not** returned by default); prefer `externalIds.ORCID`, then `paperCount`/`citationCount`/`hIndex`, with `affiliations` only as a tiebreaker |
| Date-filtered results | A `publication_date_range` filter can return records whose `publicationDate` is `null` (only `year` is guaranteed), and papers with unknown dates are treated as published **Jan 1** of their year — so boundary-year filtering is approximate |
| `429 Too Many Requests` | Back off; batch with `get_paper_batch` instead of sequential `get_paper` calls |
| Need DOI / PubMed ID / arXiv ID | Add `externalIds` tSkill source recorded
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"not_relevant",
"blocked_by_risk",
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