02_MCP_TOOLS.md

SciTeX MCP Tools (145 total)

Model Context Protocol tools for AI agent integration.

scitex mcp list-tools             # List all tools with full descriptions
scitex serve                      # Start MCP server (stdio)
scitex serve -t http --port 8085  # HTTP transport

Tools by Category

Category	Tool	Description
audio (12)	audio_announce_context	Announce cwd and git branch
	audio_check_audio_status	Check audio connectivity
	audio_clear_audio_cache	Clear audio cache
	audio_generate_audio	Generate speech audio file
	audio_list_audio_files	List generated audio
	audio_list_backends	List TTS backends
	audio_list_voices	List voices for backend
	audio_play_audio	Play audio file
	audio_speak	Text-to-speech with fallback engines
	audio_speak_local	TTS on server (local playback)
	audio_speak_relay	TTS via relay (remote playback)
	audio_speech_queue_status	Get speech queue status
canvas (7)	canvas_add_panel	Add panel to canvas
	canvas_canvas_exists	Check canvas exists
	canvas_create_canvas	Create figure canvas
	canvas_export_canvas	Export to PNG/PDF/SVG
	canvas_list_canvases	List all canvases
	canvas_list_panels	List panels in canvas
	canvas_remove_panel	Remove panel
capture (12)	capture_analyze_screenshot	Analyze for errors
	capture_capture_screenshot	Capture screenshot
	capture_capture_window	Capture specific window
	capture_clear_cache	Clear screenshot cache
	capture_create_gif	Create animated GIF
	capture_get_info	Get monitor/window info
	capture_get_monitoring_status	Get monitoring status
	capture_list_recent_screenshots	List recent screenshots
	capture_list_sessions	List monitoring sessions
	capture_list_windows	List visible windows
	capture_start_monitoring	Start continuous capture
	capture_stop_monitoring	Stop monitoring
diagram (7)	diagram_compile_graphviz	Compile to Graphviz
	diagram_compile_mermaid	Compile to Mermaid
	diagram_create_diagram	Create from YAML spec
	diagram_get_paper_modes	Get paper layout modes
	diagram_get_preset	Get preset config
	diagram_list_presets	List diagram presets
	diagram_split_diagram	Split large diagrams
introspect (12)	introspect_q	Get function signature (like func?)
	introspect_qq	Get source code (like func??)
	introspect_dir	List module members (like dir())
	introspect_api	List full API tree
	introspect_docstring	Get docstring
	introspect_exports	Get all exports
	introspect_examples	Find usage examples
	introspect_class_hierarchy	Get class MRO
	introspect_type_hints	Get type hints
	introspect_imports	Get module imports
	introspect_dependencies	Get dependencies
	introspect_call_graph	Get call graph
plt (9)	plt_compose	Compose multi-panel figure
	plt_crop	Crop whitespace
	plt_extract_data	Extract plotted data
	plt_get_plot_types	Get supported plot types
	plt_info	Get recipe info
	plt_list_styles	List style presets
	plt_plot	Create figure from spec
	plt_reproduce	Reproduce from recipe
	plt_validate	Validate recipe
scholar (23)	scholar_add_papers_to_project	Add papers to project
	scholar_authenticate	SSO authentication
	scholar_cancel_job	Cancel job
	scholar_check_auth_status	Check auth status
	scholar_create_project	Create project
	scholar_download_pdf	Download single PDF
	scholar_download_pdfs_batch	Batch PDF download
	scholar_enrich_bibtex	Enrich BibTeX metadata
	scholar_export_papers	Export papers
	scholar_fetch_papers	Fetch papers (async)
	scholar_get_job_result	Get job result
	scholar_get_job_status	Get job status
	scholar_get_library_status	Get library status
	scholar_list_jobs	List background jobs
	scholar_list_projects	List projects
	scholar_logout	Logout from auth
	scholar_parse_bibtex	Parse BibTeX file
	scholar_parse_pdf_content	Parse PDF content
	scholar_resolve_dois	Resolve DOIs from titles
	scholar_resolve_openurls	Resolve OpenURLs
	scholar_search_papers	Search papers
	scholar_start_job	Start pending job
	scholar_validate_pdfs	Validate PDF files
social (9)	social_analytics	Get analytics
	social_check	Check platform connection
	social_check_availability	Check socialia installed
	social_delete	Delete post
	social_feed	Get platform feed
	social_me	Get user profile
	social_post	Post to platform
	social_status	Check config status
	social_thread	Post thread
stats (10)	stats_correct_pvalues	Multiple comparison correction
	stats_describe	Descriptive statistics
	stats_effect_size	Calculate effect size
	stats_format_results	Format in journal style
	stats_normality_test	Test normality
	stats_p_to_stars	P-value to stars
	stats_posthoc_test	Post-hoc comparisons
	stats_power_analysis	Power/sample size calc
	stats_recommend_tests	Recommend statistical tests
	stats_run_test	Execute statistical test
template (6)	template_clone_template	Clone template
	template_get_code_template	Get code template (session, io, plt, stats, etc.)
	template_get_template_info	Get template info
	template_list_code_templates	List code templates
	template_list_git_strategies	List git strategies
	template_list_templates	List project templates
ui (5)	ui_available_notification_backends	Available backends
	ui_get_notification_config	Get notification config
	ui_list_notification_backends	List backends
	ui_notify	Send notification
	ui_notify_by_level	Notify by level
writer (1)	writer_usage	LaTeX compilation guide

Configuration

All-in-One Server (Recommended)

Claude Desktop (~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scitex": {
      "command": "scitex-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}

Individual Servers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scitex-audio": { "command": "scitex-audio" },
    "scitex-capture": { "command": "scitex-capture" },
    "scitex-scholar": { "command": "scitex-scholar" }
  }
}