Cerebrum
Search the scientific literature and get a cited answer, plus the Trending in Science edition.
Should I use this
Quality & Safety
B
Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.
Context Cost
~644Tokens (tool definitions)
~3.2 KBTypical response size
Moderate attention impact (0.50% of 128k context)
This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.
Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"cerebrum": {
"url": "https://askcerebrum.org/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://askcerebrum.org/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (2)
🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢search_literature(query)
Search the scientific literature for a research question and return a cited answer with a numbered source list. Use this when you need evidence from papers rather than general knowledge.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A research question or topic to search for in the scientific literature."
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"answer": {
"type": "string"
},
"synthesisMode": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"degraded": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"sources": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"authors": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"year": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"doi": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"url": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"cited": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"title",
"authors",
"year",
"doi",
"url",
"cited"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"sourceCount": {
"type": "integer"
},
"citedCount": {
"type": "integer"
},
"coverage": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"properties": {
"gathered": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"cited": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
}
},
"required": [
"gathered",
"cited"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"coverageNote": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"recordUrl": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"record": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
},
"question": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"askedAt": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sourceCount": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"citedCount": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"databaseCount": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"url",
"question",
"askedAt",
"sourceCount",
"citedCount",
"databaseCount"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"required": [
"answer",
"synthesisMode",
"degraded",
"sources",
"sourceCount",
"citedCount",
"coverage",
"coverageNote",
"recordUrl",
"record"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢get_trending
Get the current Trending in Science edition and return the top headlines grouped by section with links to the original stories.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"edition": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"items": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"url": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
},
"required": [
"title",
"source",
"url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"items"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"itemCount": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"edition",
"sections",
"itemCount"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Community
Evidence
Recent observations
verifiedversion not recorded2 tools