xby-lit
Run the following command in DeepSeek Harness:
dsh plugin install xby-skill/xby-lit
Paste the following prompt into your AI chat to install this plugin:
Run dsh plugin install xby-skill/xby-lit in DeepSeek Harness to install the plugin; the source repository is https://github.com/xby-skill/xby-lit.
About this plugin
Literature reviews tend to drown researchers in tab-switching: arXiv here, DBLP there, keywords reshuffled every five minutes. xby-lit packages those lookups into a single MCP server, so a plain-language prompt in your LLM chat returns relevant papers without leaving the conversation.
Two search tools do the heavy lifting. arxiv_search pulls from the preprint ecosystem, ideal for tracking the very latest methods, while dblp_search targets the formal computer-science publication record for deeper citation tracing. A set_xby_apikey tool lets you drop in an API key mid-chat and have it persist across restarts, eliminating repetitive setup.
It is built for graduate students and researchers who already work inside Claude, Cursor, or any other MCP-compatible client and want to move the search-the-literature step out of the browser and into the model conversation itself.
Use Cases
- Search arXiv preprints directly from a Claude or Cursor conversation
- Trace citation chains in computer-science publications via DBLP
- Set an API key once in chat and have it persist across restarts
Best For
- Graduate students writing literature reviews
- Researchers who run MCP clients as part of daily research workflow
- Scholars who frequently switch between arXiv and DBLP lookups
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