ieee-search

name	ieee-search
description	Searches for academic papers on Springer, also as known as Springer nature. Use when the user wants to find papers by keyword or title on springer nature article database.
argument-hint	[search keywords]

Springer Nature Basic Search

Search for academic papers on Springer Nature using Chrome DevTools MCP.

Important: Determine the Springer Nature base URL

Before the first operation, check the current browser page URL to determine which Springer Nature domain the user is accessing. Store it as BASE_URL. Common patterns:

• Direct access: https://link.springer.com/
• Institutional proxy: URL containing springer in the hostname (e.g. WebVPN or EZProxy)

Use whatever origin the user's browser is currently on. If no Springer Nature page is open, ask the user which URL to use.

Steps

Step 1: Navigate to search results

Use navigate_page to go to:

{BASE_URL}/search?query={QUERY}

Where {QUERY} is the URL-encoded search keywords from $ARGUMENTS.

Step 2: Extract search results

Use evaluate_script with built-in waiting. Do NOT use wait_for — it returns the full page snapshot which can exceed token limits.

async () => {
  // Wait for results to load (up to 15s)
  for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
    if (document.querySelectorAll('li .app-card-open__main').length > 0) break;
    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 500));
  }

  const items = document.querySelectorAll('li .app-card-open__main');
  const papers = [];

  for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
    const item = items[i];

    // Title + Link
    const titleLink = item.querySelector('.app-card-open__heading a');
    const title = titleLink?.textContent?.trim() || '';
    const link = titleLink?.href || '';

    // Authors (deduplicate because Springer repeats spans)
    const authorSpans = item.querySelectorAll('[data-test="authors"]');
    let authors = [];
    authorSpans.forEach(span => {
      const names = span.textContent.split(',').map(a => a.trim());
      authors.push(...names);
    });
    authors = [...new Set(authors)]; // remove duplicates

    // Journal / publication
    const journalEl = item.querySelector('a[data-test="parent"]');
    const journal = journalEl?.textContent?.trim() || '';

    // Publication date
    const dateEl = item.querySelector('[data-test="published"]');
    const date = dateEl?.textContent?.trim() || '';

    // Abstract snippet
    const abstract = item.querySelector('.app-card-open__description p')
      ?.textContent?.trim() || '';

    // Content type (Article, Chapter, etc.)
    const type = item.querySelector('.c-meta__type')
      ?.textContent?.trim() || '';

    papers.push({
      rank: i + 1,
      title,
      link,
      authors,
      journal,
      date,
      type,
      abstract: abstract.substring(0, 200)
    });
  }

  // Result count (Springer usually shows it differently)
  const resultCount = document.querySelector('h1, h2')?.textContent?.trim() || '';
  const noResults = items.length === 0;

  return { papers, resultCount, noResults };
}

Step 4: Handle no results

If noResults is true:

1. Tell the user no results were found on Springer Nature.
2. Suggest broadening the search (use fewer keywords, remove quotes, try synonyms).

Step 5: Present results

Format results as a numbered list:

{resultCount}

1. {title}
   Authors: {authors}
   Publication: {journal} | {date}
   Article #: {link}

2. ...

Key CSS Selectors

Element	Selector
Result items	li .app-card-open__main
Title link	.app-card-open__heading a[href*="/article/"]
Authors	[data-test="authors"]
Publication link	a[data-test="parent"]
Date	[data-test="published"]
Abstract snippet	.app-card-open__description p
Content Type	.c-meta__type

URL Parameters

Param	Description	Example
queryText	Query string	deep learning
page	Page number (1-based)	1, 2, 3
language	Content Language (En only is fine)	En
content-type	Type of publication	Article, Research, Review
dateFrom	Date when the content was published, in year	2022, 2021, 2023
dateTo	Date to the content was published, in year, not used usually, default is up to date	2026

Search Strategy (Learned from Testing)

Quoting matters: Springer Nature treats unquoted words as individual tokens joined by OR. Always quote multi-word phrases.

Query	Results	Quality
coupling capacitor power line carrier	~12,000+	Terrible — each word matches independently
"coupling capacitor" "power line carrier"	4	Excellent — exact phrases, both required
"coupling capacitor" OR "capacitor divider"	Moderate	OK — OR between synonyms of same concept
"coupling capacitor" OR "power line carrier"	~12,000+	Bad — OR between different concepts

Rules:

1. Always quote multi-word phrases with double quotes
2. Use AND (implicit) between different concepts — just put quoted phrases next to each other
3. Use OR only between synonyms of the same concept (e.g. "drain coil" OR "line trap")
4. Add a domain anchor like "HVDC" or "high voltage" to prevent cross-domain noise
5. If results > 500, the query is too broad — add more AND terms
6. If results = 0, the query is too narrow — remove one quoted phrase or try synonyms, unless you are searching a particular paper with specific title, instead of searching keywords
7. For multi-topic searches, use ieee-advanced-search with matchBoolean=true for full boolean control

Notes

• Results include article numbers (link) needed for detail extraction, PDF download, and citation export.
• This skill performs at most 2 tool calls: navigate_page + evaluate_script.
• Springer Nature uses Angular and loads content dynamically; the wait loop in evaluate_script handles this.