search_prior_art — Patent by Ouroboros Apps MCP Tool Read-only
search_prior_art
(search prior art) is one of 4 tools on the
Patent by Ouroboros Apps
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call search_prior_art from your client
- Claude Code Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain Patent by Ouroboros Apps search_prior_art pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
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