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Theses & HAL

Find French PhD theses (theses.fr) and documents from the HAL open archive (papers, student dissertations, conference papers) for your literature review, with open-access PDFs.

What it can do

ToolWhat it does
chercher_thesesSearch theses by topic (defended theses by default)
fiche_theseDetails of a thesis by its NNT ID: abstract, doctoral school, supervisors, DOI
chercher_halFilterable HAL search: type (article, dissertation, thesis...), year, open access
fiche_halDetails of a HAL document: abstract, keywords, PDF, HAL citation
citerAPA 7 or ISO 690 reference for a thesis or HAL document

Add it in one minute

claude.ai, Claude Desktop or ChatGPT

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address:

https://theses-hal-mcp.getpack.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Code

In your terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http theses-hal https://theses-hal-mcp.getpack.workers.dev/mcp

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