ADS

NASA Astrophysics Data System literature search. See also the ads_query_compact and ads_get_paper tools.

• Module name: ads

• Python class: astroquery.nasa_ads.ADS

• Functions: 3

Call any function below with the astroquery_execute MCP tool. Descriptions are taken from the upstream astroquery/astropy docstrings.

Function	Summary
clear_cache	Removes all cache files.
query_simple	Basic query. Uses a string and the ADS generic query.
reset_cache_location	Resets the cache location to the default astropy cache

Functions

clear_cache

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="ads",
    function_name="clear_cache",
    params={},
)

ADSClass.clear_cache()

Removes all cache files.

query_simple

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="ads",
    function_name="query_simple",
    params={"query_string": "<query_string>"},
)

ADSClass.query_simple(query_string, *, get_query_payload=False, get_raw_response=False, cache=True)

Basic query. Uses a string and the ADS generic query.

reset_cache_location

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="ads",
    function_name="reset_cache_location",
    params={},
)

ADSClass.reset_cache_location()

Resets the cache location to the default astropy cache