Frontier: evidence-scored science breakthroughs

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explain_frontier_score Read-only

The Frontier Score method: its three pillars and what each measures, recency, the integrity rule, tiers and confidence.

This tool takes no arguments.

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explain_frontier_score

The Frontier Score method: its three pillars and what each measures, recency, the integrity rule, tiers and confidence.

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {}
}

get_breakthrough

Everything Frontier holds on one entry: the plain-language summary, why it matters and what to watch, authors and institutions, the full Frontier Score breakdown (each pillar and what drives it, recency and confidence) and the sources behind each figure. Accepts an OpenAlex work id (e.g. W7214802080), an entry slug, or a frontierresearch.co entry URL.

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Argument	Type	Description
id*	string	OpenAlex work id, entry slug, or Frontier entry URL.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "OpenAlex work id, entry slug, or Frontier entry URL."
    }
  }
}

latest_breakthroughs

What Frontier added most recently: the entries listed in the last N days (the index adds a few new papers from the top journals every day), newest first, optionally within one field.

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Argument	Type	Description
days	integer	How far back to look, in days (1 to 60).
field	string	Limit to one field (see list_fields).
limit	integer	How many entries to return (1 to 20).

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "days": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 7,
      "maximum": 60,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How far back to look, in days (1 to 60)."
    },
    "field": {
      "enum": [
        "ai",
        "bio",
        "neuro",
        "physics",
        "quantum",
        "materials",
        "climate",
        "space",
        "math",
        "other"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Limit to one field (see list_fields)."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many entries to return (1 to 20)."
    }
  }
}

list_fields

The research fields Frontier covers, with how many entries each holds and its median Frontier Score.

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No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {}
}

search_breakthroughs

Search Frontier's evidence-scored index of new research from the top scientific journals. Matches the query against titles, plain-language summaries, authors and topics, optionally within one field, and returns the matching entries ranked by Frontier Score (or newest paper first), each with its summary, score, Frontier URL and DOI. Leave the query empty to browse a field.

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Argument	Type	Description
sort	string	'score' ranks by Frontier Score; 'newest' by paper publication date.
field	string	Limit to one field (see list_fields).
limit	integer	How many entries to return (1 to 20).
query	string	Free text, e.g. 'CRISPR', 'obesity drug', 'quantum error correction'.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "sort": {
      "enum": [
        "score",
        "newest"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "score",
      "description": "'score' ranks by Frontier Score; 'newest' by paper publication date."
    },
    "field": {
      "enum": [
        "ai",
        "bio",
        "neuro",
        "physics",
        "quantum",
        "materials",
        "climate",
        "space",
        "math",
        "other"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Limit to one field (see list_fields)."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 8,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many entries to return (1 to 20)."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Free text, e.g. 'CRISPR', 'obesity drug', 'quantum error correction'."
    }
  }
}