About HAL (French open archive)
Search HAL with Solr syntax (title, author, year, document type such as thesis). Strong for humanities, social sciences, mathematics and computer science from France and francophone institutions.
Questions you can ask HAL
Type them into Kahubi’s chat once HAL is connected.
“Find French doctoral theses on Scandinavian literature in HAL.”
What comes back: Theses with title, author, institution, year and a link to the full text deposited in HAL.
“What has the CNRS published in HAL on dark-sky protection and light pollution since 2020?”
What comes back: Documents with type, authors, year and full-text link, filtered with HAL’s own search syntax.
HAL MCP tools
The 1 tool the HAL server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.
hal_searchSearch HAL, the French multidisciplinary open archive (1M+ full texts: articles, theses, conference papers, preprints).
Using HAL in Kahubi
- Hosted by Kahubi. Kahubi runs this server itself so it stays reliable enough for research use.
- Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
- Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to HAL.
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