Semantic Scholar MCP Server

Integrations

  • Provides tools for searching papers, retrieving detailed paper and author information, and fetching citations and references from the Semantic Scholar academic database.

🎓 Semantic Scholar MCP Server

This project implements a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Semantic Scholar API. It provides tools for searching papers, retrieving paper and author details, and fetching citations and references.

✨ Features

  • 🔍 Search for papers on Semantic Scholar
  • 📄 Retrieve detailed information about specific papers
  • 👤 Get author details
  • 🔗 Fetch citations and references for a paper

📋 Prerequisites

  • 🐍 Python 3.10+
  • 📚 semanticscholar Python package
  • 🔧 mcp Python package (Model Context Protocol)

🚀 Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install semanticscholar Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

claude
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server --client claude --config "{}"
Cursor

Paste the following into Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP → Add new server:

  • Mac/Linux
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server --client cursor --config "{}"
Windsurf
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server --client windsurf --config "{}"

CLine

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server --client cline --config "{}"
  1. Clone this repository:
    git clone https://github.com/JackKuo666/semanticscholar-MCP-Server.git cd semanticscholar-mcp-server
  2. Install the required packages:
    pip install semanticscholar mcp

🖥️ Usage

  1. Start the Semantic Scholar MCP server:
    python semantic_scholar_server.py
  2. The server will start and listen for MCP requests.
  3. Use an MCP client to interact with the server and access the following tools:
    • 🔍 search_semantic_scholar: Search for papers using a query string
    • 📄 get_semantic_scholar_paper_details: Get details of a specific paper
    • 👤 get_semantic_scholar_author_details: Get details of a specific author
    • 🔗 get_semantic_scholar_citations_and_references: Get citations and references for a paper

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add this configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json:

(Mac OS)

{ "mcpServers": { "semanticscholar": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m", "semanticscholar_mcp_server"] } } }

(Windows version):

{ "mcpServers": { "semanticscholar": { "command": "C:\\Users\\YOUR\\PATH\\miniconda3\\envs\\mcp_server\\python.exe", "args": [ "D:\\code\\YOUR\\PATH\\semanticscholar-MCP-Server\\semanticscholar_server.py" ], "env": {}, "disabled": false, "autoApprove": [] } } }

Using with Cline

{ "mcpServers": { "semanticscholar": { "command": "bash", "args": [ "-c", "source /home/YOUR/PATH/.venv/bin/activate && python /home/YOUR/PATH/semanticscholar_mcp_server.py" ], "env": {}, "disabled": false, "autoApprove": [] } } }

📁 File Structure

  • 📜 semantic_scholar_search.py: Contains functions for interacting with the Semantic Scholar API
  • 🖥️ semantic_scholar_server.py: Implements the MCP server and defines the available tools

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Provides tools for accessing the Semantic Scholar API to search papers, retrieve paper and author details, and fetch citations and references through the Model Context Protocol.

  1. ✨ Features
    1. 📋 Prerequisites
      1. 🚀 Installation
        1. Installing via Smithery
        2. CLine
      2. 🖥️ Usage
        1. Usage with Claude Desktop
          1. 📁 File Structure
            1. 🤝 Contributing
              1. 📄 License

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