Semantic Scholar MCP Server

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download_paper_pdf

Download PDFs of academic papers by providing a paper ID. Saves files with the title as the filename and includes metadata. Specify a custom download directory for organized storage.

Instructions

Download the PDF of a paper if available, using title as filename and setting metadata.

Args:
    paper_id: Paper ID (Semantic Scholar ID, DOI, ArXiv ID, etc.)
    download_path: Directory to save the PDF (default: ~/Downloads/semantic_scholar_papers)

Returns:
    Status message with download location or error

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`download_path`	No
`paper_id`	Yes

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "download_path": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "Download Path"
    },
    "paper_id": {
      "title": "Paper Id",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "paper_id"
  ],
  "title": "download_paper_pdfArguments",
  "type": "object"
}

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