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semanticscholar-mcp-server

by XWang20

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEYNoOptional API key for dedicated rate limit. Sent to Semantic Scholar as the x-api-key header.
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_URLNoAPI origin override, primarily for tests and compatible proxies.https://api.semanticscholar.org
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_TIMEOUTNoRequest timeout in seconds.30
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_MAX_RETRIESNoRetries for HTTP 429 and transient 5xx responses.3

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": false
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
batch_get_semantic_scholar_authorsB

Get multiple authors by Semantic Scholar author ID (maximum 1,000).

search_semantic_scholar_authorsB

Search authors by name, with offset pagination.

get_semantic_scholar_author_detailsB

Get one author by Semantic Scholar author ID.

get_semantic_scholar_author_papersA

List an author's papers, optionally filtering by publication date/year.

autocomplete_semantic_scholar_papersA

Suggest paper-title query completions for a partial query.

batch_get_semantic_scholar_papersA

Get multiple papers by S2, CorpusId, DOI, arXiv, ACL, MAG, PMID, or URL ID.

search_semantic_scholar_papersC

Run relevance-ranked paper search with filters and offset pagination.

bulk_search_semantic_scholar_papersA

Run high-volume paper search; pass the returned token for the next page.

match_semantic_scholar_paperB

Find the paper whose title best matches a supplied title.

get_semantic_scholar_paper_detailsA

Get one paper by S2, CorpusId, DOI, arXiv, ACL, MAG, PMID, or URL ID.

get_semantic_scholar_paper_authorsC

List the authors of a paper with offset pagination.

get_semantic_scholar_paper_citationsA

List papers citing a paper, including contexts, intents, and influence.

get_semantic_scholar_paper_referencesA

List a paper's references, including contexts, intents, and influence.

search_semantic_scholar_snippetsB

Search relevant passages from paper titles, abstracts, and full text.

recommend_semantic_scholar_papers_for_paperC

Recommend papers similar to one positive example paper.

recommend_semantic_scholar_papersB

Recommend papers from positive examples and optional negative examples.

list_semantic_scholar_dataset_releasesA

List all available Semantic Scholar dataset release IDs.

get_semantic_scholar_dataset_releaseA

List datasets and metadata in a release; latest is accepted.

get_semantic_scholar_dataset_download_linksA

Get temporary download links for one dataset in a release.

get_semantic_scholar_dataset_diffsC

Get incremental update/delete files between two dataset releases.

search_semantic_scholarC

Legacy paper search returning only the result list.

get_semantic_scholar_citations_and_referencesB

Legacy helper returning the first page of citations and references.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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