semanticscholar-mcp
Provides tools for searching papers, authors, citations, references, and text snippets via the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@semanticscholar-mcpFind recent papers on reinforcement learning"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
semanticscholar-mcp
Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API via MCP.
Table of contents
Related MCP server: Semantic Scholar MCP Server
Tools
Tool | Parameters | Description |
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| Relevance-ranked paper search |
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| Bulk paper search (up to 1000/call, with continuation token) |
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| Find the paper whose title best matches a query |
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| Suggest paper title completions |
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| Details about a single paper |
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| Details for up to 500 papers at once |
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| Authors of a given paper |
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| Papers that cite a given paper |
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| Papers referenced by a given paper |
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| Search for authors by name |
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| Details about a single author |
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| Papers written by a given author |
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| Details for up to 1000 authors at once |
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| Search text snippets from paper full texts, abstracts, and titles |
All Semantic Scholar API calls are throttled to 1 request per second, cumulative across all tools, per the API's rate limit.
Environment variables
Variable | Required | Description |
| yes | Semantic Scholar API key, sent as the |
Wiring it up
Only requirement: uv (https://docs.astral.sh/uv/). Nothing else to install.
Claude Code
claude mcp add semanticscholar-mcp -e S2_API_KEY=<value> -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/dam2452/semanticscholar-mcp.git semanticscholar-mcpClaude Desktop / other MCP client
{
"mcpServers": {
"semanticscholar-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/dam2452/semanticscholar-mcp.git", "semanticscholar-mcp"],
"env": { "S2_API_KEY": "<value>" }
}
}
}After pushing a new version: uv cache clean and restart the client.
Local run
uv run --directory . semanticscholar-mcpTests (manual):
uv run --directory . --with pytest pytest test/This server cannot be installed
Maintenance
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