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semanticscholar-mcp

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Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API via MCP.

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Related MCP server: Semantic Scholar MCP Server

Tools

Tool

Parameters

Description

search_papers

query, fields, year, venue, fields_of_study, open_access_pdf, min_citation_count, publication_types, limit, offset

Relevance-ranked paper search

search_papers_bulk

query, fields, year, venue, sort, publication_types, fields_of_study, token

Bulk paper search (up to 1000/call, with continuation token)

match_paper_title

query, fields

Find the paper whose title best matches a query

autocomplete_paper

query

Suggest paper title completions

get_paper

paper_id, fields

Details about a single paper

get_papers_batch

paper_ids, fields

Details for up to 500 papers at once

get_paper_authors

paper_id, fields, limit, offset

Authors of a given paper

get_paper_citations

paper_id, fields, limit, offset

Papers that cite a given paper

get_paper_references

paper_id, fields, limit, offset

Papers referenced by a given paper

search_authors

query, fields, limit, offset

Search for authors by name

get_author

author_id, fields

Details about a single author

get_author_papers

author_id, fields, limit, offset

Papers written by a given author

get_authors_batch

author_ids, fields

Details for up to 1000 authors at once

search_snippets

query, paper_ids, fields_of_study, venue, publication_types, insertion_ids, min_citation_count

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

S2_API_KEY

yes

Semantic Scholar API key, sent as the x-api-key header

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-mcp

Claude 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-mcp

Tests (manual):

uv run --directory . --with pytest pytest test/
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