semanticscholar-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY | No | Optional API key for higher rate limits |
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
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_papersB | 搜索学术论文，支持关键词搜索和过滤条件 |
| get_paperA | 获取论文详细信息，支持多种 ID 格式（Semantic Scholar ID、DOI、ArXiv ID、PMID 等） |
| get_paper_citationsA | 获取引用指定论文的文献列表（谁引用了这篇论文） |
| get_paper_referencesB | 获取论文的参考文献列表（这篇论文引用了什么） |
| batch_get_papersB | 批量获取多篇论文的详细信息（最多 500 篇） |
| search_authorsC | 搜索学术作者 |
| get_authorD | 获取作者详细信息 |
| get_author_papersB | 获取指定作者的论文列表 |
| get_recommendationsA | 基于指定论文获取推荐的相关论文 |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 9 tools
Each tool targets a distinct resource or operation: authors vs. papers, search vs. retrieval, citations vs. references. The only bulk operation (batch_get_papers) is clearly a convenience variant of get_paper, not an ambiguous alternative.
All tools follow the verb_noun pattern with snake_case (get_, search_, batch_get_). The naming is consistent and predictable, with entity types and actions clearly reflected in the command.
Nine tools is appropriately scoped for a scholarly search and retrieval server. Each tool addresses a distinct need without redundancy or bloat.
The tool surface covers the core read-only academic workflows: searching authors and papers, retrieving details, listing an author's papers, finding citations and references, getting recommendations, and batch retrieval. There are no obvious missing operations for this domain.