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Semantic Scholar MCP Server

by smaniches·io.github.smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp·v1.7.14·23 stars
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MCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations.

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How Semantic Scholar MCP Server compares

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Safety score
83/100
higher than 70% of 3,471 Web search servers
GitHub stars
23
more than 90% of 1,788 Web search servers
Downloads a week
2,303
more than 95% of 837 Web search servers with a package

Release history: 10 versions in the registry since 2026-09-04, latest 2026-11-04, typically one every 4 days.

Install Semantic Scholar MCP Server in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add semantic-scholar-mcp -- uvx s2-mcp-server
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What the publisher says

From the Semantic Scholar MCP Server repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

Semantic Scholar MCP Server

<!-- mcp-name: io.github.smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp -->

A 14-tool Semantic Scholar MCP server for academic research workflows. Direct access to 200M+ papers from Semantic Scholar — paper search, citation graph traversal, author profiles, and recommendations — from any Model Context Protocol client (e.g., Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Continue, and others).

Every release ships verifiable supply-chain provenance: Sigstore-signed SLSA build-provenance attestations on the wheel, sdist, and container image; PEP 740 attestations on the PyPI upload; and a CycloneDX SBOM — so you can prove the artifact you installed was built from this repo. See Provenance & supply chain.

Author: Santiago Maniches · ORCID 0009-0005-6480-1987 · TOPOLOGICA LLC

Quick start

uvx s2-mcp-server                                      # run instantly, no install
claude mcp add semantic-scholar -- uvx s2-mcp-server   # or register it in Claude Code

No API key is needed to start (public rate limit: 1 req/sec); set SEMANTICSCHOLARAPI_KEY for 10 req/sec. Claude Desktop, Docker, pip, and remote (Streamable HTTP) setups are in Installation.

Provenance & supply chain

A research tool is only as trustworthy as the chain from its source to the binary you run. Every release of this server ships cryptographically verifiable supply-chain evidence, all generated in CI from the tagged commit:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Semantic Scholar MCP Server: common questions

Is Semantic Scholar MCP Server safe?
Mostly: it is graded B (83/100). Read the Semantic Scholar MCP Server safety report
How do I install Semantic Scholar MCP Server?
It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does Semantic Scholar MCP Server need an API key?
Yes. The registry entry asks for SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY.
Is Semantic Scholar MCP Server maintained?
The last commit was 21 days ago (2026-10-15). The latest release is v1.7.14.
What can I use instead of Semantic Scholar MCP Server?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Arxiv MCP server, HasData Google Scholar MCP server and Socraticode MCP server.
How does Semantic Scholar MCP Server compare with other Web search MCP servers?
safety score 83/100 (higher than 70% of 3,471 Web search servers); github stars 23 (more than 90% of 1,788 Web search servers); downloads a week 2,303 (more than 95% of 837 Web search servers with a package). Full comparison.

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