Search 200M+ papers, authors, citations, and recommendations via Semantic Scholar
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add semanticscholar -e SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY=<SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY> -- npx -y [email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"semanticscholar": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"semanticscholar": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"semanticscholar": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEYOptional, secret | Semantic Scholar API key from https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/api (optional but recommended for higher rate limits) |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 4 Jul 2026 |
| Last updated | 4 Jul 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.SMABoundless/semanticscholar |
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