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Semantic Scholar MCP Server

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MCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations.

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Add it to your MCP client. The catalogue lists this config verbatim from its source — it does not run, download, or vouch for the server. Review the command before you run it.

Transportstdio (runs a local command)
Env varsSEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --env SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY= semantic-scholar-mcp -- uvx s2-mcp-server
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VS Code 
code --add-mcp '{"name":"semantic-scholar-mcp","command":"uvx","args":["s2-mcp-server"],"env":{"SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY":""}}'
JSON 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "s2-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables are listed by name only — fill in your own values. Entries never carry secrets.