Semantic Scholar

by benhaotang

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About

Integrates with the Semantic Scholar API to enable querying academic papers, authors, and citations for research and analysis tasks.

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Author: benhaotang
Repository: benhaotang/mcp-semantic-scholar-server
GitHub stars: 11
Downloads: 276
License: MIT License
Categories: Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, AI, Search, Knowledge Base, Frontend, Security, Database

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name Semantic Scholar

Command (node, npx, python, etc.) /path/to/mcp
Arguments
- Argument 1 run
- Argument 2 /path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py
Environment
- SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY your_api_key
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "semantic scholar": {
            "env": {
                "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
            },
            "args": [
                "run",
                "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
            ],
            "command": "/path/to/mcp"
        }
    }
}

Linux

{
    "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
    },
    "args": [
        "run",
        "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
    ],
    "command": "/path/to/mcp"
}

Macos

{
    "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
    },
    "args": [
        "run",
        "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
    ],
    "command": "/path/to/mcp"
}

Windows

{
    "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
    },
    "args": [
        "run",
        "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
    ],
    "command": "/path/to/mcp"
}

Semantic Scholar API MCP server

Made with mcp-python-sdk

> [!IMPORTANT]
> if you are still using FastMCP version of this mcp server, please consider pull this repo again and update to newer versions as FastMCP is already deprecated.

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