Semantic Scholar MCP Server

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

Packages and local setup

The published pypi package is s2-mcp-server, version 1.7.7. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY: Semantic Scholar API key; introductory keys are currently assigned 1 request/second across all endpoints; SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_MIN_SECONDS_BETWEEN_REQUESTS: Minimum seconds between authenticated requests. Default 1.1; lower only when Semantic Scholar has explicitly assigned the key a higher quota..

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository. This profile uses version 1.7.7 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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