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semanticscholar for Zed

io.github.smaboundless/semanticscholar

Search 200M+ papers, authors, citations, and recommendations via Semantic Scholar

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install semanticscholar in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "semanticscholar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "semanticscholar-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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