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Semantic Scholar MCP Server for Claude Code

io.github.smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp

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

client:Claude Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Semantic Scholar MCP Server in Claude Code

run in your project directory

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen.

claude mcp add semantic-scholar-mcp -e SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY> -- uvx s2-mcp-server

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

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