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Semantic Scholar MCP Server for Cursor

io.github.smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp

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

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Semantic Scholar MCP Server in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "s2-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

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