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Semantic Scholar MCP Server for Gemini CLI

io.github.smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp

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

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Semantic Scholar MCP Server in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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