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smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp
MCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations.
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Review any command before running it. Package names and URLs come from the server's own registry entry.
Package (pypi 1.7.15)
uvx s2-mcp-server
Or add to your MCP client config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"semantic-scholar-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"s2-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>"
}
}
}
}
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEYsecret — Semantic Scholar API key; introductory keys are currently assigned 1 request/second across all endpointsSEMANTIC_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.
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