Semantic Scholar MCP Server

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• semantic_scholar_author_batch

  Retrieve multiple authors in a single request (max 1000).

• semantic_scholar_bulk_papers

  Retrieve multiple papers in a single request (max 500).

• semantic_scholar_bulk_search

  Search papers with sorting and cursor-based pagination for large result sets. Unlike regular search, supports sorting (e.g., by citation count), boolean query syntax, and returns a continuation token for paging through all results. The observed endpoint ignores ``limit`` and may return up to 1000 papers per page; the full page is returned so no row is skipped.

• semantic_scholar_export_citation

  Export a citation for a paper in BibTeX format. Use once you have a paper ID (from semantic_scholar_search_papers or semantic_scholar_match_paper), e.g. paper_id='DOI:10.18653/v1/N18-3011'. Returns the BibTeX entry as plain text - there is no response_format option. Raises an error for an unknown ID, a paper without citation data, or any format other than 'bibtex'.

• semantic_scholar_get_author

  Get author profile with optional publications list.

• semantic_scholar_get_paper

  Get paper details. Accepts: S2 ID, DOI:xxx, ARXIV:xxx, PMID:xxx, CorpusId:xxx Returns title, abstract, authors, venue, year, citation counts, TLDR, and open-access PDF link for one paper, e.g. paper_id='ARXIV:1706.03762'. Set include_citations / include_references to also list citing and referenced papers (fetched in parallel, 1-100 per page each). Paginate the two directions independently with citations_offset/references_offset; JSON output exposes citations_page.next and references_page.next. Results are cached in memory for 5 minutes; an unknown ID raises a not-found error. Client-side req…

• semantic_scholar_match_paper

  Find the single best paper matching a title string. Returns match score.

• semantic_scholar_multi_recommend

  Get recommendations using multiple positive and negative example papers. Use instead of semantic_scholar_recommendations when steering with more than one example: results resemble positive_paper_ids and are pushed away from negative_paper_ids. Example: positive_paper_ids=['ARXIV:1706.03762', 'DOI:10.18653/v1/N19-1423'], negative_paper_ids=['ARXIV:1409.0473']. Accepts 1-100 positive and up to 100 negative IDs in any supported paper-ID format; malformed IDs raise an error before any request is made. Returns up to `limit` (1-500, default 10) papers, Markdown by default or response_format='json' …

• semantic_scholar_paper_authors

  Get full author profiles for a paper's authors. Unlike the abbreviated author list embedded in semantic_scholar_get_paper results, this returns each author's complete profile - affiliations, h-index, paper and citation counts - plus author IDs usable with semantic_scholar_get_author. Example: paper_id='DOI:10.18653/v1/N18-3011'. Authors are returned in listed order (limit 1-1000, default 100). Returns Markdown by default, response_format='json' for raw JSON.

• semantic_scholar_recommendations

  Get paper recommendations based on a seed paper. Provide one paper you already know (e.g. paper_id='ARXIV:1706.03762') and receive up to `limit` similar papers. from_pool picks the candidate pool: 'recent' (default, recently published papers from all fields) or 'all-cs' (computer-science papers of any age). When steering with several positive or negative examples, use semantic_scholar_multi_recommend instead. An unknown seed ID raises a not-found error. Client-side requests use a 1.0-second unkeyed interval and a conservative 1.1-second authenticated default; explicitly higher S2-assigned quo…

• semantic_scholar_search_authors

  Search for academic authors by name. Example: query='Yoshua Bengio'. Several distinct researchers can share a name, so confirm identity with semantic_scholar_get_author (affiliations, h-index, publications) before attributing work; to list the authors of a specific paper use semantic_scholar_paper_authors instead. Page with offset/limit (max 100 per call, default 10). Returns Markdown by default, response_format='json' for raw JSON.

• semantic_scholar_search_papers

  Search for academic papers. Relevance-ranked plain-text search over 200M+ papers, with year, field-of-study, publication-type, open-access, and citation-count filters. The query is sent unchanged; boolean and quoted-phrase syntax is documented only for semantic_scholar_bulk_search. Page with offset/limit (max 100 per call). For sorted or very large result sets use semantic_scholar_bulk_search; to search inside paper full text use semantic_scholar_snippet_search; to resolve one known title use semantic_scholar_match_paper. Returns Markdown by default, response_format='json' for raw JSON.

• semantic_scholar_snippet_search

  Search within paper full text. Returns text snippets with context. Note: This endpoint is heavily rate-limited without an API key.

• semantic_scholar_status

  Check server health, API connectivity, and key status.

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pypi s2-mcp-server

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