# mcp-server-semanticscholar

> MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Semantic Scholar API

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-server-semanticscholar/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/JackKuo666/semanticscholar-MCP-Server
- repository: https://github.com/JackKuo666/semanticscholar-MCP-Server
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-server-semanticscholar

### Description (declared)

# 🎓 Semantic Scholar MCP Server

[![smithery badge](https://smithery.ai/badge/@JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server)](https://smithery.ai/server/@JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server)

This project implements a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Semantic Scholar API. It provides tools for searching papers, retrieving paper and author details, and fetching citations and references.

## ✨ Features

- 🔍 Search for papers on Semantic Scholar
- 📄 Retrieve detailed information about specific papers
- 👤 Get author details
- 🔗 Fetch citations and references for a paper

## 📋 Prerequisites

- 🐍 Python 3.10+
- 📚 `semanticscholar` Python package
- 🔧 `mcp` Python package (Model Context Protocol)

## 🚀 Installation
### Installing via Smithery

To install semanticscholar Server for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server):

#### claude

```sh
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server --client claude --config "{}"
```

#### Cursor

Paste the following into Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP → Add new server: 
- Mac/Linux  
```s
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server --client cursor --config "{}" 
```
#### Windsurf
```sh
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server --client windsurf --config "{}"
```
### CLine
```sh
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @JackKuo666/semanticscholar-mcp-server --client cline --config "{}"
```

1. Clone this repository:
   ```
   git clone https://github.com/JackKuo666/semanticscholar-MCP-Server.git
   cd semanticscholar-mcp-server
   ```

2. Install the required packages:
   ```
   pip install semanticscholar mcp
   ```

## 🖥️ Usage

1. Start the Semantic Scholar MCP server:
   ```
   python semantic_scholar_server.py
   ```

2. The server will start and listen for MCP requests.

3. Use an MCP client to interact with the server and access the following …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- research.academic (1, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-server-semanticscholar/ (first seen 2026-09-10T04:22:20.579Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-semanticscholar/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-semanticscholar · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-server-semanticscholar