Semantic Scholar MCP Server

Semantic Scholar MCP Server is a local MCP server: MCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations. Install it from pypi as s2-mcp-server.

Claude CodeCodexAntigravity

commandprompt

Terminal

claude mcp add io-github-smaniches-semantic-scholar-mcp -e SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=... -- uvx s2-mcp-server

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-smaniches-semantic-scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "s2-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

• Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
• MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
• Environment variables: SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY