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io.github.smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp

Semantic Scholar MCP Server

GitHub ↗registry ↗
66
TrustScore
✅ No clear abandonment signal detected; complete security and compatibility checks before production use

Before you connect

🔑 Needs an API key / tokenPythonDocker

Config example (to connect)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["s2-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Works with these clients

  • Claude Desktopuvx
  • Claude Codeuvx
  • Cursoruvx
  • VS Codeuvx
  • Windsurfuvx

Derived from the registry manifest (package type and transport) — we have not installed it ourselves. Check the official README before relying on it.

Install / Connect

claude mcp add io-github-smaniches-semantic-scholar-mcp -- uvx s2-mcp-server@1.7.2

Follow the official README; env and args vary per server.

🛠️ Maintenance weight 30% · 80 pts

📝
Last commit4 days ago
📈
Commits in 90 days100
💬
Recent issues with replies0%
🗃️
Repo statusNormal

📊 Adoption weight 25% · 25 pts

⭐
GitHub stars13 (90d +0%)
📦
npm weekly downloadsNot npm-distributed
🚀
Releases per month—

✅ Usability weight 20% · 100 pts

📋
Official registryListed
▶️
Runnable entryResolvable (npx/remote)
🔍
AuditabilityOpen-source repo, auditable

❤️ Health & community weight 25% · 53 pts

🐛
open issues1
🔀
open PRs—
⚖️
LicenseMIT
👥
Contributors / forks4 / 0

Sources: GitHub API · Official registry · updated 2026-08-15

90-day trend

⭐ stars +0%

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