MCP server exposing 4 tools for semanticscholar.
This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.
POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/semanticscholar/mcp
Content-Type: application/json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}search_papers — Search 200M+ academic papers on Semantic Scholar by keyword. Returns titles, authors, year, venue, citation counts, DOI, and open-access PDF links. Optionally filter by year range and field of study. Keyless.get_paper — Get full metadata for a single paper by ID. Accepts a Semantic Scholar paper ID, or a prefixed ID like "DOI:10.1145/3292500", "arXiv:2106.15928", or "CorpusId:215416146". Returns abstract, TLDR summary, authors, venue, citation/reference counts, fields of study, and open-access PDF. Keyless.get_paper_citations — List papers that CITE a given paper (the works citing it), with their titles, authors, year, and citation counts. Useful for forward citation tracing and finding follow-up work. Keyless.get_author — Search for academic authors by name on Semantic Scholar. Returns up to 5 matches with affiliations, paper count, total citation count, h-index, and profile URL. Keyless.Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/semanticscholar/
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