Semantic Scholar API MCP server

claude mcp add semantic-scholar-api --env SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY='<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>' -- uv run --with mcp mcp run /path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.semantic-scholar-api]
command = "uv"
args = ["run", "--with", "mcp", "mcp", "run", "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"]
env = { SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY = "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add semantic-scholar-api --env SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY='<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>' -- uv run --with mcp mcp run /path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar-api": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "semantic-scholar-api": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar-api": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar-api": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar-api": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/path/to/semantic-scholar-plugin.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}