Semantic Scholar MCP
Search millions of papers across Semantic Scholar and arXiv with citation analysis and PDF extraction.
🛡️ AgentReady threat assessment
MAESTRO 7-layer threat model + OWASP AIVSS risk score for Semantic Scholar MCP, derived from its capabilities.
AIVSS 7.8 · High
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This AI research-assistant connector gives agents access to millions of academic papers via Semantic Scholar and arXiv, with comprehensive search, citation analysis, and full-text PDF extraction from open-access sources, requiring no API key. It reads public scholarly data. Extracted PDF text is untrusted external content injected into the model context.
Key features
- Semantic Scholar + arXiv search
- Citation analysis
- Full-text PDF extraction
- No API key required
Use cases
- Automated literature reviews
- Citation network exploration