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Semantic Scholar integration for Claude and Codex

Create a Semantic Scholar connection, then control which Spaces can use its approved tools and data without pasting credentials into prompts or threads.

Use Semantic Scholar from Claude

Add the Semantic Scholar connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use it from every channel in that Space.

Use Semantic Scholar from Codex

Add the Semantic Scholar connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use it from every channel in that Space.

Use Semantic Scholar from Sidekick

Connect your own OpenClaw to Sidekick while Type provides the conversations, permissions, connections, skills, and automations.

Analytics & Data

What the Semantic Scholar connector can do

Semantic Scholar is an AI-powered academic search engine that helps researchers discover and understand scientific literature

One connection, many Spaces

Connect Semantic Scholar once, then decide which Spaces can use it in threads, skills, automations, and coding work.

Representative actions

  • Details about an author

    Retrieve detailed information about an author from Semantic Scholar, including name, affiliations, publication statistics (paperCount, citationCount, h-index), external IDs (ORCID, DBLP), and optionally papers. By default returns authorId and name only. Use 'fields' parameter for additional data: name, url, affiliations, homepage, externalIds, paperCount, citationCount, hIndex, papers (supports nested fields like papers.title, papers.year). Limit: 10 MB per request.

  • Details about an author s papers

    Retrieves a list of papers authored or co-authored by a specific researcher identified by their unique Semantic Scholar author ID. This endpoint is particularly useful for conducting literature reviews, analyzing an author's body of work, or tracking a researcher's publications over time. It provides a comprehensive view of an author's contributions to their field of study, including all papers where the author is listed as an author regardless of their authorship position. The response may be paginated for authors with a large number of publications, and additional API calls might be necessary to retrieve the complete list of papers. Use the offset and limit parameters to control pagination.

  • Details about a paper

    Examples: <ul> <li><code>https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b</code></li> <ul> <li>Returns a paper with its paperId and title. </li> </ul> <li><code>https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b?fields=url,year,authors</code></li> <ul> <li>Returns the paper's paperId, url, year, and list of authors. </li> <li>Each author has authorId and name.</li> </ul> <li><code>https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b?fields=citations.authors</code></li> <ul> <li>Returns the paper's paperId and list of citations. </li> <li>Each citation has its paperId plus its list of authors.</li> <li>Each author has their 2 always included fields of authorId and name.</li> </ul> <br> Limitations: <ul> <li>Can only return up to 10 MB of data at a time.</li> </ul> </ul>

  • Details about a paper s authors

    Retrieves the list of authors for a specific paper identified by its unique paper_id in the Semantic Scholar database. This endpoint returns detailed author information including authorId and name (returned by default), and optionally: url, affiliations, homepage, paperCount, citationCount, hIndex, and papers (with subfields). Use the 'fields' parameter to request additional author fields beyond the defaults. The response is paginated and includes offset/limit parameters for retrieving large author lists. This tool is ideal for exploring paper collaborations, identifying author affiliations, or building author networks. It accepts various paper ID formats including Semantic Scholar IDs, DOI, ARXIV, PMID, and others.

  • Details about a paper s citations

    Retrieves a list of citations for a specific academic paper using its unique Semantic Scholar paper ID. This endpoint is useful for researchers and developers who want to explore the impact and connections of a particular academic work within the broader scientific literature. It provides information about other papers that have cited the specified paper, allowing users to trace the influence of research and discover related works. The endpoint should be used when analyzing the reception and impact of a specific paper, building citation networks, or conducting bibliometric studies. It does not provide the full text of citing papers or detailed information about the citations beyond basic metadata.

Connection

API and auth details

Semantic Scholar provides REST APIs for scholarly paper search, paper and author metadata, citations, references, recommendations, and dataset downloads from the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph.

FAQ

Questions people ask before connecting Semantic Scholar

Can Claude use Semantic Scholar?

Yes. Add a Semantic Scholar connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use its approved tools and data from any channel in that Space.

Can Codex work with Semantic Scholar through Type?

Yes. Add a Semantic Scholar connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use its approved tools and data from any channel in that Space.

Is this the same as a Semantic Scholar MCP server?

Not exactly. Type uses connectors and connections to give selected Spaces access to approved app tools and data. Some connectors use hosted MCP, while others use OAuth, API keys, service accounts, or custom APIs.

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