Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP Server for LlamaIndexGive LlamaIndex instant access to 16 tools to Batch Get Authors, Batch Get Papers, Bulk Search Papers, and more
GDPR Free for SubscribersLlamaIndex specializes in data-aware AI agents that connect LLMs to structured and unstructured sources. Add Stanford Semantic Scholar as an MCP tool provider through Vinkius and your agents can query, analyze, and act on live data alongside your existing indexes.
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The Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP Server for LlamaIndex is a standout in the Education category — giving your AI agent 16 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
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Geminiimport asyncio
from llama_index.tools.mcp import BasicMCPClient, McpToolSpec
from llama_index.core.agent.workflow import FunctionAgent
from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI
async def main():
# Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
mcp_client = BasicMCPClient("https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp")
mcp_tool_spec = McpToolSpec(client=mcp_client)
tools = await mcp_tool_spec.to_tool_list_async()
agent = FunctionAgent(
tools=tools,
llm=OpenAI(model="gpt-4o"),
system_prompt=(
"You are an assistant with access to Stanford Semantic Scholar. "
"You have 16 tools available."
),
)
response = await agent.run(
"What tools are available in Stanford Semantic Scholar?"
)
print(response)
asyncio.run(main())
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About Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP Server
Connect to the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API and unlock the world's largest free academic knowledge graph.
LlamaIndex agents combine Stanford Semantic Scholar tool responses with indexed documents for comprehensive, grounded answers. Connect 16 tools through Vinkius and query live data alongside vector stores and SQL databases in a single turn. ideal for hybrid search, data enrichment, and analytical workflows.
What you can do
- Paper Search — Full-text search across 200M+ papers with filters for year, field of study, venue, and open access
- Citation Analysis — Navigate forward citations (who cited this?) and backward references (what did this cite?)
- Author Profiles — Search and retrieve author metrics including h-index, paper count, and citation count
- Batch Operations — Retrieve multiple papers or authors in a single request for efficient analysis
- AI Recommendations — Get machine learning-powered paper recommendations from single or multiple seed papers
- Venue Filtering — Search within specific conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR) or journals (Nature, Science, Cell)
- Field Filtering — Search within specific fields: Computer Science, Medicine, Biology, Physics, and 20+ more
The Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP Server exposes 16 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to LlamaIndex in under two minutes — credentials fully managed, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
All 16 Stanford Semantic Scholar tools available for LlamaIndex
When LlamaIndex connects to Stanford Semantic Scholar through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning semantic-scholar, academic-papers, citations, and more. Every call runs in a secure, isolated environment with full audit visibility. Beyond a simple connection, you get real-time monitoring of agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
Batch get authors on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Returns names, affiliations, paper counts, citation counts, and h-indices. Useful for comparing researchers or building collaboration network analyses. Retrieve multiple author profiles in a single request
Batch get papers on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Accepts S2 IDs, DOIs, ArXiv IDs, or PubMed IDs. Useful for comparing papers, building reading lists, or analyzing a set of related works. Retrieve multiple papers in a single request
Bulk search papers on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Each call returns a batch of results plus a continuation token. Pass the token in subsequent calls to get the next batch. Ideal for systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses. Bulk search for large result sets with token pagination
Get author on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Returns name, affiliations, homepage, external IDs (DBLP, ORCID), total paper count, citation count, and h-index. The definitive tool for understanding a researcher's academic impact. Get author profile with h-index, citations, and metrics
Get author papers on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Returns papers with titles, years, venues, citation counts, open access status, and fields of study. Essential for reviewing a researcher's body of work or finding specific publications by a known author. Get all papers by a specific author
Get multi recommendations on Stanford Semantic Scholar
The algorithm finds papers similar to the positive set but dissimilar to the negative set. Ideal for focused literature discovery. Get recommendations from multiple seed papers with positive/negative signals
Get paper on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Accepts multiple ID formats: Semantic Scholar ID (e.g. "649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b"), DOI (e.g. "10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2"), ArXiv ID (e.g. "arXiv:2106.09685"), PubMed ID (e.g. "PMID:34845388"), or ACL ID (e.g. "ACL:W12-3903"). Returns title, abstract, authors, venue, year, citation counts, open access PDF URL, and publication metadata. Get full paper details by ID, DOI, ArXiv ID, or PubMed ID
Get paper authors on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Useful for identifying research leaders and collaboration networks. Get authors of a specific paper with h-index and metrics
Get paper citations on Stanford Semantic Scholar
This is essential for understanding a paper's impact, finding follow-up work, and tracing how an idea has evolved. Returns citing paper metadata including titles, venues, years, and citation counts. Get papers that cite a given paper
Get paper references on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Essential for literature reviews, understanding the intellectual lineage of a work, and finding foundational papers in a research area. Get papers referenced by a given paper
Get recommendations on Stanford Semantic Scholar
The algorithm analyzes citation patterns, co-citation networks, and content similarity to find the most relevant papers you should read next. This is the AI-native way to discover related literature. Get AI-powered paper recommendations from a seed paper
Match paper title on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Uses fuzzy matching to handle slight variations. Returns the best matching paper with a match score. Ideal when you have a paper title from a reference list or bibliography and need to find its full metadata. Find an exact paper match from a title string
Search authors on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Returns author profiles with affiliations, paper counts, citation counts, and h-index. Use this to find researchers in a specific field, discover top contributors, or find collaborators. Search authors by name across the academic graph
Search by field on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Supported fields: Computer Science, Medicine, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Environmental Science, Economics, Business, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Art, History, Geography, Philosophy, Materials Science, Geology, Linguistics, Education, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Law. Search papers filtered by field of study
Search by venue on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Use venue names like "Nature", "Science", "NeurIPS", "ICML", "CVPR", "ACL", "EMNLP", "The Lancet", "JAMA", "Cell", "Physical Review Letters". Essential for tracking publications in specific top-tier venues. Search papers filtered by conference or journal
Search papers on Stanford Semantic Scholar
Returns titles, venues, years, citation counts, open access status, fields of study, and authors. Supports filtering by year range (e.g. "2020-2024"), fields of study (e.g. "Computer Science"), venue (e.g. "Nature"), and open access availability. Search across 200M+ academic papers by keyword
Connect Stanford Semantic Scholar to LlamaIndex via MCP
Follow these steps to wire Stanford Semantic Scholar into LlamaIndex. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind Vinkius.
Install dependencies
pip install llama-index-tools-mcp llama-index-llms-openaiReplace the token
[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius tokenRun the agent
agent.py and run: python agent.pyExplore tools
Why Use LlamaIndex with the Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP Server
LlamaIndex provides unique advantages when paired with Stanford Semantic Scholar through the Model Context Protocol.
Data-first architecture: LlamaIndex agents combine Stanford Semantic Scholar tool responses with indexed documents for comprehensive, grounded answers
Query pipeline framework lets you chain Stanford Semantic Scholar tool calls with transformations, filters, and re-rankers in a typed pipeline
Multi-source reasoning: agents can query Stanford Semantic Scholar, a vector store, and a SQL database in a single turn and synthesize results
Observability integrations show exactly what Stanford Semantic Scholar tools were called, what data was returned, and how it influenced the final answer
Stanford Semantic Scholar + LlamaIndex Use Cases
Practical scenarios where LlamaIndex combined with the Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Hybrid search: combine Stanford Semantic Scholar real-time data with embedded document indexes for answers that are both current and comprehensive
Data enrichment: query Stanford Semantic Scholar to augment indexed data with live information before generating user-facing responses
Knowledge base agents: build agents that maintain and update knowledge bases by periodically querying Stanford Semantic Scholar for fresh data
Analytical workflows: chain Stanford Semantic Scholar queries with LlamaIndex's data connectors to build multi-source analytical reports
Example Prompts for Stanford Semantic Scholar in LlamaIndex
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your LlamaIndex agent to start working with Stanford Semantic Scholar immediately.
"Find the most cited papers on transformer architectures published since 2020"
"What is Geoffrey Hinton's h-index and how many papers has he published?"
"Recommend papers similar to "Attention Is All You Need""
Troubleshooting Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP Server with LlamaIndex
Common issues when connecting Stanford Semantic Scholar to LlamaIndex through Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
BasicMCPClient not found
pip install llama-index-tools-mcpStanford Semantic Scholar + LlamaIndex FAQ
Common questions about integrating Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP Server with LlamaIndex.
How does LlamaIndex connect to MCP servers?
Can I combine MCP tools with vector stores?
Does LlamaIndex support async MCP calls?
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