Semantic Scholar for AI agents
Agents read Semantic Scholar at once. Changes and sends are held for a person's approval by default.
About Semantic Scholar
Semantic Scholar is an AI-powered academic search engine that helps researchers discover and understand scientific literature
What an agent can do in Semantic Scholar
Every Semantic Scholar action is classed by the platform as a read, a change or a send. Reads run at once. Changes and sends are held for a person by default.
Runs at once (reads)
Looks things up in Semantic Scholar without asking first. 20 actions.
- Get paper recommendationsTool to get paper recommendations based on positive and negative example papers. Use when you need to find papers similar to ones you like (positive examples) and optionally dissimilar to ones you don
- Get recommendations for paperTool to get recommended papers for a single positive example paper. Use when you need to find papers similar to a given paper based on Semantic Scholar's recommendation algorithm.
- Search Bulk PapersTool to perform bulk search for academic papers. Intended for bulk retrieval of basic paper data without search relevance scoring. Use when you need to retrieve large sets of papers with optional text
- Search papers by relevanceTool to search for academic papers by relevance in the Semantic Scholar database. Use when searching for papers on specific topics, keywords, or research areas. Returns papers ordered by relevance sco
- Details about an authorRetrieve detailed information about an author from Semantic Scholar, including name, affiliations, publication statistics (paperCount, citationCount, h-index), external IDs (ORCID, DBLP), and optional
- Details about an author s papersRetrieves 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 review
- Details about a paperExamples: <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>
- Details about a paper s authorsRetrieves 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 (re
- Details about a paper s citationsRetrieves 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 connec
- Details about a paper s referencesRetrieves the list of references cited by a specific paper in the Semantic Scholar database. This endpoint allows users to explore the scholarly context of a publication by accessing its bibliography.
- Get dataset download linksTool to get download links for a specific dataset within a release. Use when you need to download Semantic Scholar dataset files from S3. Returns pre-signed URLs for all dataset partitions.
- Get dataset diffsGet download links for incremental diffs between dataset releases. Returns a list of diffs required to update a dataset from start_release to end_release, enabling efficient dataset synchronization. U
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- Get details for multiple authors at onceRetrieves detailed information for multiple authors from Semantic Scholar in a single API call. This endpoint allows users to efficiently fetch data for a batch of authors by providing their unique Se
- Get details for multiple papers at onceRetrieve detailed information for multiple academic papers in a single API call using the Semantic Scholar paper batch endpoint. This endpoint efficiently fetches data for up to 500 papers at once, si
- Get dataset release informationTool to retrieve metadata for a specific Semantic Scholar dataset release. Returns release information including available datasets with their descriptions. Use when you need to discover what datasets
- List available dataset releasesTool to list all available dataset releases from Semantic Scholar. Use when you need to discover available release dates for downloading datasets.
- Paper title searchBehaves similarly to <code>/paper/search</code>, but is intended for retrieval of a single paper based on closest title match to given query. Examples: <ul> <li><code>https://api.semanticscholar.org/g
- Search for authors by nameSearch for academic authors in the Semantic Scholar database by name. This action searches for authors using plain-text name queries. The search is case-insensitive and supports partial name matches (
- Suggest paper query completionsGet autocomplete suggestions for paper queries. Returns a list of papers matching the partial query string, useful for interactive search experiences. Each suggestion includes the paper ID, title, and
- Text snippet searchSearch for text snippets (~500 words) within academic papers that match your natural language query. Returns relevant excerpts from papers' titles, abstracts, and body text, ranked by relevance score.
Held for approval by default (changes and sends)
Held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo. 0 actions.
None in this connector.
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Semantic Scholar questions
Can an agent change data in Semantic Scholar on its own?
Not by default. Changes and sends in Semantic Scholar are held for a person's approval. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
What can an agent read in Semantic Scholar?
This connector lists 20 read actions. Reads run at once, without waiting for approval.
How does Semantic Scholar connect?
It connects with API key. Connectors are built and maintained by third-party developers; availability is confirmed during scoping.