Semantic Scholar¶
Semantic Scholar matters when you already have the paper and need the graph around it: the TLDR, the follow-up literature, the references it builds on, and the related papers worth checking next. It turns a flat article lookup into a literature-review workflow that an agent can keep extending without losing the thread.
In BioMCP, search article does not expose --source semantic-scholar. Instead, Semantic Scholar is an automatic optional search leg when the filter set is compatible. The dedicated helper commands on this page are the direct reason to come here: get article <id> tldr, article citations, article references, and article recommendations.
What BioMCP exposes¶
| Command | What BioMCP gets from this source | Integration note |
|---|---|---|
search article |
Optional compatible search-leg enrichment | Semantic Scholar joins article search automatically when the filter set allows it |
get article <id> tldr |
TLDR text, influence counts, and related article metadata | Dedicated Semantic Scholar helper |
article citations <id> |
Citation graph rows | Dedicated Semantic Scholar helper |
article references <id> |
Reference graph rows | Dedicated Semantic Scholar helper |
article recommendations <id> |
Related-paper recommendations | Dedicated Semantic Scholar helper |
Example commands¶
Returns a Semantic Scholar section with TLDR text and influence metadata.
Returns a citation graph table with intents, influential flags, and context columns.
Returns a reference graph table with the same citation-context fields.
Returns a recommendations table with PMID, title, journal, and year columns.
API access¶
Optional S2_API_KEY for dedicated quota and higher reliability. Configure it with the API Keys guide and request one from the Semantic Scholar API page.
Official source¶
Semantic Scholar is the official literature-graph product behind BioMCP's TLDR and citation helper workflows.