AI Research Assistant
The server provides immediate access to millions of academic papers through Semantic Scholar and arXiv, enabling AI-powered research with comprehensive…
What it can do
- Papers Search Basic: Search for academic papers with a simple query.
- Paper Search Advanced: Search for academic papers with advanced filtering options
- Search Paper Title: Find a paper by closest title match
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
The server provides immediate access to millions of academic papers through Semantic Scholar and arXiv, enabling AI-powered research with comprehensive search, citation analysis, and full-text PDF extraction from multiple sources (arXiv and Wiley open-access).
- No API key is required.
How to connect
How to connect AI Research Assistant to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://mcpsemanticscholar--hamid-vakilzadeh.run.tools
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect AI Research Assistant to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://mcpsemanticscholar--hamid-vakilzadeh.run.tools
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect AI Research Assistant to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://mcpsemanticscholar--hamid-vakilzadeh.run.tools
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (12)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| papers-search-basic | Search for academic papers with a simple query. |
| paper-search-advanced | Search for academic papers with advanced filtering options |
| search-paper-title | Find a paper by closest title match |
| get-paper-abstract | Get detailed information about a specific paper including its abstract |
| papers-citations | Get papers that cite a specific paper |
| papers-references | Get papers cited by a specific paper |
| authors-search | Search for authors by name or affiliation |
| authors-papers | Get papers written by a specific author |
| papers-batch | Look up multiple papers by their IDs |
| search-arxiv | Search for papers on arXiv using their API |
| download-full-paper-arxiv | Download full-text PDF of an arXiv paper and extract text content (memory only) |
| analysis-citation-network | Analyze the citation network for a specific paper |