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

Tools and triggers

What Agents can do in Semantic Scholar

Available tools and events after Semantic Scholar is connected.

  • 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>…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Details About a Paper S References

    Retrieves 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. It's particularly…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Get Dataset Diffs

    Get 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. Use when you need…

  • Get Dataset Download Links

    Tool 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 Release Information

    Tool 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 are available in…

  • Get Details for Multiple Authors at Once

    Retrieves 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 Semantic Scholar…

  • Get Details for Multiple Papers at Once

    Retrieve 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, significantly…

  • Get Paper Recommendations

    Tool 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't like (negative…

  • Get Recommendations for Paper

    Tool 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.

  • List Available Dataset Releases

    Tool to list all available dataset releases from Semantic Scholar. Use when you need to discover available release dates for downloading datasets.

  • Paper Title Search

    Behaves 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>…

  • Search Bulk Papers

    Tool 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 filtering and…

  • Search for Authors by Name

    Search 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 (e.g., "Smith" will…

  • Search Papers by Relevance

    Tool 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 score with support…

  • Suggest Paper Query Completions

    Get 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 authors with…

  • Text Snippet Search

    Search 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. Each result…

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