Case file No.035 · pypi · stdio

Semantic Scholar MCP Server

io.github.smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp · v1.7.10

MCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations.

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Security score

96/100

Strong

Normalized over 100 points of available evidence.

Score breakdown

Known advisories40/40

0 affecting current version, 0 historical

Maintenance20/20

last push 1 days ago

Source transparency15/15

public repo, license MIT

Metadata stability15/15

0 risky metadata change(s) without a version bump

Adoption6/10

2404 weekly downloads

Known advisories

source: OSV.dev

No advisories found in OSV for this package name. (Not proof of safety.)

Metadata change timeline

rug-pull detection

First snapshot (v1.7.10)Oct 20, 2026

No changes observed yet across 1 snapshot(s).

Tool lists: not published by the registry — unknown.

FAQ

auto-generated from the data above

Is Semantic Scholar MCP Server safe?

MCPWatch gives Semantic Scholar MCP Server a heuristic security score of 96/100 (strong), based on 100 points of available evidence. This is an automated heuristic, not an audit.

Does Semantic Scholar MCP Server have known CVEs or vulnerabilities?

No advisories were found in OSV.dev for the pypi package s2-mcp-server. That is not proof of safety.

When was Semantic Scholar MCP Server last updated?

The latest registry version is 1.7.10, published Oct 19, 2026. The last push to smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp was on Oct 19, 2026. MCPWatch last checked it on Oct 20, 2026.

What license does Semantic Scholar MCP Server use?

GitHub reports the license of smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp as MIT.

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