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21 available actions
What your AI agent can do in Semantic Scholar
Semantic Scholar is an AI-powered academic search engine that helps researchers discover and understand scientific literature This page lists every available action. Your agent only receives the actions and permissions required for the role you approve.
Showing all 21 actions.
Common starting points
- Search Bulk PapersTool to perform bulk search for academic papers.
- Search for authors by nameSearch for academic authors in the Semantic Scholar database by name.
- 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.
- Text snippet searchSearch for text snippets (~500 words) within academic papers that match your natural language query.
Browse all 21 actions by capability
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Find & reviewLook up and review existing recordsView 11 actions
- Get dataset download linksTool to get download links for a specific dataset within a release.
- Get dataset diffsGet download links for incremental diffs between dataset releases.
- Get details for multiple authors at onceRetrieves detailed information for multiple authors from Semantic Scholar in a single API call.
- 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.
- Get paper recommendationsTool to get paper recommendations based on positive and negative example papers.
- Get recommendations for paperTool to get recommended papers for a single positive example paper.
- Get dataset release informationTool to retrieve metadata for a specific Semantic Scholar dataset release.
- List available dataset releasesTool to list all available dataset releases from Semantic Scholar.
- Search Bulk PapersTool to perform bulk search for academic papers.
- Search for authors by nameSearch for academic authors in the Semantic Scholar database by name.
- Search papers by relevanceTool to search for academic papers by relevance in the Semantic Scholar database.
Other actionsSpecialist and administrative actions.View 10 actions
- Details about an authorRetrieve detailed information about an author from Semantic Scholar, including name, affiliations, publication statistics (paperCount, citationCount, h-index), external…
- 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.
- Details about a paperExamples: <ul> <li><code> <ul> <li>Returns a paper with its paperId and title.
- 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.
- Details about a paper s citationsRetrieves a list of citations for a specific academic paper using its unique Semantic Scholar paper ID.
- Details about a paper s referencesRetrieves the list of references cited by a specific paper in the Semantic Scholar database.
- Paper relevance search (Deprecated)DEPRECATED: Use SEMANTICSCHOLAR_SEARCH_PAPERS instead.
- 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.
- Suggest paper query completionsGet autocomplete suggestions for paper queries.
- Text snippet searchSearch for text snippets (~500 words) within academic papers that match your natural language query.
Connection record
A connection you can control.
- Sign-in
- Customer-managed key
- Setup
- Use a key you create and control. It is stored securely and limited to the work agreed for the role.
- Boundaries
- Only the approved role and actions.
- Off switch
- Revoke the connection from your account.
FAQ
Before you connect Semantic Scholar
How does the agent connect to Semantic Scholar?
With a key you create and control. It is stored securely, permissions are limited to what the agent needs, and you can revoke it at any time.
What can the agent actually do in Semantic Scholar?
The page above lists the 21 actions currently available through the Semantic Scholar connection. The role determines which of those actions the agent may use, and write access is only enabled when the workflow needs it.
Is Semantic Scholar included in my plan?
Connections are priced per tool on top of the base plan. Some are included and some are premium. See pricing for how connection charges work.
How long until Semantic Scholar is ready?
Timing depends on the sign-in method, permissions and workflow being connected. We confirm the scope and setup plan before enabling the connection.
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