AIRA-SemanticScholar vs fetch
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
AIRA-SemanticScholar by hamid-vakilzadeh | fetch by modelcontextprotocol | |
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| Stars | ★ 22 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 43 | 76 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | AI / LLM ToolsKnowledge GraphSearch | Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last commit | 2 mo ago | this month |
AIRA-SemanticScholar · Summary
MCP server providing AI models with access to Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API for literature search and analysis.
fetch · Summary
An MCP server that fetches web content and converts HTML to markdown, allowing LLMs to read web pages.
AIRA-SemanticScholar · Use cases
- Academic researchers conducting literature reviews in specific fields
- AI assistants needing to access and analyze research papers
- Research institutions building custom knowledge management systems
fetch · Use cases
- LLMs reading news articles and blogs
- Content analysis of web pages
- Retrieving information from public websites
- Chunked reading of large web documents
AIRA-SemanticScholar · Install
Installation
- Using npx:
{
"mcpServers": {
"aira-semanticscholar": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "aira-semanticscholar"]
}
}
}- Using Smithery:
Visit the [Smithery listing](https://smithery.ai/server/@hamid-vakilzadeh/mcpsemanticscholar) for more installation options.
- For full-text access to Wiley papers, add the WILEY_TDM_CLIENT_TOKEN environment variable:
{
"mcpServers": {
"aira-semanticscholar": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "aira-semanticscholar"],
"env": {
"WILEY_TDM_CLIENT_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
}
}
}
}fetch · Install
Installation
**Using uv (recommended)** No specific installation needed. Use uvx to run the server directly:
uvx mcp-server-fetch**Using PIP** Install via pip:
pip install mcp-server-fetchThen run as:
python -m mcp_server_fetchClaude Desktop Configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"fetch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
}
}
}