When to Use

Use this tool when you need to search for academic papers with a simple query.. This is part of the Semantic Scholar provider on xpay✦.

MCP Connection

Connect to xpay✦ to access this tool (and 11+ others):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xpay": {
      "url": "https://mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

For Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http xpay "https://mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"

How to Execute

Use the xpay✦ meta-tools to run this tool:

1. xpay_details — Get full input schema: xpay_details("semantic-scholar/papers-search-basic")
2. xpay_run — Execute: xpay_run("semantic-scholar/papers-search-basic", { ...inputs })

Input Parameters

Pricing

• Cost: $0.01/call
• Balance check: Use xpay_balance to check remaining credits
• Get your API key at xpay.tools — $5 free credits included

Related Skills

• Semantic Scholar (all tools) — 12 tools
• Paper Search Advanced — $0.01/call
• Search Paper Title — $0.01/call
• Get Paper Abstract — $0.01/call
• Papers Citations — $0.01/call
• Papers References — $0.01/call

Links

• Tool page: https://xpay.tools/semantic-scholar/papers-search-basic/
• Provider: https://xpay.tools/semantic-scholar/
• All tools: https://xpay.tools/explore