# Research Buddy MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to efficiently search and analyze academic papers, or generate formatted citations. The Research Buddy MCP Server solves problems related to literature review, citation management, and research paper exploration by providing 15 specialized tools and leveraging the Semantic Scholar API. It takes in search queries and parameters as inputs and outputs relevant papers, citation graphs, and formatted citations.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/usama1002-research-buddy-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/usama1002-research-buddy-mcp

## Description

A literature review assistant that enables AI agents to search, explore, and cite academic papers via the Semantic Scholar API. It provides 15 specialized tools for tasks like advanced search, citation graph analysis, and generating formatted citations.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-31

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/rhkpcy8tqq)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Usama1002/research-buddy-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "usama1002-research-buddy-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/usama1002-research-buddy-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/usama1002-research-buddy-mcp/pull`

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