`get_author`

Pack: semanticscholar · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_author for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search for academic authors by name on Semantic Scholar. Returns up to 5 matches with affiliations, paper count, total citation count, h-index, and profile URL. Keyless.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes	Author name to search for, e.g. “Yoshua Bengio”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "Yoshua Bengio"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/semanticscholar/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_author","arguments":{"name":"Yoshua Bengio"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_author', {
  "name": "Yoshua Bengio"
});

More examples

{
  "name": "Geoffrey Hinton"
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`attribution`	string
`license`	object
`license_note`	string
`count`	number
`authors`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "attribution": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "license": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "kind": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "attribution": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "obligations": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "license_note": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "authors": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "authorId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "affiliations": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {}
          },
          "paperCount": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "citationCount": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "hIndex": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the semanticscholar pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semanticscholar": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/semanticscholar/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_author