Scholar MCP

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Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.

Getting Started

npx @getmcp/cli add io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp

Requires Python 3.10+. Community-contributed server. Review source before installing.

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Configuration

Config file: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "https://github.com/Liyux3/scholar-mcp/releases/download/v0.8.5/wheel-index.html",
        "3.12",
        "scholar-mcp[rerank]==0.8.5",
        "scholar-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR": "",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS": "",
        "S2_API_KEY": "",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "",
        "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "",
        "DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL": "",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL": "",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL": "",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY": "",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "",
        "NOTION_API_KEY": "",
        "NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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