HasData Google Scholar MCP server
online · 100% uptimeGoogle Scholar search results, citation counts and citation export formats, as structured JSON.
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Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-03 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan2 source files scanned; 9 source files scanned25/25
- Live reliabilityremote reachable in 17ms (auth required)20/20
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (endpoint requires auth); not countedn/a
- Auth qualityOAuth resource metadata advertised on 40115/15
- Maintenancelast push 9 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year; website matches verified namespace10/10
How HasData Google Scholar compares
Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 100/100
- higher than 100% of 3,470 Web search servers
- Uptime
- 100%
- of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
- Response time
- 156 ms
- faster than 77% of 2,238 Web search servers
- GitHub stars
- 10
- more than 85% of 1,786 Web search servers
- Downloads a week
- 162
- more than 67% of 827 Web search servers with a package
Release history: 3 versions in the registry since 2026-09-14, latest 2026-09-24, typically one every 8 days.
Install HasData Google Scholar in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add --transport http google-scholar https://mcp.hasdata.com/mcp?apis=google_scholar
What the publisher says
From the HasData Google Scholar repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
Google Scholar MCP Server
<!-- mcp-name: com.hasdata/google-scholar -->
A hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives Claude, Cursor, Windsurf and any other MCP client two read-only Google Scholar tools. Search the literature with Scholar's own operators, year ranges and cited-by lookups, then pull a paper's citation in five styles with its BibTeX and EndNote export links, both as structured JSON, with nothing to host.
It reads public Google Scholar pages that a signed-out visitor can see.
1,000 free credits every month, no card required, which is 100 Scholar calls at the 10-credit rate.
https://mcp.hasdata.com/api/mcp?apis=google_scholarContents
- What you need
- Quick start
- Example prompts
- Tools
- Errors and failure paths
- Pricing, free tier and limits
- Tool selection
- How it compares
- FAQ
- HasData links
- Development
- Contributing
What you need
An MCP client and a HasData API key from the dashboard, free to create with no card, and the free tier covers about 100 calls a month at the 10-credit rate. This is a remote server, so the simplest path is a URL and an x-api-key header, with no container to run. A client that only speaks stdio reaches it through a thin launcher, published as @hasdata/google-scholar-mcp on npm and hasdata-google-scholar-mcp on PyPI, shown below.
Quick start
The server URL is the same for every client. We run it hands-on in Claude Code and Claude Desktop. The other blocks follow each client's own documented format for a remote server.
Clients with OAuth support can add the same URL as a connector and sign in without putting a key in a config file.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http google-scholar "https://mcp.hasdata.com/api/mcp?apis=google_scholar" \
--header "x-api-key: HASDATA_API_KEY"Claude Desktop
Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.hasdata.com/api/mcp?apis=google_scholar and sign in.
For the config-file route, Claude Desktop loads only local (stdio) servers, so it reaches a remote server through a stdio launcher. The @hasdata/google-scholar-mcp package is that launcher, and it reads the key from the environment. Add this to claudedesktopconfig.json:
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
HasData Google Scholar: common questions
- Is HasData Google Scholar MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (100/100). Read the HasData Google Scholar safety report
- How do I install HasData Google Scholar?
- It runs remotely at mcp.hasdata.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
- Does HasData Google Scholar need an API key?
- No key to paste: it signs you in with OAuth when your client connects.
- Is HasData Google Scholar maintained?
- The last commit was 41 days ago (2026-09-24). The latest release is v1.0.2.
- Is HasData Google Scholar up?
- 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
- What can I use instead of HasData Google Scholar?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Semantic Scholar MCP Server, Arxiv MCP server and Brave Search MCP server.
- How does HasData Google Scholar compare with other Web search MCP servers?
- safety score 100/100 (higher than 100% of 3,470 Web search servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%); response time 156 ms (faster than 77% of 2,238 Web search servers). Full comparison.
Alternatives to HasData Google Scholar
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- Semantic Scholar MCP ServerMCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations.not reviewedEstablishedB
- ArxivSearch arXiv papers, download full text, semantic search, citation graphs, and alerts via MCP.not reviewedWidely usedA
- Brave SearchBrave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.not reviewedEstablishedA
- PubmedSearch PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.not reviewedEstablishedA
- obseiSelf-hosted customer feedback with PII stripped at ingest: search, stats and themes with citations.not reviewedEstablishedA
