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Scholar MCP server

by Liyux3·io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp·v0.9.0·5 stars
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Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.

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How Scholar MCP compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
83/100
higher than 70% of 3,471 Web search servers
GitHub stars
5
more than 80% of 1,788 Web search servers
Downloads a week
118
more than 60% of 837 Web search servers with a package

Release history: 3 versions in the registry since 2026-09-05, latest 2026-11-03, typically one every 32 days.

Install Scholar MCP in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add scholar-mcp -- uvx scholar-mcp
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What the publisher says

From the Scholar MCP repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

<!-- mcp-name: io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp -->

Find the paper. Follow the evidence. Build the field.

Scholar MCP turns a research question into a connected body of evidence. It recovers papers from vague descriptions, reaches the work one hop beyond search, opens the primary text, maps the lineage, and carries the selected field into a library that grows with every session.

Natural-language discovery · Related-work discovery · Primary evidence · Field maps · Zotero · Obsidian · Notion connectors

Quick demo

One continuous agent flow: searchpapers → buildpapergraph → paperinfo + readpaper → paperlibrary → library connectors.

How it works

Agents call typed MCP tools over stdio or Streamable HTTP. Scholar returns concise text and structured data, while a persistent SQLite library drives FTS5 search, PDF attachments, JSONL snapshots, and Obsidian, Zotero, and Notion connectors.

Quick start

Claude Code:

claude mcp add scholar -- uvx scholar-mcp

Claude Desktop or any stdio MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["scholar-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Scholar MCP: common questions

Is Scholar MCP server safe?
Mostly: it is graded B (83/100). Read the Scholar MCP safety report
How do I install Scholar MCP?
It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does Scholar MCP need an API key?
Yes. The registry entry asks for S2_API_KEY, OPENALEX_API_KEY, CORE_API_KEY, SCOPUS_API_KEY and 5 more.
Is Scholar MCP maintained?
The last commit was 28 days ago (2026-10-08). The latest release is v0.9.0.
What can I use instead of Scholar MCP?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Arxiv MCP server, Zoteus MCP server and Semantic Scholar MCP Server. Compare all Scholar MCP alternatives.
How does Scholar MCP compare with other Web search MCP servers?
safety score 83/100 (higher than 70% of 3,471 Web search servers); github stars 5 (more than 80% of 1,788 Web search servers); downloads a week 118 (more than 60% of 837 Web search servers with a package). Full comparison.

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