io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp

scholar-mcp

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

8 GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

Apache-2.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 8d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

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io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp is an MCP server that federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 59/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

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

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Is io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp safe to use?: io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp?: io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp?: io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp is actively maintained - last commit was 8 days ago. It has 8 GitHub stars.

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📰 News

November 2026, 0.9.0 to 0.11.0. scholar-mcp install sets Scholar up in 32 agents, a hung source no longer holds up a search, windows narrow to the month or day, results carry full abstracts, and author search finds the right person behind a well-known name.

July 2026, 0.8.5. Google Scholar sessions recover on their own, arXiv falls back to its own search when its API is down, and scholar-mcp sources --check tests every provider live.

April 2026, 0.8.2 to 0.8.4. Semantic Scholar requests follow the provider's pacing, the MCP Registry entry resolves as io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp, and every tool says when to use it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp safe to use?

io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

How do I install io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp?

io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp?

io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp actively maintained?

io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp is actively maintained - last commit was 8 days ago. It has 8 GitHub stars.

Documentation 简体中文

Scholar MCP gives your AI agent a research library. It searches scholarly sources in parallel, with optional keys for additional indexes, follows citations and related work, reads the original paper down to its figures and tables, and keeps what matters in a local library with your notes. It works in Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, OpenCode and any other MCP client, and from the command line or Python.

📰 News

November 2026, 0.9.0 to 0.11.0. scholar-mcp install sets Scholar up in 32 agents, a hung source no longer holds up a search, windows narrow to the month or day, results carry full abstracts, and author search finds the right person behind a well-known name.
July 2026, 0.8.5. Google Scholar sessions recover on their own, arXiv falls back to its own search when its API is down, and scholar-mcp sources --check tests every provider live.
April 2026, 0.8.2 to 0.8.4. Semantic Scholar requests follow the provider's pacing, the MCP Registry entry resolves as io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp, and every tool says when to use it.

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