io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp

pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp

Academic literature search, citation graphs, and PDF conversion via Semantic Scholar.

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Last commit 4d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

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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": {
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "your-key"
      },
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp",
        "scholar-mcp",
        "serve"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp does

A FastMCP server for the scholarly citation landscape — papers, patents, books, and standards — giving LLMs a unified way to search, cross-reference, and retrieve prior art across all four source types via Semantic Scholar, EPO Open Patent Services, Open Library, and standards bodies (NIST, IETF, W3C, ETSI), with OpenAlex enrichment and optional docling-serve PDF/full-text conversion.

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Is io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp safe to use?: io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp?: io.github.pvliesdonk/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.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp?: io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 4 days ago. It has 2 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "scholar": { "env": { "SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "your-key" }, "args": [ "--from", "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp", "scholar-mcp", "serve" ], "command": "uvx" } } }

scholar-mcp

A FastMCP server for the scholarly citation landscape — papers, patents, books, and standards — giving LLMs a unified way to search, cross-reference, and retrieve prior art across all four source types via Semantic Scholar, EPO Open Patent Services, Open Library, and standards bodies (NIST, IETF, W3C, ETSI), with OpenAlex enrichment and optional docling-serve PDF/full-text conversion.

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Papers — full-text search with year/venue/field/citation filters; single-paper lookup by DOI, S2 ID, arXiv ID, ACM ID, or PubMed ID; author profile and name search; forward citations, backward references, BFS graph traversal, shortest-path bridge discovery; recommendations from positive/negative examples; BibTeX/CSL-JSON/RIS citation generation with OpenAlex venue enrichment.

Patents — search across 100+ patent offices via EPO OPS with CPC/applicant/inventor/jurisdiction filters; bibliographic, claims, description, family, legal, and citations sections; NPL-to-paper resolution via Semantic Scholar and paper-to-patent citation discovery. EPO credentials are optional — other domains work without them.

Books — search by title/author/keywords via Open Library (no API key required); lookup by ISBN-10/13, Open Library work ID, or edition ID; subject-based recommendations sorted by popularity; Google Books excerpts and preview links; WorldCat permalinks for library discovery; cover image caching. Papers with an ISBN in externalIds are automatically enriched with publisher, edition, cover URL, and subject data from Open Library.

Standards — identifier resolution, search, and metadata retrieval for NIST, IETF, W3C, and ETSI standards, with optional full-text fetch and Markdown conversion via docling. Tier 2 ISO, IEC, IEEE, Common Criteria (CC), and CEN/CENELEC metadata (including ISO/IEC/IEEE joint standards and the CC ↔ ISO/IEC 15408 cross-link) is synced locally via sync-standards. ISO, IEC, IEEE have a live-fetch fallback for unsynced identifiers; CC and CEN have no live API and require a sync first. Citations matching standards patterns (RFC, ISO, NIST SP, IEEE, EN, CC) are automatically enriched with structured standard_metadata

Frequently Asked Questions

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

io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

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

io.github.pvliesdonk/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.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp?

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

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

io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 4 days ago. It has 2 GitHub stars.

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