ScholarMCP

Name: ScholarMCP
Author: lstudlo

scholar-mcp · by lstudlo

ScholarMCP - An academic research MCP server with comprehensive literature search, PDF ingestion, and citation management tools. Integrates with Google Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref, and Semantic Scholar for automated research workflows.

31 91/wk 10 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 28d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

10 tools · ~479 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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ScholarMCP is an MCP server that ScholarMCP - An academic research MCP server with comprehensive literature search, PDF ingestion, and citation management tools. Integrates with Google Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref, and Semantic Scholar for automated research workflows. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio and http, requires no API key, and scores 88/100 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, http · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholarmcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scholar-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What ScholarMCP does

ScholarMCP is an MCP server for literature research workflows in coding agents. Official documentation: https://scholar-mcp.lstudlo.com/

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Is ScholarMCP safe to use?: ScholarMCP 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 MIT.
How do I install ScholarMCP?: ScholarMCP 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 can ScholarMCP do?: ScholarMCP provides 10 tools: search_literature_graph, search_google_scholar_key_words, search_google_scholar_advanced, get_author_info, ingest_paper_fulltext and 5 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with ScholarMCP?: ScholarMCP is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is ScholarMCP actively maintained?: ScholarMCP is actively maintained - last commit was 28 days ago. It has 31 GitHub stars.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is ScholarMCP safe to use?

ScholarMCP 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 MIT.

How do I install ScholarMCP?

ScholarMCP 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 can ScholarMCP do?

ScholarMCP provides 10 tools: search_literature_graph, search_google_scholar_key_words, search_google_scholar_advanced, get_author_info, ingest_paper_fulltext and 5 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with ScholarMCP?

ScholarMCP is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is ScholarMCP actively maintained?

ScholarMCP is actively maintained - last commit was 28 days ago. It has 31 GitHub stars.