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Scholar MCP MCP Server

io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp

What is the Scholar MCP MCP server?

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

How to install Scholar MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR
  • SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS
  • S2_API_KEY
    secret
  • OPENALEX_API_KEY
    secret
  • CORE_API_KEY
    secret
  • SCOPUS_API_KEY
    secret
  • DASHSCOPE_API_KEY
    secret
  • EXA_API_KEY
    secret
  • ZOTERO_API_KEY
    secret
  • ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID
  • NOTION_API_KEY
    secret
  • NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-mcp",
        "scholar-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS>",
        "S2_API_KEY": "<YOUR_S2_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DASHSCOPE_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
        "NOTION_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NOTION_API_KEY>",
        "NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID": "<YOUR_NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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