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Google Scholar MCP Server

Name: Google Scholar MCP Server
Author: io.github.johnisanerd

io.github.johnisanerd/google-scholar

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What is the Google Scholar MCP server?

Search Google Scholar for academic papers, citations, and author profiles.

How to install Google Scholar

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: http

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

Authorization
secret
Apify API token in Bearer format. Get one at https://console.apify.com/account#/integrations. Optional if your client supports OAuth.

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-scholar": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-scholar": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "google-scholar": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop connects to remote servers via the mcp-remote bridge.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-scholar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http google-scholar https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api

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