MCP Server

Scholar MCP Server MCP Server

Name: Scholar MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.pvliesdonk

io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp

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What is the Scholar MCP Server MCP server?

Scholarly-sources MCP: papers, patents, books, standards — search and cross-reference prior art.

How to install Scholar MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY
Set to 'false' to enable write tools (default: true)
SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN
Static bearer token for authentication (optional)
FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL
Log level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR)
SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL
Persistent-state backend URL for pvl-core subsystems. Schemes: file:///path (survives restarts), memory:// (dev/ephemeral).
SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME
MCP server name shown to clients
PUID
Run as this UID (Docker entrypoint)
PGID
Run as this GID (Docker entrypoint)
SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL
Public base URL of this server, required for OIDC (e.g. https://mcp.example.com)
SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL
OIDC discovery endpoint URL (e.g. https://auth.example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration)
SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID
OIDC client ID
SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET
OIDC client secret
SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY
JWT signing key — required on Linux/Docker to survive restarts (generate with: openssl rand -hex 32)

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN>",
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME>",
        "PUID": "<YOUR_PUID>",
        "PGID": "<YOUR_PGID>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN>",
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME>",
        "PUID": "<YOUR_PUID>",
        "PGID": "<YOUR_PGID>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN>",
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME>",
        "PUID": "<YOUR_PUID>",
        "PGID": "<YOUR_PGID>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN>",
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME>",
        "PUID": "<YOUR_PUID>",
        "PGID": "<YOUR_PGID>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY": "<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add scholar-mcp --env SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY> --env SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN=<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN> --env FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL> --env SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL=<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL> --env SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME=<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME> --env PUID=<YOUR_PUID> --env PGID=<YOUR_PGID> --env SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL=<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL> --env SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL=<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL> --env SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID> --env SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET> --env SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY=<YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY> -- uvx pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp

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