Scholar MCP

io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp · v0.11.0

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

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claude mcp add scholar-mcp -e SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR=<SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR> -e SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS=<SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS> -e S2_API_KEY=<S2_API_KEY> -e OPENALEX_API_KEY=<OPENALEX_API_KEY> -e CORE_API_KEY=<CORE_API_KEY> -e SCOPUS_API_KEY=<SCOPUS_API_KEY> -e DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY> -e DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL=<DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL> -e SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL=<SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL> -e SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL=<SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL> -e SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY=<SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY> -e EXA_API_KEY=<EXA_API_KEY> -e ZOTERO_API_KEY=<ZOTERO_API_KEY> -e ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID=<ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID> -e NOTION_API_KEY=<NOTION_API_KEY> -e NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID=<NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID> -- uvx scholar-mcp==0.11.0

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-mcp==0.11.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR": "<SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS>",
        "S2_API_KEY": "<S2_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY>",
        "DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL": "<DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL": "<SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<ZOTERO_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
        "NOTION_API_KEY": "<NOTION_API_KEY>",
        "NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID": "<NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-mcp==0.11.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR": "<SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS>",
        "S2_API_KEY": "<S2_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY>",
        "DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL": "<DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL": "<SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<ZOTERO_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
        "NOTION_API_KEY": "<NOTION_API_KEY>",
        "NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID": "<NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-mcp==0.11.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR": "<SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS>",
        "S2_API_KEY": "<S2_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY>",
        "DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL": "<DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL": "<SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<ZOTERO_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
        "NOTION_API_KEY": "<NOTION_API_KEY>",
        "NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID": "<NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

Name	Description
`SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR` Optional
`SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS` Optional
`S2_API_KEY` Optional, secret
`OPENALEX_API_KEY` Optional, secret
`CORE_API_KEY` Optional, secret
`SCOPUS_API_KEY` Optional, secret
`DASHSCOPE_API_KEY` Optional, secret
`DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL` Optional	Alibaba workspace API host or /api/v1 base URL.
`SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL` Optional	Alibaba or custom reranker model name.
`SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL` Optional	Full custom rerank endpoint; overrides Alibaba routing.
`SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY` Optional, secret
`EXA_API_KEY` Optional, secret
`ZOTERO_API_KEY` Optional, secret
`ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID` Optional
`NOTION_API_KEY` Optional, secret
`NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID` Optional

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	13 Nov 2026
Last updated	13 Nov 2026
Registry name	`io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp`

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