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Scholar MCP Server

by Liyux3
Education & ResearchUse Caution0.0MCP RegistryLocal
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Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.

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

Security Report

0.0
Use Caution0.0Critical Risk

Valid MCP server (0 strong, 2 medium validity signals). 15 known CVEs in dependencies (1 critical, 7 high severity) Package registry verified. Imported from the Official MCP Registry.

3 files analyzed · 16 issues found

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What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

SCHOLAR_DATA_DIROptional
SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONSOptional
S2_API_KEYRequired
OPENALEX_API_KEYRequired
CORE_API_KEYRequired
SCOPUS_API_KEYRequired
DASHSCOPE_API_KEYRequired
EXA_API_KEYRequired
ZOTERO_API_KEYRequired
ZOTERO_LIBRARY_IDOptional
NOTION_API_KEYRequired
NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_IDOptional

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-liyux3-scholar-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "S2_API_KEY": "your-s2-api-key-here",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "your-exa-api-key-here",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "your-core-api-key-here",
        "NOTION_API_KEY": "your-notion-api-key-here",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "your-scopus-api-key-here",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "your-zotero-api-key-here",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "your-openalex-api-key-here",
        "SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR": "your-scholar-data-dir-here",
        "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "your-dashscope-api-key-here",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "your-zotero-library-id-here",
        "NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID": "your-notion-data-source-id-here",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS": "your-scholar-mcp-extensions-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "scholar-mcp",
        "scholar-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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