Scholar MCP Server
A local academic tool that enables searching across nine academic sources, downloading PDFs, and performing AI-powered analysis of research papers. It also supports generating citation networks and recommending papers based on local workspace code.
Install
uvx scholar-mcp-server
Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
{
"mcpServers": {
"scholar-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scholar-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"AI_MODEL": "<AI_MODEL>",
"AI_API_KEY": "<AI_API_KEY>",
"AI_API_BASE": "<AI_API_BASE>",
"UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
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