Scholar MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add scholar-mcp -- uvx scholar-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.scholar-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["scholar-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR, SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS, S2_API_KEY, OPENALEX_API_KEY, CORE_API_KEY, SCOPUS_API_KEY, DASHSCOPE_API_KEY, DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL (Alibaba workspace API host or /api/v1 base URL), SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL (Alibaba or custom reranker model name), SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL (Full custom rerank endpoint; overrides Alibaba routing), SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY, EXA_API_KEY, ZOTERO_API_KEY, ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID, NOTION_API_KEY, NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID.