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Scholar MCP

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

Liyux3liyux3/scholar-mcp★ 3Updated Oct 7, 2026

server.json

{
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp",
  "description": "Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.",
  "title": "Scholar MCP",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/Liyux3/scholar-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "version": "0.8.5",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "pypi",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
      "identifier": "scholar-mcp",
      "version": "0.8.5",
      "runtimeHint": "uvx",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "runtimeArguments": [
        {
          "value": "https://github.com/Liyux3/scholar-mcp/releases/download/v0.8.5/wheel-index.html",
          "type": "named",
          "name": "--find-links"
        },
        {
          "value": "3.12",
          "type": "named",
          "name": "--python"
        },
        {
          "value": "scholar-mcp[rerank]==0.8.5",
          "type": "named",
          "name": "--with"
        }
      ],
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "name": "SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR"
        },
        {
          "name": "SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS"
        },
        {
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "S2_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "OPENALEX_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "CORE_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "SCOPUS_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Alibaba workspace API host or /api/v1 base URL.",
          "name": "DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL"
        },
        {
          "description": "Alibaba or custom reranker model name.",
          "name": "SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL"
        },
        {
          "description": "Full custom rerank endpoint; overrides Alibaba routing.",
          "name": "SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL"
        },
        {
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "EXA_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "ZOTERO_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "name": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID"
        },
        {
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "NOTION_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "name": "NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Permissions

DeclaredDetected
Runs code—python
Installs—pypi:scholar-mcp@0.8.5
Runs install scripts—None
NetworkNoneNone
Needs credentialsCORE_API_KEYDASHSCOPE_API_KEYEXA_API_KEYNOTION_API_KEYOPENALEX_API_KEYS2_API_KEYSCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEYSCOPUS_API_KEYZOTERO_API_KEYCORE_API_KEYDASHSCOPE_API_KEYEXA_API_KEYNOTION_API_KEYOPENALEX_API_KEYS2_API_KEYSCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEYSCOPUS_API_KEYZOTERO_API_KEY
Outside the workspace—None
Agent tools—None

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Versions

  1. #20.8.5latestOct 7, 2026
  2. #10.8.4Oct 7, 2026