Scholar MCP

io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp · version 3.1.2

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Scholarly papers, patents, books, standards and PDF conversion

https://github.com/pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp

Quick facts

Listing: Community
Published Nov 8, 16:56 UTC
Transport: stdio
Package: pypi pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp 3.1.2
Listed by cosmic-mcp: Nov 9, 04:26 UTC

Details

Repository: https://github.com/pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp
PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp/
Website: https://pvliesdonk.github.io/scholar-mcp/
Needs settings: SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_ALLOW SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_DENY SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTANCE_DESCRIPTION SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS_EXTRA SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS SCHOLAR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL SCHOLAR_MCP_LOG_FORMAT SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY SCHOLAR_MCP_DOCLING_URL SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_URL SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_MODEL SCHOLAR_MCP_CACHE_DIR SCHOLAR_MCP_CONTACT_EMAIL SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_KEY SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY SCHOLAR_MCP_ACCESS_LINKS SCHOLAR_MCP_PDF_FETCH_ALLOW_PRIVATE SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_SOFT_DEADLINE_S SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_RESULT_TTL_S SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_MAX_PER_SUBJECT

Science and research Documents and PDF

Setup snippets

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Run it locally (pypi)

uvx 'pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp==3.1.2'

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp==3.1.2"
      ],
      "command": "uvx",
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<your scholar github token>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_ACCESS_LINKS": "<your scholar mcp access links>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<your scholar mcp cache dir>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_CONTACT_EMAIL": "<your scholar mcp contact email>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_DOCLING_URL": "<your scholar mcp docling url>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "<your scholar mcp epo consumer key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<your scholar mcp epo consumer secret>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<your scholar mcp google books api key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTANCE_DESCRIPTION": "<your scholar mcp instance description>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS": "<your scholar mcp instructions>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS_EXTRA": "<your scholar mcp instructions extra>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_MAX_PER_SUBJECT": "<your scholar mcp jobs max per subject>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_RESULT_TTL_S": "<your scholar mcp jobs result ttl s>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_SOFT_DEADLINE_S": "<your scholar mcp jobs soft deadline s>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "<your scholar mcp kv store url>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_LOG_FORMAT": "<your scholar mcp log format>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<your scholar mcp log level>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_PDF_FETCH_ALLOW_PRIVATE": "<your scholar mcp pdf fetch allow private>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<your scholar mcp read only>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "<your scholar mcp s2 api key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "<your scholar mcp server name>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_ALLOW": "<your scholar mcp tools allow>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_DENY": "<your scholar mcp tools deny>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY": "<your scholar mcp vlm api key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_URL": "<your scholar mcp vlm api url>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_MODEL": "<your scholar mcp vlm model>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add 'scholar-mcp' -- uvx 'pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp==3.1.2'

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp==3.1.2"
      ],
      "command": "uvx",
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<your scholar github token>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_ACCESS_LINKS": "<your scholar mcp access links>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<your scholar mcp cache dir>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_CONTACT_EMAIL": "<your scholar mcp contact email>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_DOCLING_URL": "<your scholar mcp docling url>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "<your scholar mcp epo consumer key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<your scholar mcp epo consumer secret>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<your scholar mcp google books api key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTANCE_DESCRIPTION": "<your scholar mcp instance description>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS": "<your scholar mcp instructions>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS_EXTRA": "<your scholar mcp instructions extra>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_MAX_PER_SUBJECT": "<your scholar mcp jobs max per subject>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_RESULT_TTL_S": "<your scholar mcp jobs result ttl s>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_SOFT_DEADLINE_S": "<your scholar mcp jobs soft deadline s>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "<your scholar mcp kv store url>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_LOG_FORMAT": "<your scholar mcp log format>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<your scholar mcp log level>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_PDF_FETCH_ALLOW_PRIVATE": "<your scholar mcp pdf fetch allow private>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<your scholar mcp read only>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "<your scholar mcp s2 api key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "<your scholar mcp server name>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_ALLOW": "<your scholar mcp tools allow>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_DENY": "<your scholar mcp tools deny>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY": "<your scholar mcp vlm api key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_URL": "<your scholar mcp vlm api url>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_MODEL": "<your scholar mcp vlm model>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp==3.1.2"
      ],
      "command": "uvx",
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<your scholar github token>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_ACCESS_LINKS": "<your scholar mcp access links>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<your scholar mcp cache dir>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_CONTACT_EMAIL": "<your scholar mcp contact email>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_DOCLING_URL": "<your scholar mcp docling url>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "<your scholar mcp epo consumer key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<your scholar mcp epo consumer secret>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<your scholar mcp google books api key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTANCE_DESCRIPTION": "<your scholar mcp instance description>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS": "<your scholar mcp instructions>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS_EXTRA": "<your scholar mcp instructions extra>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_MAX_PER_SUBJECT": "<your scholar mcp jobs max per subject>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_RESULT_TTL_S": "<your scholar mcp jobs result ttl s>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_SOFT_DEADLINE_S": "<your scholar mcp jobs soft deadline s>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "<your scholar mcp kv store url>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_LOG_FORMAT": "<your scholar mcp log format>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<your scholar mcp log level>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_PDF_FETCH_ALLOW_PRIVATE": "<your scholar mcp pdf fetch allow private>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<your scholar mcp read only>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "<your scholar mcp s2 api key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "<your scholar mcp server name>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_ALLOW": "<your scholar mcp tools allow>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_DENY": "<your scholar mcp tools deny>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY": "<your scholar mcp vlm api key>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_URL": "<your scholar mcp vlm api url>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_MODEL": "<your scholar mcp vlm model>"
      },
      "type": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

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