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scholar-search-mcp

by Silung · Python · ★ 214

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An MCP server for academic paper search that integrates with AI assistants (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor), enabling them to search and retrieve academic paper metadata.

#academic#academic-writing#agentic#mcp-server

Install

pip install git+https://github.com/Silung/scholar-search-mcp.git

Auto-generated from the repo's primary language — check the repo's own README for its exact install instructions.

Claude Desktop config

A starting point for your claude_desktop_config.json (auto-generated — the repo's README may specify a published package name or required env vars): 

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-search-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "git+https://github.com/Silung/scholar-search-mcp.git"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the README

An MCP server for academic literature workflows in Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients. It combines Semantic Scholar and arXiv into one unified toolset, with fast parallel search, normalized outputs, source-aware deduplication, and practical research utilities (citations, references, author graph, recommendations, and arXiv source download). Most paper tools force you to choose one source or one API style. provides one MCP layer for literature search and graph retrieval: - **One MCP server, multiple scholarly sources** - **Free-first defaults** ( works without keys) - **LLM-friendly outp…
Read full README on GitHub →

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