io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcpsearch

Scholar MCP

Verified · 16 days ago

FastMCP server for scholarly papers, patents, books and standards with docling PDF conversion

Install

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

Requires: 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, FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL, FASTMCP_ENABLE_RICH_LOGGING, 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_JOBS_SOFT_DEADLINE_S, SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_RESULT_TTL_S, SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_MAX_PER_SUBJECT

Our take

Scholar MCP focuses on scholarly and prior-art lookup across papers, patents, books, and standards, with an emphasis on cross-referencing sources. It is best suited to research, R&D, and intellectual-property-adjacent workflows where broad technical literature search matters. The positioning is useful and specific, but the small public footprint suggests a niche tool that should be evaluated for source coverage and citation quality before heavier reliance.

reviewed by hand · 2026-07-08

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