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scholar-mcp

Multi-source academic paper search, citation graph exploration, and PDF download as an MCP server, designed for LLM agents doing research.

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// key findings
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
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You'll be asked for 7 credentials: S2_API_KEY, CORE_API_KEY, OPENALEX_API_KEY, OPENREVIEW_PASSWORD, DASHSCOPE_API_KEY, EXA_API_KEY, SCOPUS_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// required environment variables
This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.
🔐 secretS2_API_KEYclaude mcp add scholar -e =your_key -- uvx scholar-mcp
configS2_API_KEYS
🔐 secretCORE_API_KEY[CORE API key](https://core.ac.uk/services/api)
🔐 secretOPENALEX_API_KEY
configOPENALEX_API_KEYS
configOPENALEX_EMAILEmail for Unpaywall + OpenAlex polite pool
configOPENALEX_EMAILS
configOPENREVIEW_USERNAME
🔐 secretOPENREVIEW_PASSWORD
🔐 secretDASHSCOPE_API_KEY
🔐 secretEXA_API_KEY
🔐 secretSCOPUS_API_KEY
configSCHOLAR_DOWNLOAD_DIR./downloads PDF save directory
configS2_TIMEOUT
configSCIHUB_ENABLED7. Sci-Hub (opt-in via =1)
configS2_RECOMMEND_POOL
configSCHOLAR_KB_DIR
// full audit trail
The full breakdown of what we checked, the deductions that landed, the network hosts, the dependency advisories, and concrete fix guidance is available to verified publishers.
// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
We have 5 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.
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commit: 777a1a38b4118d849a5142b751eaf86af4c5d0cb
code hash: 5bf12552ccd8f853d24d99ef7173d986cfb87c7622c9264d7dd604e865225faf
verified: 6/17/2026, 11:30:51 AM
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