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.

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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_KEY— claude 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_EMAIL— Email 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_ENABLED— 7. Sci-Hub (opt-in via =1)

configS2_RECOMMEND_POOL

configSCHOLAR_KB_DIR

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code hash: 5bf12552ccd8f853d24d99ef7173d986cfb87c7622c9264d7dd604e865225faf

verified: 6/17/2026, 11:30:51 AM

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