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mcp-scholarly MCP Server

Name: adityak74/mcp-scholarly
Rating: 3.6 (1 reviews)
Author: adityak74

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A MCP server to search for accurate academic articles.

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adityak74/mcp-scholarly is a Python MCP server licensed under MIT. A MCP server to search for accurate academic articles.

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Stars: 186
Forks: 27
Open Issues: 4
Closed Issues: 3
Contributors: 9
Dependents: —
Language: Python
License: MIT
Last Commit: 2mo ago

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From the README

# mcp-scholarly MCP server

A MCP server to search for accurate academic articles. More scholarly vendors will be added soon.

## Search tools

- `search-arxiv` — arXiv search (no key needed)
- `search-google-scholar` — Google Scholar via the `scholarly` library (free proxy pool)
- `search-google-web` — Google web search via the [SerpBase API](https://serpbase.dev). Optional; only registered when `SERPBASE_API_KEY` is set. Get a key at https://serpbase.dev/dashboard/api-keys (free tier available).

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## Components

### Tools

The server implements one tool:
- search-arxiv: Search arxiv for articles related to the given keyword.
  - Takes "keyword" as required string arguments

## Quickstart

### Install

#### Claude Desktop

On MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
On Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

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  <summary>Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration</summary

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