MCP Servers

Scholar MCP

A local MCP server that allows users to search Google Scholar for academic papers by topic, author, and year range without requiring API keys. It utilizes web scraping to provide paginated results for research and academic exploration through natural language.

README

Scholar MCP

Local MCP server that searches Google Scholar. Scrapes results with requests + BeautifulSoup -- no API keys, no paid services.

Tools

search_papers_by_topic -- search by keywords, optional year range, paginated
get_author_papers -- find papers by author name, paginated

Install

Clone and install:

git clone https://github.com/ProPriyam/Scholar-MCP.git
cd Scholar-MCP
pip install -e .

Or run directly without cloning (needs uv):

uvx --from git+https://github.com/ProPriyam/Scholar-MCP scholar-mcp

Client setup

All configs use python -m scholar_mcp.server to start the server. This avoids PATH issues that pip install can cause on Windows.

VS Code

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
	"servers": {
		"scholarMcp": {
			"type": "stdio",
			"command": "python",
			"args": ["-m", "scholar_mcp.server"],
			"env": {
				"PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1"
			}
		}
	}
}

OpenCode

Add to opencode.json in your project root:

{
	"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
	"mcp": {
		"scholar_mcp": {
			"type": "local",
			"command": ["python", "-m", "scholar_mcp.server"],
			"enabled": true,
			"environment": {
				"PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1"
			}
		}
	}
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio --scope project scholar-mcp -- python -m scholar_mcp.server

Configuration

All optional. Set as environment variables.

Variable	Default	Description
`SCHOLAR_USER_AGENT`	Chrome-like UA	User-Agent header for requests
`SCHOLAR_TIMEOUT`	`20`	HTTP timeout in seconds
`SCHOLAR_MIN_DELAY`	`1.2`	Minimum delay between requests (seconds)
`SCHOLAR_MAX_RETRIES`	`2`	Retry attempts on failure
`SCHOLAR_RETRY_BACKOFF`	`1.5`	Backoff multiplier between retries
`SCHOLAR_PROXY_URL`	none	HTTP/HTTPS proxy URL
`SCHOLAR_MAX_PAGE_SIZE`	`20`	Max results per request

Notes

This scrapes Google Scholar HTML. It can break if Google changes their markup or blocks requests.

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