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Overview

MCP Scholar (mcp-scholar) is a lightweight, extensible Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for academic researchers and AI agents. It empowers MCP-compatible clients—such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and Cherry Studio—to search academic literature across multiple sources (OpenAlex primary, Semantic Scholar when OpenAlex is thin), inspect paper details and references, analyze researcher profiles, and verify citations directly within conversational or agentic workflows.

✨ Key Features (v0.4.1)

• 🔎 Unified Multi-Source Search: Single search_papers tool with strategy control (exact / adaptive / hybrid). OpenAlex as the primary source, with Semantic Scholar used when OpenAlex returns too few results.
• 📄 Deep Paper Inspection: Retrieve comprehensive metadata, full abstracts, and reference lists.
• 👨‍🔬 Scholar Profile Analytics: Parse author profiles for high-impact publications.
• ✅ BibTeX Verification: Cross-check and enrich BibTeX entries against Crossref/OpenAlex.
• 🔌 MCP Tool Annotations: Read-only tools marked with readOnlyHint / idempotentHint for safer auto-approval in clients.
• ⚡ Zero-friction Execution: uvx mcp-scholar ready.

🛠️ Available Tools

Legacy tools (scholar_search, adaptive_search, summarize_papers) remain available for compatibility but are deprecated in favor of the unified tools + host-model prompts.

🚀 Installation & Quick Start

uvx mcp-scholar

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/renyumeng1/mcp_scholar.git
cd mcp_scholar
uv sync
uv run mcp-scholar

⚙️ Client Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-scholar": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-scholar"]
    }
  }
}

🗺️ Roadmap (beyond v0.3.0)

• Full multi-source federation (Semantic Scholar, Crossref, arXiv, DBLP)
• Preprint ↔ published deduplication
• OA PDF section-aware parsing (Methodology / Experiments)
• Citation intent analysis & bridge papers
• Zotero integration
• Local SQLite cache with TTL

🇨🇳 简体中文

项目简介

MCP Scholar（mcp-scholar）是基于 模型上下文协议（MCP） 的学术文献检索与分析服务端。它可无缝接入 Claude Desktop、Claude Code、Cursor、Cherry Studio 等客户端，支持多源学术检索、论文详情与引文溯源、学者主页分析以及 BibTeX 真实性核查。

✨ 核心特性 (v0.4.1)

• 🔎 统一多源检索：search_papers 工具支持 exact / adaptive / hybrid 策略。OpenAlex 为主力来源；结果太少时再用 Semantic Scholar 补齐。
• 📄 单篇详情与引文：完整元数据、摘要与参考文献。
• 👨‍🔬 学者主页分析：提取高被引代表作。
• ✅ BibTeX 核查：通过 Crossref/OpenAlex 核验并补全文献信息。
• 🔌 MCP 工具注解：只读工具带有 readOnlyHint 等标准注解，客户端可更安全地自动放行。
• ⚡ 一键启动：uvx mcp-scholar。

🛠️ 工具列表

旧工具仍保留以兼容，但推荐使用新统一工具 + 宿主模型提示词完成总结。

🚀 安装

uvx mcp-scholar

🗺️ 演进路线图

• 完整多源联邦（Semantic Scholar、Crossref、arXiv、DBLP）
• 预印本与正式版自动对齐
• OA PDF 分章节解析
• 引用意图分析
• Zotero 联动
• 本地 SQLite 缓存

📄 许可证

本项目基于 MIT License 开源。