Scholar MCP

What it does

Connects LLMs to the scholarly citation landscape, integrating data from Semantic Scholar, EPO Open Patent Services, Open Library, and various standards bodies (NIST, IETF, W3C, ETSI).

Tools

• search_papers: Full-text search for academic papers with detailed filters.
• get_citation_graph: BFS traversal of citations to discover research paths.
• search_patents: Comprehensive patent search across 100+ patent offices.
• search_books: Search for books via Open Library.
• get_standard: Retrieve and potentially convert technical standards to Markdown.
• batch_resolve: Resolves mixed identifiers (DOI, ISBN, Patent ID) in a single call.

Installation

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp", "scholar-mcp", "serve"],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "your-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

• claude