Which integrations are available for this server?

Enables searching for academic papers on Google Scholar by keywords and author names, with features for paginated results and filtering by specific year ranges.

How do I use Scholar MCP?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Scholar MCP find recent papers on large language models from 2024" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

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