academic-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| GFW_PROXY | No | arXiv / search-engine fallback only. | |
| MINERU_TOKEN | No | MinerU cloud PDF→Markdown token (required for conversion). | |
| DOWNLOAD_PROXY | No | Publisher downloads and Scopus/OpenAlex search; empty = direct. | |
| ELSEVIER_API_KEY | No | Scopus search + ScienceDirect download. | |
| OPENALEX_API_KEY | No | OpenAlex search + citation chains. | |
| ACADEMIC_DATA_DIR | No | Library root: project memory JSON, pdfs/, texts/, search_cache/, telemetry/. Defaults to <MCP_HOME>/data. | <MCP_HOME>/data |
| ACADEMIC_MCP_HOST | No | Listen address. | 127.0.0.1 |
| ACADEMIC_MCP_PORT | No | Listen port. | 8790 |
| ACADEMIC_DOC_CACHE | No | Local conversion cache. | ~/.cache/academic-mcp/doc-read |
| ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN | No | Optional subscription-institution token. Leave empty unless your library requires it. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
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Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
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