mcp-scholarly MCP server

What is mcp-scholarly?

mcp-scholarly is an MCP server that searches for accurate academic articles on arxiv by keyword. It is designed for researchers, students, or professionals who need to find scholarly papers via a single, simple tool integrated with Claude Desktop or other MCP hosts.

How to use mcp-scholarly?

Install mcp-scholarly by adding its configuration to Claude Desktop using uvx mcp-scholarly, Docker, or the Smithery CLI. It exposes one tool, search-arxiv, which takes a required keyword string argument to query arxiv for related articles.

Key features of mcp-scholarly

• Search arxiv for academic articles by keyword.
• Single tool with a required keyword argument.
• Installable via Claude Desktop, Docker, or Smithery.
• Published on PyPI for straightforward distribution.
• More scholarly vendors planned for future releases.

Use cases of mcp-scholarly

• Researchers