mcp-scholarly MCP server

Name: mcp-scholarly MCP server
Author: adityak74

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About mcp-scholarly MCP server

A MCP server to search for accurate academic articles.

Basic information

Config

Add this server to your MCP-compatible client using the configuration below.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-scholarly": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@smithery/cli",
        "install",
        "mcp-scholarly",
        "--client",
        "claude"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Tools

Search arxiv for articles related to the given keyword.

Overview

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

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