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Scholar MCP for Cursor

io.github.liyux3/scholar-mcp

Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Scholar MCP in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR": "<SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR>",
        "SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS>",
        "S2_API_KEY": "<S2_API_KEY>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "<DASHSCOPE_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<ZOTERO_API_KEY>",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
        "NOTION_API_KEY": "<NOTION_API_KEY>",
        "NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID": "<NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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