Scholar MCP for VS Code
io.github.liyux3/scholar-mcp
Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install Scholar MCP in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "scholar-data-dir",
"description": "SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "scholar-mcp-extensions",
"description": "SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "s2-api-key",
"description": "S2_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "openalex-api-key",
"description": "OPENALEX_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "core-api-key",
"description": "CORE_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "scopus-api-key",
"description": "SCOPUS_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "dashscope-api-key",
"description": "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "exa-api-key",
"description": "EXA_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "zotero-api-key",
"description": "ZOTERO_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "zotero-library-id",
"description": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "notion-api-key",
"description": "NOTION_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "notion-data-source-id",
"description": "NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"scholar-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scholar-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR": "${input:scholar-data-dir}",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS": "${input:scholar-mcp-extensions}",
"S2_API_KEY": "${input:s2-api-key}",
"OPENALEX_API_KEY": "${input:openalex-api-key}",
"CORE_API_KEY": "${input:core-api-key}",
"SCOPUS_API_KEY": "${input:scopus-api-key}",
"DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "${input:dashscope-api-key}",
"EXA_API_KEY": "${input:exa-api-key}",
"ZOTERO_API_KEY": "${input:zotero-api-key}",
"ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "${input:zotero-library-id}",
"NOTION_API_KEY": "${input:notion-api-key}",
"NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID": "${input:notion-data-source-id}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs