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scholar for Cursor

io.github.mlintangmz2765/scholar

Hardened Scholar MCP for deep academic research (Scopus, OpenAlex, Unpaywall) with PDF vision.

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install scholar in Cursor

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-academic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "CONTACT_EMAIL": "<CONTACT_EMAIL>",
        "SCOPUS_INST_TOKEN": "<SCOPUS_INST_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

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