MCP Scholar

A Google Scholar search and analysis service based on the MCP protocol.

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Documentation & install

Readme and setup notes from the catalogue, plus a client-ready config you can copy for your MCP host.

Installation

Add the following to your MCP client configuration file.

Configuration

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "renyumeng1-mcp_scholar": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-scholar"
      ]
    }
  }
}

MCP Scholar provides Google Scholar search and analysis capabilities through the MCP protocol, enabling you to search papers by keywords, rank results by citations, and analyze scholar profiles for top-cited works. It is designed to integrate with MCP clients and can be used as a plugin in Cherry Studio for convenient workflows.

How to use

You can run MCP Scholar locally and connect any MCP client using standard MCP APIs. Start the server with your preferred runtime path, then issue search and analysis requests from your MCP client to retrieve ranked papers or analyze scholar profiles.

Common usage patterns include: searching for papers by keywords and sorting by citation counts, and analyzing a scholar’s Google Scholar profile to extract their most-cited works. You can also use prompts in Cherry Studio to trigger these actions through the MCP integration.

How to install

Prerequisites: ensure the MCP runtime tooling you use (UVX) is installed and available in your shell.

Start the server in the standard way using UVX:

uvx mcp-scholar

If you prefer to run from a local clone, navigate to the project directory and start via UV in the specified directory:

uv --directory 路径\到\mcp_scholar run mcp-scholar

Notes and usage tips

In Cherry Studio you can trigger these actions with prompts such as “Summarize 5 papers on artificial intelligence” or “Analyze the top 10 highly cited papers from the scholar profile https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xxxxxx.”

The service is built to work with MCP clients and can be extended or integrated as a plugin in Cherry Studio for streamlined workflows.

Available tools

scholar_search

Search Google Scholar papers by keyword and return results sorted by citation count.

analyze_scholar_profile

Analyze a Google Scholar profile and extract the top-cited papers from the scholar's list.