MCP Scholar - Modern academic research & literature analysis server for MCP clients
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<div align="center"> # 🎓 MCP Scholar **An Academic Research & Literature Analysis Server Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP)** **基于模型上下文协议（MCP）的学术文献检索与分析服务** [](https://www.python.org/) [](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) [](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv) [](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [English](#english) | [简体中文](#简体中文) </div> --- <a name="english"></a> ## 🌍 English ### Overview **MCP Scholar** (`mcp-scholar`) is a lightweight, extensible Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for academic researchers and AI agents. It empowers MCP-compatible clients—such as **Claude Desktop**, **Claude Code**, **Cursor**, and **Cherry Studio**—to search academic literature across multiple sources (OpenAlex primary, Semantic Scholar when OpenAlex is thin), inspect paper details and references, analyze researcher profiles, and verify citations directly within conversational or agentic workflows. ### ✨ Key Features (v0.4.1) - 🔎 **Unified Multi-Source Search**: Single `search_papers` tool with strategy control (`exact` / `adaptive` / `hybrid`). OpenAlex as the primary source, with Semantic Scholar used when OpenAlex returns too few results. - 📄 **Deep Paper Inspection**: Retrieve comprehensive metadata, full abstracts, and reference lists. - 👨🔬 **Scholar Profile Analytics**: Parse author profiles for high-impact publications. - ✅ **BibTeX Verification**: Cross-check and enrich BibTeX entries against Crossref/OpenAlex. - 🔌 **MCP Tool Annotations**: Read-only tools marked with `readOnlyHint` / `idempotentHint` for safer auto-approval in clients. - ⚡ **Zero-friction Execution**: `uvx mcp-scholar` ready. ### 🛠️ Available Tools | Tool Name | Description | Key Parameters |…
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