Scholarly papers, patents, books, standards and PDF conversion
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add scholar-pvliesdonk --env SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN='<SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN>' --env SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY='<SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY>' --env SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY='<SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY>' --env SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET='<SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>' --env SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY='<SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>' -- uvx pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.scholar-pvliesdonk]
command = "uvx"
args = ["pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"]
env = { SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN = "<SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN>", SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY = "<SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY>", SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY = "<SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY>", SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET = "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>", SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY = "<SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add scholar-pvliesdonk --env SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN='<SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN>' --env SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY='<SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY>' --env SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY='<SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY>' --env SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET='<SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>' --env SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY='<SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>' -- uvx pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"scholar-pvliesdonk": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"scholar-pvliesdonk": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"scholar-pvliesdonk": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"scholar-pvliesdonk": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"scholar-pvliesdonk": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKENSCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEYSCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEYSCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRETSCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.