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grad-agent MCP Server

Name: grad-agent MCP Server
Author: i-ninte

Autonomous MCP agent for grad school applications: prof discovery, cold emails, SOP, tracking.

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55Fair

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "i-ninte-grad-agent": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "grad-agent"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
        "SMTP_SERVER": "smtp.gmail.com",
        "SMTP_PORT": "587",
        "SMTP_USERNAME": "",
        "SMTP_PASSWORD": "YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD",
        "SMTP_FROM": "",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN",
        "HF_TOKEN": "YOUR_HF_TOKEN",
        "GRAD_AGENT_HOME": "~/.grad-agent",
        "LOR_LETTERHEAD_PATH": "",
        "LOR_LETTERHEAD_WIDTH": "2.2in"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Yes	Anthropic API key used by Claude Haiku for hook synthesis and verification. Secret.
SMTP_SERVER	Yes	SMTP host for the review mailer.
SMTP_PORT	Yes	SMTP port.
SMTP_USERNAME	Yes	SMTP username; used as From address by default.
SMTP_PASSWORD	Yes	SMTP password. Gmail App Password recommended. Secret.
SMTP_FROM	Yes	Envelope From address for drafts emailed to the user's review inbox.
GITHUB_TOKEN	No	Optional. Personal access token used to enumerate the user's public and private GitHub repos during catalog sync. Secret.
HF_TOKEN	No	Optional. HuggingFace token used to enumerate the user's published models and datasets during catalog sync. Secret.
GRAD_AGENT_HOME	No	Optional. Override the default ~/.grad-agent/ location for profile, programs, secrets, and data.
LOR_LETTERHEAD_PATH	No	Optional. Absolute path to a letterhead / company logo image (.png / .jpg / .pdf) embedded at the top of Letters of Recommendation during LaTeX compile. Leave unset for a plain top block. Can also be set at runtime via the `set_letterhead` MCP tool.
LOR_LETTERHEAD_WIDTH	No	Optional. LaTeX length for the letterhead image width (e.g. '2.5in'). Used only when LOR_LETTERHEAD_PATH is set.

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