Install Scholar MCP for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"liyux3-scholar-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scholar-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCHOLAR_DATA_DIR": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_EXTENSIONS": "",
"S2_API_KEY": "YOUR_S2_API_KEY",
"OPENALEX_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENALEX_API_KEY",
"CORE_API_KEY": "YOUR_CORE_API_KEY",
"SCOPUS_API_KEY": "YOUR_SCOPUS_API_KEY",
"DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "YOUR_DASHSCOPE_API_KEY",
"DASHSCOPE_HTTP_BASE_URL": "",
"SCHOLAR_RERANK_MODEL": "",
"SCHOLAR_RERANK_URL": "",
"SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY": "YOUR_SCHOLAR_RERANK_API_KEY",
"EXA_API_KEY": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY",
"ZOTERO_API_KEY": "YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY",
"ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "",
"NOTION_API_KEY": "YOUR_NOTION_API_KEY",
"NOTION_DATA_SOURCE_ID": ""
}
}
}
}