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": {
"pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "file:///data/state",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_ALLOW": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_TOOLS_DENY": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTANCE_DESCRIPTION": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS_EXTRA": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS": "",
"FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "INFO",
"FASTMCP_ENABLE_RICH_LOGGING": "true",
"SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN": "YOUR_SCHOLAR_GITHUB_TOKEN",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY": "true",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY": "YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_S2_API_KEY",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_DOCLING_URL": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_URL": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY": "YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_API_KEY",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_VLM_MODEL": "gpt-4o",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "/data/scholar-mcp",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_CONTACT_EMAIL": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "YOUR_SCHOLAR_MCP_GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_SOFT_DEADLINE_S": "25.0",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_RESULT_TTL_S": "3600.0",
"SCHOLAR_MCP_JOBS_MAX_PER_SUBJECT": "256"
}
}
}
}