# ScholarMCP

> Use this tool when you need to streamline literature research workflows by searching academic papers, extracting structured details from full-text PDFs, and managing citations. ScholarMCP solves problems related to information overload and manual data extraction in research tasks, providing a efficient interface for coding agents to ingest and process academic content. It takes in search queries and PDF files as inputs and outputs structured data and citation management outputs.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/lstudlo-scholarmcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lstudlo-scholarmcp

## Description

An MCP server that enables coding agents to search academic papers, ingest full-text PDFs, extract structured details, and manage citations in literature research workflows.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-03

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-03

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/jt50t7l42f)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lstudlo/ScholarMCP>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "lstudlo-scholarmcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lstudlo-scholarmcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lstudlo-scholarmcp/pull`

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