# scholar-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to efficiently search and retrieve relevant scholarly citations, prior art, and references across various sources. The scholar-mcp tool provides a unified interface to multiple APIs, enabling large language models (LLMs) to cross-reference papers, patents, books, and standards. It solves problems related to information retrieval, citation analysis, and knowledge discovery in academic and research contexts.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp

## Description

A FastMCP server for the scholarly citation landscape that enables LLMs to search, cross-reference, and retrieve prior art across papers, patents, books, and standards via multiple APIs.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.10
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/yzqz7d4roo)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp>

## 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": "pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp/pull`

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