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Google-Scholar-MCP-Server

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Search Google Scholar by keyword, narrow results by author or year range, and look up a researcher's profile, all from a chat window, with paper titles and details coming back as readable results. It is documented for Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and Cline, and no paid key is needed because it reads Scholar's public pages. That same approach makes it fragile, since Google often blocks automated reading, and the code has had no changes since March 2025.

Unmaintained · no code changes since March 2025
Web/Research
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Use This MCP server To

Find recent papers on a topic I am researching Look up what a specific researcher has published Narrow a literature search to the last three years Get a short list of key papers before writing Check who wrote the most-cited work in a field

README

Google Scholar MCP Server

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🔍 Enable AI assistants to search and access Google Scholar papers through a simple MCP interface.

The Google Scholar MCP Server provides a bridge between AI assistants and Google Scholar through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It allows AI models to search for academic papers and access their content in a programmatic way.

✨ Core Features

  • 🔎 Paper Search: Query Google Scholar papers with custom search strings or advanced search parameters ✅
  • 🚀 Efficient Retrieval: Fast access to paper metadata ✅
  • 👤 Author Information: Retrieve detailed information about authors ✅
  • 📊 Research Support: Facilitate academic research and analysis ✅

🚀 Quick Start

Installing Manually

Installing via Smithery

To install google-scholar Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

claude
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @JackKuo666/google-scholar-mcp-server --client claude --config "{}"

Google-Scholar-MCP-Server FAQ

Is this project still maintained?
No — there have been no code changes since March 2025, and the author names no replacement project.
Do I need a paid key?
No. It reads Google Scholar's public pages, so there is nothing to sign up or pay for.
Which apps does it work in?
Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and Cline, plus other apps that support MCP servers.
Can I use this to gather sources for a literature review?
Yes — search by keywords, filter by author and year, and pull back a list of matching papers.
Why does it sometimes come back empty?
Google Scholar limits automated reading and can block it. That is the most common failure, and nobody is patching it now.
How hard is setup?
Moderate to hard. There is a one-line Smithery installer, or you install Python packages yourself and point your app at the script.
Does it give me the full text of papers?
No. It returns titles, authors, and details from Scholar listings, not the papers themselves.