MCP ServerSTDIOOfficialv1.6.0

Scholar MCP Server MCP Server

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io.github.pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp

Hosted URL

https://github.com/pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp

Transport

STDIO

Auth

No auth required

Connect to Scholar MCP Server

Hosted endpoint — paste into any MCP client.

https://github.com/pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp

Environment variables

Configuration this server reads at startup.

  • SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY

    Set to 'false' to enable write tools (default: true)

  • SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN

    Static bearer token for authentication (optional)

  • SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY

    Set to 'false' to enable write tools (default: true)

  • SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN

    Static bearer token for authentication (optional)

  • SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL

    Public base URL of this server, required for OIDC (e.g. https://mcp.example.com)

  • SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL

    OIDC discovery endpoint URL (e.g. https://auth.example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration)

  • SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID

    OIDC client ID

  • SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET

    OIDC client secret

  • SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY

    JWT signing key — required on Linux/Docker to survive restarts (generate with: openssl rand -hex 32)

Resources

Where to find authoritative docs and source for Scholar MCP Server.

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