Scholar RAG MCP

latest · 0.4.0

Academic paper knowledge-base MCP server: PDF ingest, vector search with reranking, KB management.

GitHub: notwhiteblank/scholar-rag-mcp
MCP registry: io.github.notwhiteblank/scholar-rag-mcp

Install

Needs env vars: SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URL, SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URL, SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URL — replace the <placeholders> with your values.

claude mcp add io-github-notwhiteblank-scholar-rag-mcp --env SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URL=<SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URL> --env SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URL=<SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URL> --env SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URL=<SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URL> -- uvx scholar-rag-mcp

/mcp confirms it's connected.

Install

Or add it manually in ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-notwhiteblank-scholar-rag-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-rag-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

In claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config), then restart:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-notwhiteblank-scholar-rag-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scholar-rag-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URL>",
        "SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config entry, any MCP client:

{
  "command": "uvx",
  "args": [
    "scholar-rag-mcp"
  ],
  "env": {
    "SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URL>",
    "SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URL>",
    "SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URL": "<SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URL>"
  }
}

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Last commit · 12 days ago: 33 days ago
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