Scholar RAG MCP server

by notwhiteblank·io.github.notwhiteblank/scholar-rag-mcp·v0.4.0

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

A92/100grade A

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A92/100

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4 stars47 downloads/wk

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No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-20 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan56 source files scanned25/25
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
Maintenancelast push 17 days ago15/15
Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Overall 92/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

claude mcp add scholar-rag-mcp -- uvx scholar-rag-mcp

Is Scholar RAG MCP server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (92/100). Read the Scholar RAG MCP safety report
How do I install Scholar RAG MCP?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
Does Scholar RAG MCP need an API key?: No secret keys are declared. It reads 4 settings from the environment.
Is Scholar RAG MCP maintained?: The last commit was 17 days ago (2026-09-04). The latest release is v0.4.0.
What can I use instead of Scholar RAG MCP?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: IWE MCP server, Google Surf MCP server and PDF MCP server. Compare all Scholar RAG MCP alternatives.

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Google Surf
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PDF
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haiku.rag
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Local Rag
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Local package. It runs on your machine, not through the gateway.

SCHOLAR_RAG_DATA_DIRData root directory (knowledge bases, caches, jobs)
SCHOLAR_RAG_CHAT_BASE_URLOpenAI-compatible chat endpoint for annotation/keywords (e.g. local vLLM)
SCHOLAR_RAG_EMBED_BASE_URLOpenAI-compatible embeddings endpoint
SCHOLAR_RAG_RERANK_BASE_URLRerank endpoint (/v1/rerank)

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