Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js >=20
• npm

Install

Global install:

npm install -g scholar-mcp

One-off run without global install:

npx -y scholar-mcp --transport=stdio

Run ScholarMCP

Start in stdio mode (recommended for MCP clients):

scholar-mcp --transport=stdio

Start in http mode:

scholar-mcp --transport=http

Check HTTP health endpoint:

curl http://127.0.0.1:3000/health

Choose Your Client

After ScholarMCP is installed, connect it to your coding agent:

• Claude Code: /getting-started/claude-code/
• OpenAI Codex: /getting-started/openai-codex/
• OpenCode: /getting-started/opencode/

First Useful Prompt

After attaching ScholarMCP to your MCP client:

Find 10 recent papers on retrieval-augmented generation and summarize methods and datasets.