Scholarly MCP — Academic Search

Search academic literature via arXiv or Google Scholar flows and return formatted results.

Codex CLI Notes

• Stdio transport via uvx mcp-scholarly (dotfiles config) with XDG cache/state under $HOME/mcp/mcp-zotero-matlab-tools. Call tools by exact name.

Tools and When to Call

• search-arxiv(keyword) — Use for arXiv keyword search and reference formatting.
• search-google-scholar(keyword) — Use for Google Scholar keyword search summaries.

Examples (codex-cli)

• search-arxiv {"keyword":"self-supervised learning survey"}
• search-google-scholar {"keyword":"""Attention Is All You Need"" citations"}

Security

• Read-only search; no credentials needed. Be mindful of rate limits and scraping policies.