What is scholar-feed-mcp?
scholar-feed-mcp is a MCP server by YGao2005 that semantic search over CS and AI papers with citation-graph traversal, full-text extraction, embeddings and BibTeX export. It is listed under Knowledge & memory and has 12 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | YGao2005 |
| Repository | YGao2005/scholar-feed-mcp |
| Popularity | 12 GitHub stars |
| Category | Knowledge & memory |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #1,618 of 4,418 MCP servers; #183 in Knowledge & memory |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-14 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | TypeScript |
Is scholar-feed-mcp safe to install?
scholar-feed-mcp scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install scholar-feed-mcp?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/YGao2005/scholar-feed-mcp
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add scholar-feed-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http scholar-feed-mcp <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs scholar-feed-mcp for you:
Add the "scholar-feed-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/YGao2005/scholar-feed-mcp to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.