What is scholar-rag-mcp?
scholar-rag-mcp is a MCP server by notwhiteblank that academic paper knowledge base over local PDFs: MinerU parsing, metadata normalization, Qdrant vector search with reranking and paginated full-text reading. It is listed under Browser & web and has 5 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | notwhiteblank |
| Repository | notwhiteblank/scholar-rag-mcp |
| Popularity | 5 GitHub stars |
| Category | Browser & web |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #2,230 of 4,418 MCP servers; #192 in Browser & web |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-09-04 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Python |
| Platforms | Linux |
Is scholar-rag-mcp safe to install?
scholar-rag-mcp scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 5 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 |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install scholar-rag-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/notwhiteblank/scholar-rag-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-rag-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http scholar-rag-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-rag-mcp for you:
Add the "scholar-rag-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/notwhiteblank/scholar-rag-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.