About Scholar Gateway
Peer-reviewed research, citations
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
Endpoint
https://connector.scholargateway.ai/mcpCopy install command
Claude CodeTerminal
claude mcp add --transport http scholar-gateway https://connector.scholargateway.ai/mcpCursor.cursor/mcp.json
{"mcpServers":{"scholar-gateway":{"type":"http","url":"https://connector.scholargateway.ai/mcp"}}}Open in CursorVS Code.vscode/mcp.json
{"servers":{"scholar-gateway":{"type":"http","url":"https://connector.scholargateway.ai/mcp"}}}Open in VS CodeClaude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json
{"mcpServers":{"scholar-gateway":{"type":"http","url":"https://connector.scholargateway.ai/mcp"}}}Windsurf~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{"mcpServers":{"scholar-gateway":{"serverUrl":"https://connector.scholargateway.ai/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
1| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | Yes | Natural language research question. Preserve intent, scope, and structure. Rewrite for semantic clarity but do not compress to keywords. Expand acronyms and add field context for ambiguous or polysemous terms. |
| topN | integer | No | Number of passages to return. Higher values improve recall for broad or multi-faceted queries; lower values are appropriate for narrow or well-defined topics. |
| start_year | integer | No | Inclusive lower bound for publication year filter. Omit to search across all available years. |
| end_year | integer | No | Inclusive upper bound for publication year filter. Omit to include publications up to the present. |
| includeRetractedContent | boolean | No | Whether to include retracted publications in results. Default false; set true only when retraction history is itself the subject of inquiry. |
Details
The maintainer has not added details yet. Check the README in the repository.
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