Google Scholar
johnisanerd/alphaosint-mcp-servers
Connects Claude or Cursor to Google Scholar's academic database through Apify's API. Exposes search operations for papers, citation counts, author profiles, and h-index lookups. Returns structured data including titles, abstracts, publication years, citation metrics, and PDF links when available. Requires a free Apify API token. Claude Desktop needs the mcp-remote bridge, while Cursor supports it natively with optional OAuth. Useful when you need to pull citation data for literature reviews, track down prior art, or answer "what's been published on X" questions without leaving your editor. Built on top of Apify's Google Scholar scraper.
- tool
- 1
- transport
- HTTP
- last updated
- Nov 12, 2026
Tools
1 toolsPublic tool metadata for what this MCP can expose to an agent.
search_papersSearch Google Scholar for academic papers, books, theses, and citations. Returns organic results with title, authors, snippet, citation count, and PDF links.8 params
Search Google Scholar for academic papers, books, theses, and citations. Returns organic results with title, authors, snippet, citation count, and PDF links.
Parameters* required
as_sdtstringSearch filter. '0,5' = articles excluding patents (default). '0,33' = case law. '4' = patents only.
as_yhiintegerLatest publication year (inclusive).
as_ylointegerEarliest publication year (inclusive). E.g. 2020.
hlstringLanguage code (default 'en').
numintegerResults per page (1-20, default 10).
qstringSearch query (paper title, author, topic, keywords).
scisbdintegerSort. 1 = include only abstracts; 2 = sort by date (most recent).one of
1 · 2startintegerResult offset for pagination (multiples of num).
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AlphaOSINT MCP servers
Remote MCP servers for jobs, travel, search, company data, academic papers and YouTube. They're listed in the MCP Registry under io.github.johnisanerd/*, and each one runs a single Apify Actor maintained by AlphaOSINT (Apify developer johnvc).
How they work
All of them run on Apify's hosted MCP endpoint, so there's nothing to install. Each server's URL pins one Actor (https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/<actor>), and your agent gets one tool with that Actor's typed parameters. Calls are billed to your own Apify account at the Actor's prices, which each server's README lists.
To add one to Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http google-jobs "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/Google-Jobs-Scraper"
Each server's README has setup for VS Code, Cursor and Claude Desktop too, along with its parameters, an example call and the output fields.
Servers
Details
- Repository
- github.com/johnisanerd/alphaosint-mcp-servers
- Website
- alphaosint.com/mcp/google-scholar
- Transport
- HTTP
- Registry
- MCP registry, active