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Package Details

pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp

1.8.2•https://pypi.org/project/pvliesdonk-scholar-mcp

Transportstdio

Environment Variables

SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY

Default:true

Set to 'false' to enable write tools (default: true)

SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN

Static bearer token for authentication (optional)

ghcr.io/pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp:v1.8.2

https://github.com/pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp/pkgs/container/scholar-mcp

TransportStreamable HTTP

Package Arguments

Named

--port

Port for the HTTP transport

Environment Variables

SCHOLAR_MCP_READ_ONLY

Default:true

Set to 'false' to enable write tools (default: true)

FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL

Default:INFO

Log level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR)

SCHOLAR_MCP_KV_STORE_URL

Default:file:///data/state

Persistent-state backend URL for pvl-core subsystems. Schemes: file:///path (survives restarts), memory:// (dev/ephemeral).

SCHOLAR_MCP_SERVER_NAME

Default:scholar-mcp

MCP server name shown to clients

PUID

Default:1000

Run as this UID (Docker entrypoint)

PGID

Default:1000

Run as this GID (Docker entrypoint)

SCHOLAR_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN

Static bearer token for authentication (optional)

SCHOLAR_MCP_BASE_URL

Public base URL of this server, required for OIDC (e.g. https://mcp.example.com)

SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL

OIDC discovery endpoint URL (e.g. https://auth.example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration)

SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID

OIDC client ID

SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET

OIDC client secret

SCHOLAR_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY

JWT signing key — required on Linux/Docker to survive restarts (generate with: openssl rand -hex 32)