ScholarMuse

io.github.TopLocalAIPublished by GitHub account TopLocalAIv1.0.0Updated Oct 30, 2026

Academic papers, reference verification and research data for AI agents.

The publisher's own server: muse.space

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Hosted MCP endpoint giving AI assistants academic paper search, reference verification, research datasets, grants and scientific figure tools.

What you can do
  • Search academic literature and return DOIs and source links
  • Verify references for existence and retraction status
  • Look up research datasets, grants, and biological or chemical information
  • Create and edit scientific figures as generated assets
  • List available capabilities and check the account's credit balance
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to find scholarly papers, check whether citations are real or retracted, locate grant funding or datasets, or produce scientific figures, without wiring up each research source separately.
Requirements
A remote Streamable HTTP endpoint with OAuth browser sign-in (automatic discovery and dynamic client registration); no API keys or environment variables are declared. A ScholarMuse account is needed, and credits are consumed by data calls and figure work.
Before you install
It is a paid freemium service: data calls cost credits, figure generation costs 100 credits and needs a paid plan or credit pack, and batch verification scales with item count. Figure creation writes generated assets and spends credits, so approval should be explicit; paid calls should not be retried automatically. Queries and results go to a third-party hosted service.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open ScholarMuse in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.TopLocalAI%2Fscholarmuse/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholarmuse": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scholarmuse.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

ScholarMuse MCP

[ScholarMuse]

Academic research tools for the AI agent you already use.

ScholarMuse connects AI agents to academic papers, reference verification, research datasets, grants, biological and chemical information, and scientific figure tools through one remote MCP endpoint. It provides access to 50+ research sources; upstream availability varies.

This repository contains public connection manifests, documentation and branding for the hosted service. The hosted service implementation is not included.

Gemini CLI

sh
gemini extensions install https://github.com/TopLocalAI/scholarmuse-mcp

Complete the browser sign-in when prompted. If needed, use /mcp auth scholarmuse to start authentication. The extension does not bypass tool confirmation.

Cursor, Claude and other MCP clients

Add https://scholarmuse.ai/mcp as a remote Streamable HTTP MCP server and complete OAuth sign-in. See the client-specific setup guides for exact steps. The root plugin.json and mcp.json implement Agent Plugins 1.0.0; .cursor-plugin/plugin.json and .mcp.json provide Cursor-compatible metadata.

Example requests

  • Find recent papers about CRISPR delivery and return their DOIs and source links.
  • Check whether these references are real and flag retraction information when available.
  • Find NIH or NSF grants related to solid-state batteries.
  • Retrieve a protein structure or research dataset and cite its original source.

Start with list_capabilities to inspect available tools and get_balance to check credits. Both are free. Most research data tools are read-only; figure creation and editing create generated assets and consume credits. Ask for explicit user approval before paid figure work.

Pricing and limits

ScholarMuse is a hosted freemium service. Data calls generally cost 1–2 credits; batch verification costs depend on item count. New accounts receive 300 trial credits valid for 30 days, and free accounts receive 30 credits per month. Figure generation costs 100 credits and requires a paid plan or credit pack. Check current pricing and the per-tool costs before use.

If credits are insufficient, the server returns structured details and a top-up link. Do not retry paid calls automatically. Upstream failures and partial results must be surfaced accurately with source attribution.

REST API

Developers may also use the REST API documentation and OpenAPI schema.

Source: README.md at commit 2a9630b

Tools

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This server asks you to sign in, so SourceWeft could not read its tools without an account and has not indexed them. What a connected account sees can depend on that account and its permissions.

Version history

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  1. v1.0.0LatestOct 15, 2026

Score

75% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listed15 pts

    Answer tools/list without a credential, or ship a package that starts in a sandbox without one.

  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts

    Declare a license in the repository or the registry entry.

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