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OmniScholar

PYPI · LUFFYSOLUTION-OMNISCHOLAR

Literature, Zotero, PDF, citation, materials, and scientific image tools for research agents.

0 this week 80 Trust /100

Last scanned (1 day ago)

Scores higher than 80% of PyPI servers

Category Education and Research

Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Supply Chain Security100
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
  • Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
  • 1 of 32 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency48
  • Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
  • Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
  • Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
  • Actively maintained (last published 43 days ago).Pass
  • Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability57
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).Partial
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 2596 tokens (~68/item across 38 items; 38 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
  • No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage71
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 38 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 39 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 4 Nov 26 +15
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
  • 3 Nov 26 −15
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
  • 31 Oct 26 +16
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 30 Oct 26 −16
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
    • Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
  • 25 Oct 26 +15
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
  • 24 Oct 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 23 Oct 26 −1
    • Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
  • 17 Oct 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 4 Nov 2026 · Analysed pypi/luffysolution-omnischolar@0.1.0

Provenance No attestation

The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.

Result No attestation
Ecosystem pypi
Reason No attestation published

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Install scripts 1 script
Hook Tier Command
build_backend allowlisted hatchling.build

Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →

Dependencies 32 packages
Packages resolved 32
Stale 1
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 38 exposed · ~2,583 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
ai4scholar_author ~117

Search and inspect Semantic Scholar or Google Scholar authors through Ai4Scholar.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes–
afterAuthorstring––
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
authorIdstring––
fieldsstring––
limitinteger––
offsetinteger––
publicationDateOrYearstring––
querystring––
sortstring––
sourcestringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_batch ~63

Fetch bounded Semantic Scholar/PubMed batch records through Ai4Scholar.

NameTypeReqDescription
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
fieldsstring––
idsarrayyes–
sourcestringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_citation_candidates ~98

Find review-required citation candidates for claims; never inserts citations automatically.

NameTypeReqDescription
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
candidatesPerClaiminteger––
citationStylestring––
fieldsOfStudystring––
maxClaimsinteger––
modestring––
textstringyes–
yearstring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_cite ~57

Retrieve citation formats for a Google Scholar result through Ai4Scholar.

NameTypeReqDescription
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
languagestring––
paperIdstringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_credits ~24

Check Ai4Scholar credit balance using its documented free endpoint.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_dataset ~83

Inspect Semantic Scholar dataset releases/downloads/diffs through Ai4Scholar.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes–
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
datasetNamestring––
endReleaseIdstring––
releaseIdstring––
startReleaseIdstring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_figure ~112

Generate or revise scientific figure drafts through Ai4Scholar Nano with integrity warning.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes–
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
aspectRatiostring––
imageSizestring––
imagesarray––
langstring––
modelstring––
promptstring––
stylePresetstring––
vectorizeModestring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_journal ~189

Search JCR/CAS metrics or recommend journals through Ai4Scholar.

NameTypeReqDescription
abstractstring––
actionstringyes–
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
casQuartilestring––
categoriesarray––
categorystring––
fieldGroupstring––
fieldsarray––
filtersobject––
idstring––
isOpenAccessboolean––
jcrQuartilestring––
limitinteger––
maxImpactFactornumber––
minImpactFactornumber––
offsetinteger––
querystring––
sortstring––
titlestring––
topNinteger––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_paper ~106

Read Ai4Scholar paper detail, graph, authors, related records, or recommendations.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes–
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
fieldsstring––
idstringyes–
limitinteger––
offsetinteger––
publicationDateOrYearstring––
recommendationPoolstring––
sourcestringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_recommend ~74

Recommend papers from positive and negative seed IDs through Ai4Scholar.

NameTypeReqDescription
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
fieldsstring––
limitinteger––
negativePaperIdsarray––
positivePaperIdsarrayyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_search ~287

Search Semantic Scholar, PubMed, Google Scholar, or Google Patents through explicitly selected paid Ai4Scholar.

NameTypeReqDescription
afterstring––
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
assigneestring––
beforestring––
citesstring––
clusterstring––
countrystring––
fieldsstring––
fieldsOfStudystring––
inventorstring––
languagestring––
limitinteger––
maxDatestring––
minCitationCountinteger––
minDatestring––
offsetinteger––
openAccessOnlyboolean––
pageinteger––
patentTypestring––
publicationDateOrYearstring––
publicationTypesstring––
querystringyes–
reviewOnlyboolean––
semanticModestring––
sortstring––
sortByDateboolean––
sourcestringyes–
statusstring––
tokenstring––
venuestring––
yearFrominteger––
yearTointeger––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

ai4scholar_snippets ~118

Search Semantic Scholar full-text snippets through Ai4Scholar.

NameTypeReqDescription
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
authorsstring––
fieldsstring––
fieldsOfStudystring––
limitinteger––
minCitationCountinteger––
paperIdsstring––
publicationDateOrYearstring––
querystringyes–
venuestring––
yearstring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

chemical_get ~27

Fetch a CAS substance only under an explicit provider-issued contract.

NameTypeReqDescription
idstringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

chemical_search ~37

Search CAS only when a provider-issued contract is configured; otherwise fail closed.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitinteger––
querystringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

chemical_sources ~21

Report CAS Common Chemistry contract/credential/license status without guessing endpoints.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

journal_metrics ~34

Retrieve journal metrics only from a provider with a verified contract.

NameTypeReqDescription
providerstringyes–
querystringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

literature_fulltext ~44

Resolve or fetch legally available full text without bypassing provider entitlements.

NameTypeReqDescription
fetchboolean––
idstringyes–
providerstringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

literature_get ~33

Fetch one normalized literature record from an explicitly selected provider.

NameTypeReqDescription
idstringyes–
providerstringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

literature_graph ~56

Fetch bounded references, citations, or recommendations from a selected provider.

NameTypeReqDescription
cursorstring––
idstringyes–
kindstringyes–
limitinteger––
providerstringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

literature_search ~103

Search selected official literature APIs with bounded pagination and ordered retryable fallback.

NameTypeReqDescription
cursorstring––
fallbackboolean––
fieldsarray––
limitinteger––
openAccessOnlyboolean––
pageinteger––
providerstring––
providersarray––
querystringyes–
yearFrominteger––
yearTointeger––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

materials_advanced ~52

Retrieve consistently-defined phase data or invoke explicit optional local calculations.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes–
chemsysstring––
limitinteger––
materialIdstring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

materials_capabilities ~21

Report implemented Materials Project routes, fields and local derived limitations.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

materials_export ~40

Write Materials records atomically beneath the configured output root.

NameTypeReqDescription
formatstringyes–
pathstringyes–
recordsarrayyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

materials_get ~39

Fetch one material record by Materials Project ID.

NameTypeReqDescription
fieldsarray––
materialIdstringyes–
routestring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

materials_route_search ~52

Search one verified Materials Project REST route.

NameTypeReqDescription
fieldsarray––
filtersobject––
limitinteger––
pageinteger––
routestringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

materials_search ~49

Search Materials Project summary records with bounded filters and explicit field status.

NameTypeReqDescription
fieldsarray––
filtersobject––
limitinteger––
pageinteger––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

omnischolar_capabilities ~26

List available tools with their capabilities, effects, credentials, and cost classes.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

omnischolar_image_edit ~73

Edit scientific image references using an explicitly capable model.

NameTypeReqDescription
allowExternalUploadbooleanyes–
allowPaidbooleanyes–
modelstring––
optionsobject––
promptstringyes–
providerstring––
referencesarrayyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

omnischolar_image_generate ~77

Generate a scientific image draft using capability routing and explicit paid/upload authorization.

NameTypeReqDescription
allowExternalUploadboolean––
allowPaidbooleanyes–
modelstring––
optionsobject––
promptstringyes–
providerstring––
referencesarray––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

omnischolar_image_models ~40

Discover image models and return only catalog/pin/curated capability declarations.

NameTypeReqDescription
discoverboolean––
providerstring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

omnischolar_image_service ~43

Inspect provider status or a configured asynchronous image job.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes–
jobIdstring––
providerstringyes–
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

omnischolar_parse ~91

Parse a Zotero PDF through MinerU v4 with deterministic cache and transactional local publication.

NameTypeReqDescription
allowExternalUploadbooleanyes–
attachmentKeystring––
enableFormulaboolean––
enableTableboolean––
forceboolean––
isOcrboolean––
keystringyes–
languagestring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

omnischolar_status ~33

Report configuration source, enabled groups, provider and credential presence, local services, defaults, and runtime without revealing secrets.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

omnischolar_sync ~76

Plan and control conservative incremental sync, conflict, recovery, exclude, restore, repair and reparse actions.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes–
allowExternalUploadboolean––
attachmentKeystring––
forceboolean––
keystring––
reasonstring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

research_sources ~21

List first-party literature providers and verified capability status without network access.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

zotero_collections ~47

List/read local Zotero collections and collection items through GET-only loopback API.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstring––
keystring––
limitinteger––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

zotero_item ~52

Read one Zotero item or aggregate paper with notes, annotations, attachments, indexed text and PDF location.

NameTypeReqDescription
attachmentKeystring––
keystringyes–
modestring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

zotero_search ~68

Search or browse top-level Zotero items through the read-only Local API.

NameTypeReqDescription
collectionKeystring––
directionstring––
itemTypestring––
limitinteger––
querystring––
sortstring––
NameTypeReqDescription
data–––
error–––
okbooleanyes–
output–––

No examples provided.

Install

How do I install the OmniScholar MCP server?

OmniScholar runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx luffysolution-omnischolar. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

pypi · luffysolution-omnischolar

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add luffysolution-svg-omnischolar -- uvx luffysolution-omnischolar
Common questions

What is the OmniScholar MCP server?

OmniScholar is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.luffysolution-svg/omnischolar. Literature, Zotero, PDF, citation, materials, and scientific image tools for research agents. This page covers its PyPI package (luffysolution-omnischolar).

Is the OmniScholar MCP server safe to use?

OmniScholar scores 80 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 November 2026. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

What tools does the OmniScholar MCP server expose?

OmniScholar exposes 38 tools: ai4scholar_author, ai4scholar_batch, ai4scholar_citation_candidates, ai4scholar_cite, ai4scholar_credits, and 33 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,583 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the OmniScholar MCP server still maintained?

OmniScholar is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

What licence is the OmniScholar MCP server under?

OmniScholar declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.