{"repo":"pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp","clone":"git clone https://github.com/pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp.git","description":"MCP server for Mendeley reference manager - search, retrieve, and manage your academic library from Claude and other MCP clients","language":"Python","stars":33,"topics":["academic","ai","bibliography","citations","llm","mcp","mendeley","model-context-protocol","python","reference-manager"],"license":"MIT","category":"mcp-servers","readme_excerpt":"Mendeley MCP Server An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects your Mendeley reference library to LLM applications like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients. Features - Search your library - Find papers by title, author, abstract, or notes - Manage folders - Browse, create, rename, delete, and nest collections - Get full metadata - Retrieve complete document details including abstracts - Search global catalog - Access Mendeley's 100M+ paper database - DOI lookup - Find papers by their DOI - Manage documents - Add, update, delete, and organize entries across folders - Read your annotations - Surface the highlights and notes you made on PDFs - Export BibTeX - Generate citation entries for a document or a whole folder - Download attached files - Retrieve document files when Mendeley exposes them Prerequisites 1. Mendeley Account - Sign up at mendeley.com (uses Elsevier authentication) 2. Mendeley API App - Register at dev.mendeley.com/myapps.html - Sign in with your Elsevier credentials - Click \"Register a new app\" - Set redirect URL to http://localhost:8585/callback - Select \"Authorization code\" flow (not Legacy) - Note your Client ID and Client Secret Installation Using pip Using uv (recommended) Using Docker Or build locally: From source Quick Start 1. Authenticate with Mendeley Run the authentication wizard: This will: 1. Prompt for your Client ID and Client Secret 2. Open your browser to authorize the app 3. Save your credentials securely in yo","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/pallaprolus","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}