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An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects your Mendeley reference library to LLM applications like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients.
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- Search your library - Find papers by title, author, abstract, or notes
- Browse folders - Navigate your collection structure
- 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
- Add documents - Create new entries in your library
- 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
Works with Claude (desktop and mobile), Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and any MCP-compatible AI app.
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Three weeks from now, you'll want pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp again. Will you remember where to find it?
Save it to your library and the next time you need pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp, it’s one tap away — from any AI app you use. Group it into a bench with the rest of the team for that kind of task and you can pull the whole stack at once.
⚡ Pro tip for geeks: add a-gnt 🤵🏻♂️ as a custom connector in Claude or a custom GPT in ChatGPT — one click and your library is right there in the chat. Or, if you’re in an editor, install the a-gnt MCP server and say “use my [bench name]” in Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, or Windsurf.
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This plugs directly into your AI and gives it new abilities it didn't have before. pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp. Once connected, just ask your AI to use it. It's completely free and works across most major AI apps. This one just landed in the catalog — worth trying while it's fresh.
Tips for getting started
Tap "Get" above, pick your AI app, and follow the steps. Most installs take under 30 seconds.
What's New
Imported from awesome:punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers
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