claude-scholar — security grade SAFE, quality 67/100

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 67/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

by Galaxy-Dawn · MCP Server · ★ 5.2k

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About claude-scholar

Language: English | 中文 Semi-automated research assistant for academic research and software development. Supports Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode across literature review, coding, experiments, reporting, writing, and project knowledge management. Branc

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Quick Facts

Stars5,228
Forks417
LanguagePython
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseMIT
Quality Score66.7145133025945/100
Open Issues3
Last Updated2026-08-27
Created2026-01-27
Platformsclaude-code, cli, codex, mcp, python
Est. Tokens~19k

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is claude-scholar?

claude-scholar is Semi-automated research assistant for academic research and software development. Supports Claude Code, Codex CLI, Kimi Code CLI, and OpenCode across ideation, coding, experiments, writing, and public. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 5.2k GitHub stars.

What programming language is claude-scholar written in?

claude-scholar is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as academic-research, ai-agents, claude.

How do I install or use claude-scholar?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the claude-scholar GitHub repository at github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar. The project has 5.2k stars and 417 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does claude-scholar use?

claude-scholar is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to claude-scholar?

The top alternatives to claude-scholar on Agent Skills Hub include ai-devkit, context-mode, everything-claude-code-zh. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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