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mendeley-mcp

Active·★ 46·MIT·Updated 2026-10-13

Mendeley MCP Server acts as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, bridging your Mendeley reference library with large language model applications. It enables LLMs to search, manage, and extract information from your academic papers and notes within Mendeley.

#Mendeley#LLM Integration#Reference Management#Academic Research#API Client#MCP Server#Python#Tooling
$ Install
$ pip install mendeley-mcp
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Search your Mendeley library by title, author, abstract, or notes.
02Browse, create, rename, delete, and nest collections/folders.
03Retrieve complete document details including abstracts and identifiers.
04Access and export your PDF highlights and notes (annotations).
05Extract and read the full text of attached PDFs for model consumption.
02

Compatibility

Python
Runtime
Verified via docs
Docker
Deployment
Verified via docs
03

Quick start

1
$ pip install mendeley-mcp
04

Use cases

↳Enable LLMs to search and summarize academic papers from your personal Mendeley library or the global catalog.
↳Automate the organization of research documents by creating, renaming, or managing folders within Mendeley.
↳Query and extract personal highlights and notes from PDFs to gain quick insights on papers.
↳Seamlessly add new documents to your Mendeley library or generate BibTeX citations for reports and manuscripts.
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mendeley-mcp
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MCP server for Mendeley reference manager - search, retrieve, and manage your academic library from Claude and other MCP clients

46MIT
Last commit1w ago
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CategoryAPI Integration
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