Grad-agent MCP Server

Autonomous MCP agent for grad school applications: prof discovery, cold emails, SOP, tracking.

Local serverstdio

What is the Grad-agent MCP Server?

Grad-agent is an MCP integration. Autonomous MCP agent for grad school applications: prof discovery, cold emails, SOP, tracking.

Packages and local setup

The published pypi package is grad-agent, version 0.2.9. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (required): Anthropic API key used by Claude Haiku for hook synthesis and verification.; SMTP_SERVER (required): SMTP host for the review mailer.; SMTP_PORT (required): SMTP port.; SMTP_USERNAME (required): SMTP username; used as From address by default.; SMTP_PASSWORD (required): SMTP password. Gmail App Password recommended.; SMTP_FROM (required): Envelope From address for drafts emailed to the user's review inbox.; GITHUB_TOKEN: Optional. Personal access token used to enumerate the user's public and private GitHub repos during catalog sync.; HF_TOKEN: Optional. HuggingFace token used to enumerate the user's published models and datasets during catalog sync.; GRAD_AGENT_HOME: Optional. Override the default ~/.grad-agent/ location for profile, programs, secrets, and data.; LOR_LETTERHEAD_PATH: Optional. Absolute path to a letterhead / company logo image (.png / .jpg / .pdf) embedded at the top of Letters of Recommendation during LaTeX compile. Leave unset for a plain top block. Can also be set at runtime via the set_letterhead MCP tool.; LOR_LETTERHEAD_WIDTH: Optional. LaTeX length for the letterhead image width (e.g. '2.5in'). Used only when LOR_LETTERHEAD_PATH is set..

This package has launch arguments in its registry record. Use the maintainer’s configuration for those arguments rather than launching it with only the package name.

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository. This profile uses version 0.2.9 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYAnthropic API key used by Claude Haiku for hook synthesis and verification.Yes
SMTP_SERVERSMTP host for the review mailer.Yes
SMTP_PORTSMTP port.Yes
SMTP_USERNAMESMTP username; used as From address by default.Yes
SMTP_PASSWORDSMTP password. Gmail App Password recommended.Yes
SMTP_FROMEnvelope From address for drafts emailed to the user's review inbox.Yes
GITHUB_TOKENOptional. Personal access token used to enumerate the user's public and private GitHub repos during catalog sync.Optional
HF_TOKENOptional. HuggingFace token used to enumerate the user's published models and datasets during catalog sync.Optional
GRAD_AGENT_HOMEOptional. Override the default ~/.grad-agent/ location for profile, programs, secrets, and data.Optional
LOR_LETTERHEAD_PATHOptional. Absolute path to a letterhead / company logo image (.png / .jpg / .pdf) embedded at the top of Letters of Recommendation during LaTeX compile. Leave unset for a plain top block. Can also be set at runtime via the set_letterhead MCP tool.Optional
LOR_LETTERHEAD_WIDTHOptional. LaTeX length for the letterhead image width (e.g. '2.5in'). Used only when LOR_LETTERHEAD_PATH is set.Optional