Mendeley Mcp 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.

Local serverstdio

What is the Mendeley Mcp Server?

Mendeley Mcp is an MCP project maintained in the pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects your Mendeley reference library to LLM applications like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using mendeley-mcp. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
mendeley_search_library
mendeley_get_document
mendeley_list_documents
mendeley_list_folders
mendeley_search_catalog
mendeley_get_by_doi
mendeley_add_document
mendeley_update_document
mendeley_delete_document
mendeley_create_folderCreate a folder in your library, optionally under a parent folder or group
mendeley_rename_folderRename an existing folder
mendeley_delete_folderDelete an existing folder
mendeley_add_document_to_folderAdd an existing document to an existing folder
mendeley_remove_document_from_folder
mendeley_get_annotations
mendeley_export_bibtex
mendeley_get_file_content
mendeley_get_document_text
Borndigital PDFs only; scanned or image-only PDFs have no text layer and are reported as such (they would need OCR)

How to install the Mendeley Mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mendeley": {
      "command": "mendeley-mcp"
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.