Literatür MCP

Overview

Literatür MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables searching and analyzing Turkish academic journal articles from DergiPark. It integrates with LLM applications like Claude Desktop and Google Antigravity, providing researchers with AI-powered access to academic content.

DergiPark is Turkey's largest academic journal platform, hosting thousands of peer-reviewed journals across all disciplines, similar to JSTOR or PubMed Central.

Features

• Article Discovery: Search with publication year, article type, indexing status, and sorting options
• PDF Conversion: Convert academic PDFs to readable HTML format, with OCR support for scanned documents
• Reference Extraction: Automatically retrieve article citation lists
• CAPTCHA Automation: CapSolver API integration for handling security checks
• Performance Optimization: Concurrent HTTP requests (up to 3) and multi-level caching
• Persistent Sessions: Disk and memory-based cookie storage

Installation

Quick Setup (Remote MCP - No Installation Required)

URL: https://literatur-mcp.surucu.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop Settings → Connectors → Add Custom Connector:

1. Name: "Literatür MCP"
2. URL: https://literatur-mcp.surucu.dev/mcp

For Other MCP Clients

uvx --from git+https://github.com/saidsurucu/literatur-mcp literatur-mcp

Requirements: Python 3.11+, uv package manager

Environment variables:

• CAPSOLVER_API_KEY (required)
• MISTRAL_API_KEY (optional, for OCR)

Tools

• search_articles: Academic database query with pagination, sorting, publication year and indexing filters
• pdf_to_html: Convert article PDFs to formatted HTML with OCR support for scanned documents
• get_article_references: Extract citation information from article pages

Usage Examples

• "Search for articles on artificial intelligence from the last 2 years"
• "List education articles indexed in TR Dizin" (TR Dizin is Turkey's national citation index, similar to Web of Science)
• "Get the references for this article"
• "Convert article PDF to readable format"

License

MIT License