One MCP connection · Claude, ChatGPT, Codex
Academic research tools
for your AI agent
ScholarMuse lets your agent search real papers, check references, pull research data from 50+ official sources and draw scientific figures. Add one MCP connection and it works in Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and Cursor. Every result comes with its source and license.
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A new account gets 50 credits once. No card needed.
Life sciences & medicine
Genes, proteins, structures, trials and drugs.
Earth, environment & space
Weather history, earthquakes, species and the sky.
Try it in your browser first
The data tools below run without an account, 5 free runs a day.
Citation checker
Paste a reference list. Every entry is checked against Crossref and OpenAlex: references that do not exist, wrong years or DOIs, and retracted papers are flagged.
Free · no account
Retraction checker
Paste DOIs or a reference list and see which papers have a retraction, a correction or an expression of concern.
Free · no account
NIH RePORTER search
Search NIH-funded projects by topic in plain words, with investigators, institutions and award amounts.
Free · no account
Journal checker
Look up a journal by name or ISSN: publisher, open-access status, DOAJ listing, APC and h-index.
Free · no account
Dataset finder
Search research datasets in Zenodo, Dryad, Harvard Dataverse, Hugging Face and DataCite in one go.
Free · no account
Graphical abstract maker
Paste your abstract and an image model draws a one-panel graphical abstract from it.
Needs an account · 20 credits a figure
Agents are brilliant writers.
They are not databases.
Your agent alone
- Invents references that look real
- Quotes numbers from memory, without a source
- Can’t open grant, trial or climate databases
- Draws figures that no journal would accept
With ScholarMuse
- Every reference checked against Crossref and OpenAlex
- Live data from 50+ official sources, with license and citation
- One connection covers papers, grants, statistics, genes, weather and stars
- Publication-ready figures from the best model we’ve tested
How it works
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Connect once
Add one MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor and approve in your browser.
02
Ask in plain words
“Find NIH grants on CAR-T since 2022” — no API keys, no code.
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We pick the source
We route each request to the right database or the best model, and keep it current.
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Get results you can cite
Every result carries its source, license and a link you can check.
Agent-first installation
Connect
your agent
Give your agent real papers, research data and scientific figures. No API keys, no config files.
Read the setup guide →Read https://scholarmuse.ai/install/agent.md and follow the instructions to connect ScholarMuse. Open the browser authorization when needed, then show me three things you can now do for my research.
Simple credits for every capability
Data lookups are cheap, figures cost more. One balance works in every agent.
ScholarMuse is in preview. A new account gets 50 credits once, valid for 30 days. Paid plans are coming soon.
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Ready to make your agent a better scholar?
Connect once. Papers, data and figures from 50+ sources, in the agent you already use.
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Data from OpenAlex · Crossref · PubMed · arXiv · NIH · UniProt · PDB · PubChem · NASA · World Bank · USGS · GBIF and more