Shamra Academia MCP MCP server

The Shamra Academia MCP server allows AI assistants like Claude, VS Code, and Cursor to search and read millions of Arabic and English academic papers directly. It provides semantic search capabilities and full-text access to a massive research index via a standard JSON-RPC over HTTP protocol, requiring a free token for authentication.

Endpoint and access

API key: create a key with the vendor first; your client sends it as an authorization header on every request.

API keyEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Shamra Academia

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.shamra-academia.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search a massive index of Arabic and English research
Read full text of papers inside the AI assistant
Retrieve the most relevant results using semantic search
Connect AI assistants to academic research via MCP

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http shamra-academia-mcp https://mcp.shamra-academia.com/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add shamra-academia-mcp --url https://mcp.shamra-academia.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable shamra-academia-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shamra-academia-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.shamra-academia.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shamra-academia-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.shamra-academia.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start shamra-academia-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "shamra-academia-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.shamra-academia.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http shamra-academia-mcp https://mcp.shamra-academia.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shamra-academia-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.shamra-academia.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shamra-academia-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.shamra-academia.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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