MCP server health, State of MCP census
ScholarFetch
io.github.laibniz/scholarfetch
Multi-engine scholarly research server for search, traversal, full text, and reading lists.
Checks
The exact rows akashi check io.github.laibniz/scholarfetch prints, from the 2026-08-03 census.
| Check | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| registry status | pass | active |
| server.json valid | pass | validates against its declared JSON Schema |
| repo reachable | pass | exists |
| repo freshness | warn | no push in 132d |
| remote reachable | pass | HTTP 200 via initialize |
| MCP conformance | pass | initialize handshake ok |
| tools/list | pass | 12 tools: scholarfetch_search, scholarfetch_doi_lookup, scholarfetch_author_candidates, scholarfetch_author_papers, scholarfetch_abstract, scholarfetch_article_text, scholarfetch_references, scholarfetch_saved_add, ... |
| at least one live entrypoint | pass | 2 alive |
| license present | pass | Apache-2.0 |
| spec 2026-07-28 | warn | needs-migration: no server/discover, rejects handshake-free requests, still mints Mcp-Session-Id, routing headers not enforced |
Spec 2026-07-28 readiness
Verdict: needs-migration(no server/discover; rejects handshake-free requests; still mints Mcp-Session-Id; routing headers not enforced). Measured against the 2026-07-28 specification (ruleset 2026-07-28-rc, compiled from the draft and re-diffed against the final text with no verdict-bearing rule changed) with read-only, keyless calls; see the ecosystem readiness report for how this server compares.
| Accepts handshake-free calls | no |
| server/discover implemented | no |
| Session independence | session minted |
| Routing headers enforced | unknown |
Advisory: negotiates 2025-06-18.
Evidence
Packages
No packages declared.
Remote endpoints
- https://laibniz-scholarfetch-web.hf.space/mcp/
streamable-http · reachable· HTTP 200· initialize_ok
12 tools: scholarfetch_search, scholarfetch_doi_lookup, scholarfetch_author_candidates, scholarfetch_author_papers, scholarfetch_abstract, scholarfetch_article_text, scholarfetch_references, scholarfetch_saved_add, ...
server.json
validagainst its declared schema
One of 19804 servers in the 2026-08-03 State of MCP census: 15974 healthy (80.7%), 2792 degraded (14.1%), 851 dead (4.3%), 187 unknown (0.9%).
Verify it yourself
This page is a static read of one dated probe. Run the same check locally, any time, with no key:
$ akashi check io.github.laibniz/scholarfetchInstall Akashi - single Go binary, zero keys, MIT licensed.
Is this your server?
Claiming a server (an auto-refreshing badge and a verified publisher profile) is coming soon. Until then, embed the verified-on-date badge yourself with akashi check io.github.laibniz/scholarfetch --badge.
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