Claude Scholar vs Perplexity API Platform
Claude Scholar is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑19.
Claude Scholar is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Denis Mrvoljak. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Perplexity API Platform is an MCP server published by perplexity.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, npm registry (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-08. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |   Perplexity API Platform | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace denismrvoljak/claude-scholar | Removed on 2026-10-19 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 87 686 Downloads/week (npm): 18 636 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 392 Pulls (Docker Hub): 81 687 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 612 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 87 686 Downloads/week (npm): 18 636 Forks (GitHub): 392 Stars (GitHub): 2 612 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Claude Scholarno longer listed · | Perplexity API Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 | 2 612 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 81 687 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 392 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-17 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 3 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 13 | 2 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/denismrvoljak/claude-scholar | github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of Claude Scholar
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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12 specialist agents and 30 writing principles for academic writing review, research, drafting, polishing, bibliography auditing, and literature surveys, coordinated by a…
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Claude Skills for Academic Use Cases (https://effortlessacademic.com)
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Academic research suite: paper search, PDF download, Zotero sync, PPT/HTML generation, figure extraction, peer review, and paper polishing
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research-essentials
Everything for writing and publishing research: paper writing, journal formats, literature review, citations, ideation and figures.
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Semi-automated research assistant with skills for literature review, experiments, analysis, writing, and project knowledge management
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research-writing
Scientific and research paper writing, grants, peer review, critical appraisal.
What each says it does
Claude Scholar
Skills and agents for writing a thesis, internship report, literature review, or course paper: onboarding, planning, drafting, source verification, and review.
Perplexity API Platform
Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
How to run each
Claude Scholar
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Perplexity API Platform As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio perplexity-api-platform -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-serverCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Claude Scholar publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Claude Scholar publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Claude Scholar · What it can do: Perplexity API Platform · Compare two other plugins
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