Google Scholar Basic Search

Search Google Scholar for papers using keyword(s). Returns structured result list via DOM scraping.

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS contains the search keyword(s).

Steps

1. Navigate

Use

mcp__chrome-devtools__navigate_page

:

url:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q={URL_ENCODED_KEYWORDS}&hl=en&num=10

2. Extract results (evaluate_script)

Wait for results to load, check for CAPTCHA, then scrape the DOM:

async

(

)

=>

{

// Wait for results or CAPTCHA

for

(

let

i

=

0

;

i

<

20

;

i

++

)

{

if

(

document

.

querySelector

(

'#gs_res_ccl'

)

||

document

.

querySelector

(

'#gs_captcha_ccl'

)

)

break

;

await

new

Promise

(

r

=>

setTimeout

(

r

,

500

)

)

;

}

// CAPTCHA check

if

(

document

.

querySelector

(

'#gs_captcha_ccl'

)

||

document

.

body

.

innerText

.

includes

(

'unusual traffic'

)

)

{

return

{

error

:

'captcha'

,

message

:

'Google Scholar requires CAPTCHA verification. Please complete it in your browser, then tell me to continue.'

}

;

}

const

items

=

document

.

querySelectorAll

(

'#gs_res_ccl .gs_r.gs_or.gs_scl'

)

;

const

results

=

Array

.

from

(

items

)

.

map

(

(

item

,

i

)

=>

{

const

titleEl

=

item

.

querySelector

(

'.gs_rt a'

)

;

const

meta

=

item

.

querySelector

(

'.gs_a'

)

?.

textContent

||

''

;

// Parse "Author1, Author2 - Journal, Year - publisher"

const

parts

=

meta

.

split

(

' - '

)

;

const

authors

=

parts

[

0

]

?.

trim

(

)

||

''

;

const

journalYear

=

parts

[

1

]

?.

trim

(

)

||

''

;

const

citedByEl

=

item

.

querySelector

(

'.gs_fl a[href*="cites"]'

)

;

const

relatedEl

=

item

.

querySelector

(

'.gs_fl a[href*="related"]'

)

;

const

versionsEl

=

item

.

querySelector

(

'.gs_fl a[href*="cluster"]'

)

;

return

{

n

:

i

+

1

,

title

:

titleEl

?.

textContent

?.

trim

(

)

||

item

.

querySelector

(

'.gs_rt'

)

?.

textContent

?.

trim

(

)

||

''

,

href

:

titleEl

?.

href

||

''

,

authors

,

journalYear

,

citedBy

:

citedByEl

?.

textContent

?.

match

(

/

\d

+

/

)

?.

[

0

]

||

'0'

,

citedByUrl

:

citedByEl

?.

href

||

''

,

dataCid

:

item

.

getAttribute

(

'data-cid'

)

||

''

,

fullTextUrl

:

(

item

.

querySelector

(

'.gs_ggs a'

)

||

item

.

querySelector

(

'.gs_or_ggsm a'

)

)

?.

href

||

''

,

snippet

:

item

.

querySelector

(

'.gs_rs'

)

?.

textContent

?.

trim

(

)

?.

substring

(

0

,

200

)

||

''

,

relatedUrl

:

relatedEl

?.

href

||

''

,

versionsUrl

:

versionsEl

?.

href

||

''

,

versions

:

versionsEl

?.

textContent

?.

match

(

/

\d

+

/

)

?.

[

0

]

||

''

}

;

}

)

;

const

totalText

=

document

.

querySelector

(

'#gs_ab_md'

)

?.

textContent

?.

trim

(

)

||

''

;

const

currentUrl

=

window

.

location

.

href

;

return

{

total

:

totalText

,

resultCount

:

results

.

length

,

currentUrl

,

results

}

;

}

3. Report

Present results as a numbered list:

Searched Google Scholar for "$ARGUMENTS":

1.

Authors: {authors} | {journalYear}

Cited by: {citedBy} | Full text

Data-CID:

2. ...

Always show the

dataCid

— it's the unique identifier used for citation export and "cited by" tracking.

If

fullTextUrl

is available, highlight it (means open-access PDF/HTML).

4. Follow-up

When the user wants to:

See more results

use

gs-navigate-pages

to go to next page

See who cited a paper

use

gs-cited-by

with the data-cid

Export to Zotero

use gs-export with the data-cid(s) CAPTCHA Handling If the result contains {error: 'captcha'} : Tell the user: "Google Scholar is requesting CAPTCHA verification. Please complete it in your browser." Wait for user confirmation Retry the evaluate_script extraction Notes This skill uses 2 tool calls: navigate_page + evaluate_script Google Scholar has NO public API — all data extraction is via DOM scraping data-cid is the primary identifier (cluster ID) — used across all GS skills Keep request frequency low to avoid triggering CAPTCHA Default num=10 results per page (max 20)