Shamra-academia MCP: Arabic and English papers in your AI app

Shamra-academia's MCP server is built for Arabic academic research: your AI app can search, read and cite papers in Arabic and English. ContextGate connects it to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, records every search and citation request in Activity, and lets you switch off any tool you don't use.

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Bring Arabic research into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

  1. 1Click Connect Shamra-academia free and paste an API key from your Shamra-academia account.
  2. 2Every tool is on after connecting, and the full list appears then. Keep the search, reading and citation tools your research needs and switch off anything else.
  3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
  4. 4Ask your AI app for Arabic papers on water management in the Levant, with citations, then open Activity to see the search.

Research tasks in Arabic and English

  • Search Arabic academic papers alongside English ones.
  • Read a paper and ask your AI app to summarize it in either language.
  • Cite the papers you use in your own writing.

Research calls on the record

  • Switch off any Shamra-academia tool; it's hidden and refused if called.
  • Activity records every search and citation request.

What you get with Shamra-academia and ContextGate

  • Your AI apps can use Shamra-academiaClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach Shamra-academia through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
  • You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any Shamra-academia tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
  • Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

Shamra-academia tools

Shamra-academia's own MCP server shows its tools once you sign in. When you connect it, they are listed and synced in your workspace.