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Scholar Sidekick

io.github.mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp · v0.8.13

Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles.

Connect Remote server

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http scholar-sidekick-mcp https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-sidekick-mcp": {
      "url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "scholar-sidekick-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp

Tools 7 found in our last check

  • verifyCitation

    Verify a claimed citation against the resolved record at its identifier. Detects the dominant AI-driven fabrication pattern documented by Topaz et al. (Lancet 2026): a real, resolvable identifier (DOI / PMID / PMCID / arXiv / etc.) paired with a title that does NOT correspond to…

  • auditBibliography

    Verify a WHOLE bibliography in one call — the batch counterpart to verifyCitation. Each entry runs the same fabrication check (real, resolvable identifier paired with a title that does NOT match the resolved paper; Topaz et al., Lancet 2026) plus a retraction lookup, and the too…

  • checkRetraction

    Check whether a single scholarly work has been retracted, corrected, or had an expression of concern raised. Use when the user asks 'has this paper been retracted?' or wants to verify a paper's standing before citing it (clinical, regulatory, evidence-synthesis contexts). To che…

  • checkOpenAccess

    Check whether a single scholarly work is openly accessible and where to find the best legal version. Use when the user asks 'is this open access?', 'where can I read this for free?', or wants the OA license/version before reusing or redistributing. Sourced from Unpaywall. Resolv…

  • resolveIdentifier

    Resolve scholarly identifiers to structured CSL JSON metadata (title, authors, journal, year, identifiers). Use when the user wants raw bibliographic data to inspect, transform, or feed into another tool — not a formatted citation. Common single-shot conversions: PMID → PMCID, a…

  • formatCitation

    Format scholarly identifiers into a finished citation in a specific style. Use when the user wants a paste-ready citation string for a manuscript, slide, message, footnote, or in-line reference. Style defaults to vancouver if unspecified; ask the user before defaulting if any am…

  • exportCitation

    Export scholarly identifiers to a bibliography file format ready to write to disk or paste into a reference manager. Use when the user wants a file (.bib, .ris, .nbib, .xml, .rdf, .csv) for Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, RefWorks, BibTeX/LaTeX, Pandoc, or Excel. Format parameter is…

Details

Endpointhttps://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
Package[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
First published15 Oct 2026
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Registry nameio.github.mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp

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