Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles.
Connect Remote server
claude mcp add --transport http scholar-sidekick-mcp https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"scholar-sidekick-mcp": {
"url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"scholar-sidekick-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp
Tools 7 found in our last check
verifyCitationVerify 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…
auditBibliographyVerify 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…
checkRetractionCheck whether a single scholarly work has been retracted, corrected, or had an expression of concern raised. Use when the user asks 'has this paper been retracted?'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…
checkOpenAccessCheck 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…
resolveIdentifierResolve 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…
formatCitationFormat 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…
exportCitationExport 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
| Endpoint | https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP) |
| Package | [email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Last updated | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp |
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