MCP server

Scholar Sidekick

io.github.mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

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

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

7

Token cost

About 6,194 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http scholar-sidekick-mcp https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.scholar-sidekick-mcp]
url = "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"scholar-sidekick-mcp":{"httpUrl":"https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"scholar-sidekick-mcp":{"url":"https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"scholar-sidekick-mcp":{"type":"http","url":"https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add scholar-sidekick-mcp https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"scholar-sidekick-mcp","server_url":"https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"scholar-sidekick-mcp","server_url":"https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"}

Tools

• auditBibliography ~1561 tokens
  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 tool returns a per-entry
• checkOpenAccess ~648 tokens
  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. Resolves DOI/PMID/PMCID/arX
• checkRetraction ~785 tokens
  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 check a WHOLE reference
• exportCitation ~623 tokens
  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 required: bib (BibTeX
• formatCitation ~700 tokens
  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 ambiguity exists (e.g.
• resolveIdentifier ~475 tokens
  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, arXiv → DOI, ISBN → CS
• verifyCitation ~1402 tokens
  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 the paper at that id

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