# Scholar Sidekick

- Registry name: `io.github.mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp` · version 0.8.13
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Research & knowledge, Search & data
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): prompts, resources, tools
- Transports: streamable-http
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- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/io.github.mlava--scholar-sidekick-mcp.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

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

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `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 the paper at that id
- `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 tool returns a per-entry
- `checkRetraction`: Check whether a single scholarly work has been retracted, corrected, or had an expression of concern raised. Use when the user asks 'has this paper been retracted?'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 check a WHOLE reference
- `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. Resolves DOI/PMID/PMCID/arX
- `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, arXiv → DOI, ISBN → CS
- `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 ambiguity exists \(e.g.
- `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 required: bib \(BibTeX

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