Scholar Sidekick MCP MCP server

An official MCP server provided by Scholar Sidekick that allows AI assistants to verify scholarly citations against fabricated ones, resolve various academic identifiers (DOI, PMID, etc.), format citations in thousands of styles, and export bibliographies in multiple formats like BibTeX and RIS.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Scholar Sidekick

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

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

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Verify if a claimed citation matches the record at its identifier to detect AI fabrications
Format a DOI or PMID into a specific citation style like APA or MLA
Export a list of identifiers to bibliography files such as BibTeX or RIS
Check if a publication has been retracted or is open access

Tools advertised by the last live check:

verifyCitation
auditBibliography
checkRetraction
checkOpenAccess
resolveIdentifier
formatCitation
exportCitation

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

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

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add scholar-sidekick-mcp --url https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable scholar-sidekick-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

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

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-sidekick-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start scholar-sidekick-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

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

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

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

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

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

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

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

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