BrandScholar Sidekick
3 integrations on Claude, Smithery. Joined by verified domain evidence, never by name.
scholar-sidekick.com
- Claude
Scholar Sidekick
Scholar Sidekick
Resolve any scholarly identifier (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS, WHO IRIS) into 10,000+ CSL styles or nine export formats, singl…
Claude - Smithery
remote
scholar-sidekick
The hosted, remote Scholar Sidekick MCP server - connect over Streamable HTTP at `https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp`. No npm install, no local process: point any MCP client at the URL and go. (Prefer to run it locally? Use the `scholar-sidekick/scholar-sidekick-mcp` npx package instead - same tools.) Works anonymously out of the box on a rate-limited free tier. Add a free first-party `ssk_` key (from scholar-sidekick.com/account) as a bearer token to raise limits and unlock the verifier's LLM screen. Turns scholarly identifiers into clean citations, bibliography files, and trust signals - all server-side, so your client stays light: - resolveIdentifier - DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, NASA ADS bibcode, or WHO IRIS URL → structured CSL-JSON metadata - formatCitation - any of 10,000+ CSL styles (Vancouver, APA, AMA, IEEE, Nature, BMJ, Lancet...) as text, HTML, or JSON - exportCitation - BibTeX, RIS, CSL JSON, EndNote, RefWorks, MEDLINE/NBIB, Zotero RDF, CSV, or plain text - checkRetraction - retraction / correction / expression-of-concern status (Crossref + Retraction Watch) - checkOpenAccess - OA status and best legal full-text version (Unpaywall) - verifyCitation - catches the dominant AI fabrication pattern (real DOI + invented title) documented by Topaz et al., Lancet 2026 Same API that powers scholar-sidekick.com and the REST API - deterministic, provenance-headed, and free to start.
Smithery - Smithery
Scholar Sidekick
scholar-sidekick
Scholar Sidekick MCP resolves any scholarly identifier (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, NASA ADS bibcodes, WHO IRIS URLs) into structured bibliographic metadata, formats citations in 10,000+ CSL styles (Vancouver, APA, AMA, IEEE, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, Nature, BMJ, Lancet, and many more), and exports references to BibTeX, RIS, CSL JSON, EndNote (XML/Refer), RefWorks, MEDLINE, Zotero RDF, and CSV. The format/export/resolve tools accept a single identifier or a comma/newline-separated batch, so an assistant can chain resolveIdentifier → formatCitation → exportCitation in one prompt for an end-to-end "raw IDs → exportable bibliography" workflow. Three single-citation checks complete the picture: checkRetraction surfaces retractions, corrections, and expressions of concern from Crossref / Retraction Watch; checkOpenAccess returns OA status and the best legal landing or PDF URL from Unpaywall; verifyCitation cross-checks the cited title against the resolved record at the cited identifier to detect the AI-driven fabrication pattern documented by Topaz et al. (Lancet 2026 — the dominant pattern is a real DOI paired with an invented title, which simple identifier resolution cannot catch). Each formatted response carries a provenance metadata block (formatter, styleUsed, requestId, warnings) so you can see exactly which engine produced each citation. Try asking your assistant: "Is this citation real, or did an AI make it up? 10.1056/NEJMoa2033700 — 'Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine'" "Has PMID 30049270 been retracted?" "Resolve arXiv:2301.08745 and tell me if there's a free open-access PDF" "Format 10.1056/NEJMoa2033700 in Vancouver style and export as BibTeX" Works anonymously with no key on a free, rate-limited tier. Add a free first-party API key (ssk_, from scholar-sidekick.com/account) for higher limits, or a RapidAPI key for paid/managed tiers.
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