# reference-mcp

> Get citation data from CiteAs and Google Scholar

Record `reference-mcp-2` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/reference-mcp-2/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/reference-mcp-2
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/reference-mcp-2/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/ndchikin/reference-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/ndchikin/reference-mcp
- version: 0.1.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: automation, git, llm, mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:reference-mcp

### Description (declared)

# CiteAssist MCP server

[![smithery badge](https://smithery.ai/badge/@ndchikin/reference-mcp)](https://smithery.ai/server/@ndchikin/reference-mcp)

A Model Context Protocol server that provides BibTeX-formatted citation data from CiteAs and Google Scholar. Enhance your research workflow by integrating citation retrieval directly into your applications.

## Components

### Tools

* `get_citeas_data` - Retrieve BibTeX-formatted citation for the specified resource from the CiteAs
  * `resource` (string, required): DOI, URL, keyword
* `get_scholar_data` - Retrieve BibTeX-formatted citations from the Google Scholar
  * `query` (string, required): Search query
  * `results` (integer, optional): Number of results (default: 2)

## Quickstart

### Install

#### Claude Desktop

On MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

On Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration:

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "reference-mcp": {
    "command": "uv",
    "args": [
      "--directory",
      "/path/to/project/dir",
      "run",
      "reference-mcp"
    ]
  }
}
```

Published Servers Configuration:

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "reference-mcp": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "reference-mcp"
    ]
  }
}
```

### Installing via Smithery

To install reference-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@ndchikin/reference-mcp):

```bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @ndchikin/reference-mcp --client claude
```

## Development

### Building and Publishing

To prepare the package for distribution:

1. Sync dependencies and update lockfile:
```bash
uv sync
```

2. Build package distributions:
```bash
uv build
```

This will create source and wheel distributions in the `dist/` directory.

3. Publish to PyPI:
```bash
uv publish
```

Note: You'll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:
- Token: `--token` or `UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN`
- Or user…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (1, derived)
- dev.docs-lookup (1, derived)
- dev.version-control (1, declared)
- research.academic (0.825, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/reference-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T11:26:32.891Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/reference-mcp-2/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/reference-mcp-2 · ARD identifier urn:air::server:reference-mcp-2