Scholar Sidekick

Name: Scholar Sidekick
Author: mlava

MCP serverMCP

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

by mlavarepository ↗homepage ↗v0.8.13MIT

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when	check	result	http	latency	detail
27 min ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	377 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools
7 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	408 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools
14 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	295 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools
21 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	382 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools
27 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	309 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools
34 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	257 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools
2 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	268 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools
2 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	269 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools
2 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	261 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools
3 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	477 ms	server scholar-sidekick 0.8.13 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 7 tools

Tools observed via MCP handshake

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 2
auditBibliography — Verify a WHOLE bibliography in one call — the batch counterpart to verifyCitation. Each entry runs the same fabrication check (real, resolvable identifier paire
checkRetraction — Check whether a single scholarly work has been retracted, corrected, or had an expression of concern raised.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 retract
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
resolveIdentifier — Resolve scholarly identifiers to structured CSL JSON metadata (title, authors, journal, year, identifiers). Use when the user wants raw bibliographic data to in
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, messag
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,

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npm registryscholar-sidekick-mcp

first seen 2 mo ago · fetched 10 h agoopen ↗

Official MCP Registryio.github.mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp

first seen 1 mo ago · fetched 27 h agoopen ↗

Field history (12 recent events)

4 d ago · declared · version → "0.8.13"
5 d ago · observed · packageFacts → {"name":"scholar-sidekick-mcp","registry":"npm","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T22:07:57.906Z","latestVersion":"0.8.13","weekl
7 d ago · declared · version → "0.8.12"
9 d ago · observed · packageFacts → {"name":"scholar-sidekick-mcp","registry":"npm","publishedAt":"2026-10-12T01:04:37.845Z","latestVersion":"0.8.12","weekl
1 mo ago · declared · name → "Scholar Sidekick"
1 mo ago · declared · repoUrl → "https://github.com/mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp"
1 mo ago · declared · description → "Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles."
1 mo ago · declared · summary → "Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles."
2 mo ago · declared · summary → "MCP server that catches AI-fabricated citations: verifies a claimed title against the real record at its DOI or PMID, a
2 mo ago · observed · packageFacts → {"name":"scholar-sidekick-mcp","registry":"npm","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T03:35:03.978Z","latestVersion":"0.8.11","weekl
2 mo ago · declared · description → "MCP server that catches AI-fabricated citations: verifies a claimed title against the real record at its DOI or PMID, a
2 mo ago · declared · publisherName → "mlava"