INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

formatCitation

Format scholarly identifiers into a finished citation in a specific style.

scholar-sidekick.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

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

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for formatCitation and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.scholar-sidekick]
url = "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: scholar-sidekick
Remote MCP URL: https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

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

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

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

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "scholar-sidekick",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

exportCitation — Export scholarly identifiers to a bibliography file format ready to write to disk or paste into a reference manager.
resolveIdentifier — Resolve scholarly identifiers to structured CSL JSON metadata (title, authors, journal, year, identifiers).
checkRetraction — Check whether a single scholarly work has been retracted, corrected, or had an expression of concern raised.
checkOpenAccess — Check whether a single scholarly work is openly accessible and where to find the best legal version.
verifyCitation — Verify a claimed citation against the resolved record at its identifier.
auditBibliography — Verify a WHOLE bibliography in one call — the batch counterpart to verifyCitation.