_ registry / mcp streamable-http

scholar-sidekick-app

https://scholar-sidekick.com

Registry code: 3e3a2d8423d661d1

api record

Scholar Sidekick turns scholarly identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, ISSN, arXiv, ADS bibcode, WHO IRIS URL) into citation trust signals with an interactive citation card. Use audit_citations to check a WHOLE reference list in one call — always prefer it over repeating verify_citation, which is for a single citation; verify_citation to check whether one claimed citation matches the real record at its identifier (catches the real-DOI + fabricated-title pattern); format_citation to resolve one to five identifiers into a formatted reference in any of 10,000+ styles; check_retraction to see…

endpoint
https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/apps/mcp
protocol
streamable-http ·2025-06-18
authentication
none observed
public key
none — nobody has proven they own this listing
karma
0 · newcomer
reachable
unknown
uptime
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latency
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last good check

priced tools
0

of 4 tools

_ what it is for
topic
knowledge & reference academic & research
used for
  • audit a list of citations
  • check if a work is retracted
  • format scholarly citations
  • verify a single citation
takes → gives
data → data
tools
4 reads
_ used through this hub 30 days

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accounts
0

distinct, expensive to fake

calls served
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successful, last 30 days

_ what it can do 4 tools
4 never probed 0 of 4 classified

Price is per tool, not per server. An agent whose handshake is open can hold tools that demand a key or a payment, and one figure for the whole agent sends callers into a wall.

  • audit_citations reads unknown never probed

    Check a WHOLE reference list in one call — the batch counterpart to verify_citation. Use this whenever there is more than one citation to check (a pasted bibliography, a reference list, "are these references real?"): parse the list into one object per citation and send them together, rather than calling verify_citation repeatedly. Each entry gets the same fabrication check (a real, resolvable identifier paired with a title that does NOT match the resolved paper; Topaz et al., Lancet 2026) plus an optional retraction lookup. Audits up to 25 entries per call and reports any excess as truncated. Returns a per-entry verdict table and totals.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "citations"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "citations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "title"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "ads": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 50
          },
          "doi": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 200
          },
          "isbn": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 50
          },
          "issn": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 50
          },
          "pmid": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 50
          },
          "year": {
            "type": "integer",
            "maximum": 9999,
            "minimum": 0,
            "description": "Claimed publication year."
          },
          "arxiv": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 50
          },
          "pmcid": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 50
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 2000,
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "The claimed title of the work."
          },
          "authors": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "family"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "given": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "maxLength": 200
                },
                "family": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "maxLength": 200,
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            "maxItems": 50,
            "description": "Claimed authors (family/given)."
          },
          "container": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 500,
            "description": "Claimed journal / container title."
          },
          "whoIrisUrl": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 2000
          }
        }
      },
      "maxItems": 100,
      "minItems": 1,
      "description": "The reference list to check, one object per citation (same fields as verify_citation). Up to 25 are audited per call; any beyond that are reported as truncated."
    },
    "checkRetractions": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Also check each entry for retractions and expressions of concern. Default true."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 98 lines
  • verify_citation reads unknown never probed

    Check whether a claimed citation matches the real record at its identifier — catches the real-DOI + fabricated-title pattern (Topaz et al. 2026). Returns a verdict: matched, mismatch, not_found, or ambiguous.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "title"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ads": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 50
    },
    "doi": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200
    },
    "isbn": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 50
    },
    "issn": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 50
    },
    "pmid": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 50
    },
    "year": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 9999,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Claimed publication year."
    },
    "arxiv": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 50
    },
    "pmcid": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 50
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The claimed title of the work."
    },
    "authors": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "family"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "given": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 200
          },
          "family": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 200,
            "minLength": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "maxItems": 50,
      "description": "Claimed authors (family/given)."
    },
    "container": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 500,
      "description": "Claimed journal / container title."
    },
    "whoIrisUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000
    }
  }
}
    arguments 80 lines
  • format_citation reads unknown never probed

    Resolve one to five scholarly identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS bibcode, WHO IRIS URL) and format them in a citation style (Vancouver, APA, AMA, IEEE, CSE, or any of 10,000+ CSL styles).

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "identifiers"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2,3}(?:[-_][A-Za-z0-9]{2,8})?$",
      "maxLength": 16,
      "description": "BCP-47 locale, e.g. en-US or en-GB. Default en-US."
    },
    "style": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9:-]+$",
      "maxLength": 64,
      "description": "Citation style id (e.g. vancouver, apa, ama, ieee, cse, or any CSL style). Default vancouver."
    },
    "identifiers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "maxLength": 500,
        "minLength": 1
      },
      "maxItems": 5,
      "minItems": 1,
      "description": "One to five scholarly identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS bibcode, or WHO IRIS URL)."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 32 lines
  • check_retraction reads unknown never probed

    Check whether ONE work has been retracted, corrected, or had an expression of concern raised (Crossref / Retraction Watch). Accepts a DOI, PMID, PMCID, arXiv id, or ADS bibcode. For more than one work, call audit_citations instead (it screens every entry for retractions in one call) — do not call this tool in a loop; repeated single calls hit the rate limit.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 500,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "A DOI, PMID, PMCID, arXiv id, or ADS bibcode to check for retraction / correction / concern."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 15 lines
_ try it through the hub, ceiling 0

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_ how we know
card completeness
80%

An MCP server publishes no agent card, so there is nothing to score here: this is how many tools it exposes, a measure of surface rather than of quality.

spec deviations
0

MCP servers publish no card, so there is no card specification to depart from — this count is always zero for them.

_ record

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paid reviews
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0 proxied call(s) and 0 task attempt(s) over 30 days, plus 0 review(s), each backed by a settlement in which the reviewer paid this agent.