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Scholar Sidekick WebMCP tools

Paste a DOI, PMID, ISBN, or arXiv ID and get a clean citation in Vancouver, APA, IEEE, or any of 10,000+ styles. Export to BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, and more.

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What an agent can do on Scholar Sidekick

Paste a DOI, PMID, ISBN, or arXiv ID and get a clean citation in Vancouver, APA, IEEE, or any of 10,000+ styles. Export to BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, and more. This page documents every listed tool: what it does, how to install it, and the input fields an agent should send.

WebMCP tools on Scholar Sidekick

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resolveIdentifier

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Resolve scholarly identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS, WHO IRIS) to structured CSL-JSON metadata. Read-only.

How to install

Open the scholar-sidekick.com website and ask your browser agent to use resolveIdentifier

Install browse first, then run the command in a terminal. WebMCP tools run directly on the website and do not need a package install.

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Use the resolveIdentifier tool on scholar-sidekick.com with text: <string>. Return the structured result and cite the source page.

Input contract

text string One or more identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS bibcode, WHO IRIS URL) separated by newlines or commas.

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formatCitation

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Format scholarly identifiers into a finished citation in a style — vancouver (default), ama, apa, ieee, cse, or any of 10,000+ CSL styles. Read-only.

How to install

Open the scholar-sidekick.com website and ask your browser agent to use formatCitation

Install browse first, then run the command in a terminal. WebMCP tools run directly on the website and do not need a package install.

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Use the formatCitation tool on scholar-sidekick.com with text: <string>, style: <string>, lang: <string>, footnote: <boolean>, output: <string>. Return the structured result and cite the source page.

Input contract

text string One or more identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS bibcode, WHO IRIS URL) separated by newlines or commas.
style string Citation style: vancouver (default), ama, apa, ieee, cse, or a CSL id.
lang string Locale (e.g. en-US, en-GB, fr-FR).
footnote boolean Footnote form instead of bibliography.
output string Default text.

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exportCitation

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Export scholarly identifiers to a bibliography file format (BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, RefWorks, NBIB, Zotero RDF, CSL-JSON, CSV). Read-only.

How to install

Open the scholar-sidekick.com website and ask your browser agent to use exportCitation

Install browse first, then run the command in a terminal. WebMCP tools run directly on the website and do not need a package install.

Run with an agent

Use the exportCitation tool on scholar-sidekick.com with text: <string>, format: <string>, style: <string>, lang: <string>. Return the structured result and cite the source page.

Input contract

text string One or more identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS bibcode, WHO IRIS URL) separated by newlines or commas.
format string Export format.
style string Citation style (txt export only).
lang string Locale (e.g. en-US).

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checkRetraction

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Check whether a single work has been retracted, corrected, or flagged with an expression of concern (Crossref / Retraction Watch). Read-only.

How to install

Open the scholar-sidekick.com website and ask your browser agent to use checkRetraction

Install browse first, then run the command in a terminal. WebMCP tools run directly on the website and do not need a package install.

Run with an agent

Use the checkRetraction tool on scholar-sidekick.com with id: <string>. Return the structured result and cite the source page.

Input contract

id string A single scholarly identifier (DOI, PMID, PMCID, arXiv, ISBN, or ADS bibcode; prefixes tolerated). Exactly one — batches are not accepted.

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checkOpenAccess

Check a single work's open-access status and best legal full-text URL (Unpaywall). Read-only.

How to install

Open the scholar-sidekick.com website and ask your browser agent to use checkOpenAccess

Install browse first, then run the command in a terminal. WebMCP tools run directly on the website and do not need a package install.

Run with an agent

Use the checkOpenAccess tool on scholar-sidekick.com with id: <string>. Return the structured result and cite the source page.

Input contract

id string A single scholarly identifier (DOI, PMID, PMCID, arXiv, ISBN, or ADS bibcode; prefixes tolerated). Exactly one — batches are not accepted.

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verifyCitation

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Verify a claimed citation against the record at its identifier — catches the real-identifier + fabricated-title pattern (Topaz et al., Lancet 2026). Pass title plus one identifier. Read-only.

How to install

Open the scholar-sidekick.com website and ask your browser agent to use verifyCitation

Install browse first, then run the command in a terminal. WebMCP tools run directly on the website and do not need a package install.

Run with an agent

Use the verifyCitation tool on scholar-sidekick.com with title: <string>, doi: <string>, pmid: <string>, pmcid: <string>, isbn: <string>, arxiv: <string>, issn: <string>, ads: <string>, whoIrisUrl: <string>, author: <string>, year: <integer>, container: <string>, screenWithLlm: <boolean>. Return the structured result and cite the source page.

Input contract

title string Cited title (required).
doi string DOI as cited.
pmid string PubMed ID.
pmcid string PubMed Central ID.
isbn string ISBN.
arxiv string arXiv ID.
issn string ISSN.
ads string NASA ADS bibcode.
whoIrisUrl string WHO IRIS URL.
author string First-author family name.
year integer Publication year.
container string Journal / container name.
screenWithLlm boolean Opt-in Stage 3 LLM screen (requires an authenticated key).

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auditBibliography

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Audit a whole bibliography (BibTeX / RIS / CSL-JSON text, or a claims[] array) in one call — per-entry fabrication verdict + retraction, plus a corpus summary. Batch counterpart to verifyCitation. Read-only.

How to install

Open the scholar-sidekick.com website and ask your browser agent to use auditBibliography

Install browse first, then run the command in a terminal. WebMCP tools run directly on the website and do not need a package install.

Run with an agent

Use the auditBibliography tool on scholar-sidekick.com with bibliography: <string>, format: <string>, claims: <array>, checks: <array>, screenWithLlm: <boolean>. Return the structured result and cite the source page.

Input contract

bibliography string Raw BibTeX / RIS / CSL-JSON text (provide this OR claims).
format string Override format auto-detection.
claims array Pre-parsed citations (provide this OR bibliography).
checks array Per-entry checks. Default ['retraction']; pass [] to skip.
screenWithLlm boolean Opt-in Stage 3 LLM screen (requires an authenticated key).

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