mcpField
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refcheck

refcheck

Local
github.com/UMN-Choi-LabScience & Education
Repository

About refcheck

Verify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "benchoi93-refcheck": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "refcheck-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CROSSREF_EMAIL": "<CROSSREF_EMAIL>",
        "S2_API_KEY": "<S2_API_KEY>",
        "ELSEVIER_KEY": "<ELSEVIER_KEY>",
        "ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN": "<ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN>",
        "IEEE_API_KEY": "<IEEE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Run commanduvx refcheck-mcp
Environment variables to set
CROSSREF_EMAILYour email for Crossref polite pool (faster rate limits)
S2_API_KEYSecretSemantic Scholar API key (free, from semanticscholar.org/product/api)
ELSEVIER_KEYSecretElsevier/Scopus API key (from dev.elsevier.com)
ELSEVIER_INSTTOKENSecretElsevier institutional token for higher rate limits
IEEE_API_KEYSecretIEEE Xplore API key (from developer.ieee.org)

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
pypirefcheck-mcp0.1.0

Tools

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Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

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