Manusights

Manusights MCP server

Manusights checks a manuscript before submission. This remote MCP server lets an AI assistant check references for retractions and DOI mismatches, look up a journal's recorded AI-use rules, and start a pre-submission preview of a manuscript.

• Server URL: https://manusights.com/mcp (streamable HTTP)
• Registry name: com.manusights/manusights in the official MCP Registry
• Sign-in: OAuth with dynamic client registration. Reference checks and journal lookups work without an account; the review tools ask you to sign in the first time you use them.

This repository holds the server's public description and setup notes, packaged as an Agent Plugins plugin: plugin.json (manifest), mcp.json and .mcp.json (the remote server), and one skill, skills/check-before-submission/SKILL.md, that tells an assistant how to use the tools and report their results. The server itself runs at manusights.com; there is no code to install.

Tools

Tool	What it does	Account
check_references	Checks references against Crossref, the DOI registry and Retraction Watch. References without a DOI are also searched in Semantic Scholar, PubMed, arXiv, Open Library and CRAN. Reports retractions, corrections, expressions of concern, DOI mismatches and references with no matching record.	Optional
get_journal_ai_policy	Returns a journal's recorded AI-use and disclosure rules with the official policy link and the date they were checked.	Optional
review_manuscript_text	Starts a preview from the complete manuscript text: a readiness score, a verdict and the main risks a reviewer may raise. Figures are not reviewed from text.	Required
review_manuscript	Starts a preview from an attached file, in clients that can pass the file's download URL (ChatGPT).	Required
get_manuscript_review	Reads a preview or review on your account.	Required
list_manuscript_reviews	Lists your account's 20 most recent reviews.	Required

Matching a record shows that a reference exists, not that it supports the claim it is cited for. A reference with no matching record may be a typo or a gap in the registries, not an invented paper.

Set up

Claude (claude.ai, desktop and mobile): open Customize, then Connectors, choose Add custom connector, name it Manusights and enter https://manusights.com/mcp. Guide: https://manusights.com/claude

ChatGPT: install Manusights from the ChatGPT app directory. Guide: https://manusights.com/chatgpt

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http manusights https://manusights.com/mcp

Then run /mcp, choose manusights and authenticate when you need a preview.

Codex:

codex mcp add manusights --url https://manusights.com/mcp
codex mcp login manusights

Cursor: add to .cursor/mcp.json in a project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project:

{ "mcpServers": { "manusights": { "url": "https://manusights.com/mcp" } } }

VS Code: add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{ "servers": { "manusights": { "type": "http", "url": "https://manusights.com/mcp" } } }

Ask for Manusights by name, for example: "Use Manusights to check these references before I submit."

Data

A reference check sends only the references to Manusights. A preview sends the manuscript text or file you share and saves the preview to your Manusights account. Manusights does not write or rewrite manuscripts. Privacy policy: https://manusights.com/privacy. Terms: https://manusights.com/terms. Developer reference: https://manusights.com/developers/connector

Support

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