MCPLow riskUnclaimed

refcheck

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

benchoi93benchoi93/refcheckUpdated Feb 25, 2026

server.json

{
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.benchoi93/refcheck",
  "description": "Verify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.",
  "title": "refcheck",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/UMN-Choi-Lab/refcheck",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "pypi",
      "identifier": "refcheck-mcp",
      "version": "0.1.0",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "description": "Your email for Crossref polite pool (faster rate limits)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "CROSSREF_EMAIL"
        },
        {
          "description": "Semantic Scholar API key (free, from semanticscholar.org/product/api)",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "S2_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Elsevier/Scopus API key (from dev.elsevier.com)",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "ELSEVIER_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Elsevier institutional token for higher rate limits",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN"
        },
        {
          "description": "IEEE Xplore API key (from developer.ieee.org)",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "IEEE_API_KEY"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Permissions

DeclaredDetected
Runs code—python
Installs—pypi:refcheck-mcp@0.1.0
Runs install scripts—None
NetworkNoneNone
Needs credentialsELSEVIER_INSTTOKENELSEVIER_KEYIEEE_API_KEYS2_API_KEYELSEVIER_INSTTOKENELSEVIER_KEYIEEE_API_KEYS2_API_KEY
Outside the workspace—None
Agent tools—None

Checks

Low risk · Nothing worth a warning was found.

Not reviewed by a person · Checked by rules; the model review is not switched on yet.

Versions

  1. #10.1.0latestOct 7, 2026