MCPLow riskUnclaimed
refcheck
Verify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.
benchoi93benchoi93/refcheck
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—
pythonInstalls—
pypi:refcheck-mcp@0.1.0Runs install scripts—None
NetworkNoneNone
Needs credentials
ELSEVIER_INSTTOKENELSEVIER_KEYIEEE_API_KEYS2_API_KEYELSEVIER_INSTTOKENELSEVIER_KEYIEEE_API_KEYS2_API_KEYOutside 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
- #10.1.0latestOct 7, 2026
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