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Scholar Sidekick CLI is a command-line client for resolving scholarly identifiers and producing clean bibliographic output, straight from your terminal. Give it any supported identifier - DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv ID, ISSN, NASA ADS bibcode, or WHO IRIS URL - and: - Format citations in 10,000+ CSL styles (Vancouver, APA, AMA, IEEE, CSE, and any CSL style ID) - Export bibliographies to BibTeX, RIS, CSL JSON, EndNote, RefWorks, MEDLINE, Zotero RDF, CSV, or plain text - Check retraction status (retractions, corrections, expressions of concern; Crossref / Retraction Watch) - Check open access status and the best legal copy (Unpaywall) - Verify that a claimed citation actually matches the paper at its identifier — catching the AI-driven "real DOI + invented title" fabrication pattern No API key is required for the free, rate-limited tier - npm install -g scholar-sidekick-cli (or npx) and go. Add a key to raise limits. Requires Node.js >= 20. MIT licensed; source on GitHub.

Scholar Sidekick MCP Server gives any MCP-capable AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Cline, Continue, and others) six citation tools. From any supported identifier - DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv ID, ISSN, NASA ADS bibcode, or WHO IRIS URL - it can: - resolveIdentifier - return structured bibliographic metadata (CSL JSON) - formatCitation - format into 10,000+ CSL styles (Vancouver, APA, AMA, IEEE, CSE, or any CSL style ID) - exportCitation - export to BibTeX, RIS, CSL JSON, EndNote, RefWorks, MEDLINE, Zotero RDF, CSV, or plain text - checkRetraction - surface retractions, corrections, and expressions of concern (Crossref / Retraction Watch) - checkOpenAccess - report OA status and the best legal landing/PDF URL (Unpaywall) - verifyCitation - cross-check a claimed citation against the record at its identifier, detecting the AI-driven "real DOI + invented title" fabrication pattern that simple resolution cannot catch MIT licensed; source on GitHub.