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refcheck

io.github.benchoi93/refcheck·v0.1.0·Other
Quality Score
82
/100

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

§01  Install
Claude Desktop (uvx)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "refcheck": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "refcheck-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CROSSREF_EMAIL": "<crossref_email>",
        "S2_API_KEY": "<your-s2_api_key>",
        "ELSEVIER_KEY": "<your-elsevier_key>",
        "ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN": "<your-elsevier_insttoken>",
        "IEEE_API_KEY": "<your-ieee_api_key>"
      }
    }
  }
}
§02  Environment variables
CROSSREF_EMAIL

Your email for Crossref polite pool (faster rate limits)

S2_API_KEY
secret

Semantic Scholar API key (free, from semanticscholar.org/product/api)

ELSEVIER_KEY
secret

Elsevier/Scopus API key (from dev.elsevier.com)

ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN
secret

Elsevier institutional token for higher rate limits

IEEE_API_KEY
secret

IEEE Xplore API key (from developer.ieee.org)

§03  MCP Quality Score  ·  methodology
freshness
22
completeness
15
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
5
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