refcheck

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

stdio v0.1.0

Connection Configuration

Add this to your AI agent's MCP config file to connect.

Run in your terminal:

claude mcp add io.github.benchoi93--refcheck -- uvx

Transport

stdio

Authentication

None

Version

v0.1.0

Server Name

io.github.benchoi93/refcheck

Last Updated

Feb 25, 2026

How to install and connect this MCP server.

Environment variables you must provide when running this server.

Variable	Description	Required
`CROSSREF_EMAIL`	Your email for Crossref polite pool (faster rate limits)	Optional
`S2_API_KEY` secret	Semantic Scholar API key (free, from semanticscholar.org/product/api)	Optional
`ELSEVIER_KEY` secret	Elsevier/Scopus API key (from dev.elsevier.com)	Optional
`ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN` secret	Elsevier institutional token for higher rate limits	Optional
`IEEE_API_KEY` secret	IEEE Xplore API key (from developer.ieee.org)	Optional