Scholar Sidekick

Resolves scholarly identifiers — DOI, PubMed ID, PMCID, ISBN, ISSN, arXiv, ADS bibcode — into clean, formatted citations in any of 10,000+ CSL styles. Returns plain text, HTML, Markdown, RIS, BibTeX, CSL-JSON, or EndNote XML for direct paste or reference manager import.

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// key findings

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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 1 critical

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: RAPIDAPI_KEY, SCHOLAR_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// known CVEs in dependencies1 critical

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

criticalvitest@2.1.9GHSA-5xrq-8626-4rwp

When Vitest UI server is listening, arbitrary file can be read and executed

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configCHECK_LIVE_CONTRACT

configCHECK_LIVE_WELL_KNOWN

configRAPIDAPI_HOST— No RapidAPI host (defaults to scholar-sidekick.p.rapidapi.com)

🔐 secretRAPIDAPI_KEY— set (which routes calls through the RapidAPI gateway).

🔐 secretSCHOLAR_API_KEY— [scholar-sidekick.com/account](https://scholar-sidekick.com/account) and set .

configSCHOLAR_SIDEKICK_TIMEOUT_MS— No Request timeout in milliseconds (default: 30000)

configSCHOLAR_SIDEKICK_URL— No Override the API base URL (defaults to https://scholar-sidekick.com, or the RapidAPI gateway when RAPIDAPI_KEY is set).

// full audit trail

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: e23fec691b74e0abdc9af949b96c0ffedef714cd

code hash: 38a8cdf2869968e393d8de6137cb0534be70682394cc4f623d27ec524f5e521b

verified: 6/10/2026, 11:26:19 AM

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