What is scholar-sidekick-mcp?
scholar-sidekick-mcp is a MCP server by mlava that resolve scholarly identifiers (DOI, PMID, ISBN, arXiv and more) to CSL JSON, format citations in thousands of styles, or export to BibTeX, RIS or EndNote. It is listed under Knowledge & memory and has 11 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | mlava |
| Repository | mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp |
| Popularity | 11 GitHub stars |
| Category | Knowledge & memory |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #1,670 of 4,418 MCP servers; #189 in Knowledge & memory |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-15 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is scholar-sidekick-mcp safe to install?
scholar-sidekick-mcp scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install scholar-sidekick-mcp?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add scholar-sidekick-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http scholar-sidekick-mcp <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs scholar-sidekick-mcp for you:
Add the "scholar-sidekick-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.