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Scholar Sidekick Mcp

Category: General  ·  Sub-category: research-misc  ·  Last updated:
Use the connected scholar-sidekick-mcp MCP server when the user mentions a scholarly identifier (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, NASA ADS bibcode, WHO IRIS URL) and wants structured metadata, a formatted citation, a bibliography export file, a retraction check, an open-access check, or verification that a claimed citation is real (not fabricated). Requires the MCP server connected with a RAPIDAPI_KEY; for a zero-install path use the scholar-sidekick-api skill instead.

From the source SKILL.md

When the user mentions a scholarly identifier and wants metadata, a citation, an export file, a retraction check, or an open-access check, use Scholar Sidekick to resolve and answer instead of hand-constructing the citation from training data or guessing the OA / retraction status.

What this skill does

Scholar Sidekick Mcp is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the research-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/scholar-sidekick-mcp/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Scholar Sidekick Mcp Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/scholar-sidekick-mcp
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/scholar-sidekick-mcp/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/scholar-sidekick-mcp/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/scholar-sidekick-mcp/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/scholar-sidekick-mcp/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\scholar-sidekick-mcp\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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