Refcheck MCP Server

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

Local serverstdio

What is the Refcheck MCP Server?

Refcheck is an MCP integration. Verify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.

Packages and local setup

The published pypi package is refcheck-mcp, version 0.1.0. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares CROSSREF_EMAIL: Your email for Crossref polite pool (faster rate limits); S2_API_KEY: Semantic Scholar API key (free, from semanticscholar.org/product/api); ELSEVIER_KEY: Elsevier/Scopus API key (from dev.elsevier.com); ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN: Elsevier institutional token for higher rate limits; IEEE_API_KEY: IEEE Xplore API key (from developer.ieee.org).

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository. This profile uses version 0.1.0 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
CROSSREF_EMAILYour email for Crossref polite pool (faster rate limits)Optional
S2_API_KEYSemantic Scholar API key (free, from semanticscholar.org/product/api)Optional
ELSEVIER_KEYElsevier/Scopus API key (from dev.elsevier.com)Optional
ELSEVIER_INSTTOKENElsevier institutional token for higher rate limitsOptional
IEEE_API_KEYIEEE Xplore API key (from developer.ieee.org)Optional