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refcheck MCP Server

io.github.benchoi93/refcheck

What is the refcheck MCP server?

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

How to install refcheck

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • CROSSREF_EMAIL

    Your email for Crossref polite pool (faster rate limits)

  • S2_API_KEY
    secret

    Semantic Scholar API key (free, from semanticscholar.org/product/api)

  • ELSEVIER_KEY
    secret

    Elsevier/Scopus API key (from dev.elsevier.com)

  • ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN
    secret

    Elsevier institutional token for higher rate limits

  • IEEE_API_KEY
    secret

    IEEE Xplore API key (from developer.ieee.org)

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "refcheck": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "refcheck-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CROSSREF_EMAIL": "<YOUR_CROSSREF_EMAIL>",
        "S2_API_KEY": "<YOUR_S2_API_KEY>",
        "ELSEVIER_KEY": "<YOUR_ELSEVIER_KEY>",
        "ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN": "<YOUR_ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN>",
        "IEEE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_IEEE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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