Add refcheck: academic reference verification server#3406
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Closing — submitting to the MCP Server Registry (modelcontextprotocol/registry) instead per the repo's updated policy. |
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Summary
Adds refcheck to the community servers list — an MCP server that verifies academic references against real publication databases.
What it does
verify_reference— Checks if a citation is real by fuzzy-matching against Crossref, Semantic Scholar, arXiv, Scopus, and IEEE Xplore. Returnsverified,partial_match, ornot_foundwith confidence score and corrected BibTeX.search_references— Finds real papers on a topic. Only returns database-backed results.get_bibtex— Exports publication-ready BibTeX by DOI, title, or Semantic Scholar ID. Supports batch export.Why it matters
LLMs frequently hallucinate academic citations — plausible-looking references with fabricated titles, authors, DOIs, or venues. This MCP server gives AI assistants direct access to real publication databases so every citation can be verified before use.
Tech stack
Python, FastMCP, httpx (async), Pydantic v2, rapidfuzz. Works with zero API keys (Crossref + arXiv are free), with optional keys for Semantic Scholar, Scopus, and IEEE Xplore.