cite2fn vs Scholar Sidekick
cite2fn is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by anitasrinivasan. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Scholar Sidekick is an MCP server published by mlava. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  cite2fn |   Scholar Sidekick |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.8.13 Downloads/month (npm): 983 Downloads/week (npm): 525 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.8.13 Downloads/month (npm): 983 Downloads/week (npm): 525 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | cite2fn | Scholar Sidekick |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 11 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-16 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/anitasrinivasan/cite2fn | github.com/mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 7 days ago |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
cite2fn
A Claude Code plugin that converts hyperlinked citations, parenthetical references, and inline author-date mentions in Word documents into properly formatted Bluebook footnotes or endnotes. Key features - Detects 5 citation patterns: external hyperlinks, internal anchor links, parentheticals, inline author-date, and existing footnotes - Handles split hyperlinks from Google Docs exports (where a single citation spans multiple XML elements) - Fetches bibliographic metadata from academic sources (arXiv, SSRN, DOI, ACM DL, and more) - Supports both footnotes and endnotes with arabic numeral numbering - Preserves author names that are grammatically part of a sentence - Tracks repeated sources for Id. and supra short forms - Adds Word comments to flag anything that needs manual attention - Removes the References section after its content has been moved to footnotes Interactive review — Claude shows you every citation before modifying the document
Scholar Sidekick
Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles.
How to run each
cite2fn As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install cite2fn@claude-communityScholar Sidekick As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http scholar-sidekick-mcp https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Scholar Sidekick has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither the marketplaces of cite2fn nor its endpoint list any tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: cite2fn · What it can do: Scholar Sidekick · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.