citecheck vs Scholar Sidekick
citecheck is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
citecheck is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by aurelio-amerio. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Scholar Sidekick is an MCP server published by mlava. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |   Scholar Sidekick | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace aurelio-amerio/citecheck | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 0.1.8 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.8.13 Downloads/month (npm): 660 Downloads/week (npm): 140 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 | citecheckno longer listed · | Scholar Sidekick |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 11 |
| 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) | 6 | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aurelio-amerio/citecheck | github.com/mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 4 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 4 days ago |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of citecheck
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Audits LaTeX citations, cited-source metadata, and claim-to-source alignment.
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Checks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. No LLM.
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Verify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.
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Claude Code skill that verifies BibTeX entry content against Google Scholar and CrossRef.
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Paste a bibliography or a single reference and find out whether the papers are real.
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Search papers, format citations in 60 styles, and verify bibliographies against scholarly sources.
What each says it does
citecheck
Pertinence review for \cite references in LaTeX using parallel haiku scoring against InspireHEP and arXiv abstracts.
Scholar Sidekick
Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles.
How to run each
citecheck
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Scholar 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 citecheck 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: citecheck · What it can do: Scholar Sidekick · Compare two other plugins
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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.