CiteNexus for VS Code
io.github.akougkas/cite-nexus-mcp
Search scholarly sources, verify references, and export citations with traceable evidence.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install CiteNexus in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "cite-nexus-contact-email",
"description": "CITE_NEXUS_CONTACT_EMAIL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "semantic-scholar-api-key",
"description": "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "openalex-api-key",
"description": "OPENALEX_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "serpapi-api-key",
"description": "SERPAPI_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "scopus-api-key",
"description": "SCOPUS_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "scopus-insttoken",
"description": "SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "wos-api-key",
"description": "WOS_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "unpaywall-email",
"description": "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"cite-nexus-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"cite-nexus-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CITE_NEXUS_CONTACT_EMAIL": "${input:cite-nexus-contact-email}",
"SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "${input:semantic-scholar-api-key}",
"OPENALEX_API_KEY": "${input:openalex-api-key}",
"SERPAPI_API_KEY": "${input:serpapi-api-key}",
"SCOPUS_API_KEY": "${input:scopus-api-key}",
"SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN": "${input:scopus-insttoken}",
"WOS_API_KEY": "${input:wos-api-key}",
"UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "${input:unpaywall-email}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs