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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

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