refcheck for VS Code
io.github.benchoi93/refcheck
Verify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install refcheck in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "crossref-email",
"description": "CROSSREF_EMAIL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "s2-api-key",
"description": "S2_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "elsevier-key",
"description": "ELSEVIER_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "elsevier-insttoken",
"description": "ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "ieee-api-key",
"description": "IEEE_API_KEY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"refcheck": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"refcheck-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CROSSREF_EMAIL": "${input:crossref-email}",
"S2_API_KEY": "${input:s2-api-key}",
"ELSEVIER_KEY": "${input:elsevier-key}",
"ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN": "${input:elsevier-insttoken}",
"IEEE_API_KEY": "${input:ieee-api-key}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs