Scholar Sidekick for Gemini CLI

io.github.mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp

Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles.

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http runtime:npm tools:7

Install Scholar Sidekick in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scholar-sidekick-mcp": {
      "httpUrl": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs