Agent MCP Directory

Scholar Sidekick: MCP server, CLI and agent surfaces

Yes: Scholar Sidekick runs a public MCP server at scholar-sidekick.com that listed 7 tools to a client with no credentials on 4 November 2026. Examples: verifyCitation, auditBibliography, checkRetraction. It speaks streamable-http, protocol 2025-11-25. Ora's cached score for scholar-sidekick.com is 98, grade A+, read on 5 November 2026.

Fact sheet

CompanyScholar Sidekick
Domainscholar-sidekick.com
CategoryUncategorised (assigned by this directory from the registry description)
MCP serverVerified (No authentication)
Ora score98, grade A+; Ora scanned the domain on 29 October 2026 and the cached score was read on 5 November 2026 from its score API (Ora's score page for scholar-sidekick.com, a vendor-published score)
Company found throughthe GitHub MCP Registry
Last verified4 November 2026

MCP server

Endpointhttps://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp
How it was foundlisted in the GitHub MCP Registry
Transportstreamable-http
HTTP status200
Protocol version2025-11-25
Serverscholar-sidekick 0.8.13
Capabilitiestools, prompts, resources
Tools7
Resources4
Prompts7
Connected4 November 2026, 20:04 UTC
Handshake time1,947 ms over 1 attempt

Tools listed

7 tools

  • verifyCitation
  • auditBibliography
  • checkRetraction
  • checkOpenAccess
  • resolveIdentifier
  • formatCitation
  • exportCitation

Connector log

2 connections on 4 November 2026, read-only methods only

  • 19:59:22Z https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp sent initialize, notifications/initialized, tools/list, resources/list, prompts/list result verified (HTTP 200) 2796 ms
  • 20:04:24Z https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp sent initialize, notifications/initialized, tools/list, resources/list, prompts/list result verified (HTTP 200) 1947 ms

Authentication

Auth typeNo authentication

The sign-in route, step by step

  1. Send the handshake to https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp over streamable-http. Servers on the 2026-07-28 revision answer server/discover; older servers answer initialize.
  2. Send tools/list, then resources/list and prompts/list if the capabilities name them.
  3. Send no token. The connector sent none and the server answered, so any MCP client can read this list.
  4. Calling a tool is a separate step this directory never takes.

See OAuth for MCP: client ID metadata documents and dynamic registration for how each route works.

CLI

No CLI is on record for Scholar Sidekick. The directory checks a package only where a source names one, so this is a floor: a company can ship a command line that no source read for this edition mentions. See shipping a CLI agents can use.

Other agent surfaces

Agent surfaces other than MCP and CLI
SurfaceResult
OpenAPI fileFound: scholar-sidekick.com (JSON, via a direct request).
WebMCP in the initial HTMLNot checked: the home page was not read by the shared crawl.
MCP discovery fileNot checked: the domain is not in the shared crawl for this edition.
A2A agent cardNot checked: the domain is not in the shared crawl for this edition.
A2A agent card (older path)Not checked: the domain is not in the shared crawl for this edition.
agents.jsonNot checked: the domain is not in the shared crawl for this edition.
OAuth authorization server metadataNot checked: the domain is not in the shared crawl for this edition.
NLWeb endpointNot checked in this edition.

Registry listings

Registry listings
RegistryListed
Official MCP RegistryNo
GitHub MCP RegistryYes
awesome-remote-mcp-serversNo
SmitheryNot checked: Smithery's listing pages and search API were unavailable on 4 November 2026.
GlamaNot checked: Glama's API needs a key and attribution terms.