scholar-sidekick-clilisted

# Scholar Sidekick (CLI) — Citations, Retraction & Open-Access from the terminal Turn a scholarly identifier into a formatted citation, a bibliography file, or an integrity check (retraction / open-access / fabrication) by running the `scholar` command. The CLI is a thin wrapper over the public Scholar Sidekick REST API. **No API key required** for the free, rate-limited tier — and ergonomic subcommands mean you don't hand-build JSON request bodies. > Pick the skill that matches how your agent is wired — all three expose the same capabilities: > - **`scholar-sidekick-cli`** (this skill): you can run Node ≥20 and prefer typed subcommands, > batch input, streaming, and `> file` redirection over crafting `curl` payloads. > - **`scholar-sidekick-api`**: truly zero-install — the agent already speaks `curl`/HTTP and > wants the leanest dependency surface. Start there if you don't want a Node dependency. > - **`scholar-sidekick-mcp`**: the host has the Scholar Sidekick MCP server connected — native > tool calls, no shelling out. ## When to Use - The user has an identifier (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS bibcode, WHO IRIS URL) and wants metadata, a formatted citation, or a bibliography file, **and** the environment has Node ≥20. - "Cite this in APA/Vancouver/Chicago…", "give me a BibTeX/RIS file", "export these refs to a file". - "Has this been retracted?", "is this open access?", "is this citation real / did you make it up?" - Batch jobs: several identifiers at on