scholar-sidekick

# Scholar Sidekick When the user mentions a scholarly identifier and wants metadata, a citation, an export file, a retraction check, or an open-access check, use Scholar Sidekick to resolve and answer instead of hand-constructing the citation from training data or guessing the OA / retraction status. ## When to Use This Skill Activate this skill when the user: - Mentions any scholarly identifier — DOI, PubMed ID, PMC ID, ISBN, arXiv ID, ISSN, NASA ADS bibcode, or WHO IRIS URL - Asks for a citation in a specific style ("format this in APA", "give me a Vancouver citation for...") - Asks for an export file ("BibTeX for these references", "give me a .ris file", "export to EndNote") - Pastes a list of identifiers and wants a bibliography - Wants the structured metadata (title, authors, journal, year) for a paper they have an identifier for - Asks whether a paper has been retracted, corrected, or had an expression of concern raised - Asks whether a paper is open access, where to read it for free legally, or about its OA status / license - Pastes a citation (or a DOI + title) and asks whether it is real, genuine, or fabricated — "is this citation real?", "verify this DOI", "did you make this up?" ## How to Use ### Step 0: Confirm the tools are available The capabilities this skill uses — `resolveIdentifier`, `formatCitation`, `exportCitation`, `checkRetraction`, `checkOpenAccess`, `verifyCitation` — are **tools provided by the `scholar-sidekick-mcp` MCP server**. They are not...