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What can you do with Scite MCP?

Search for papers with Smart Citations — Ask "@Scite find papers on CRISPR gene editing" to retrieve scholarly articles with citation context.
Activate the connector in ChatGPT — Type @Scite in a prompt to trigger the MCP connector and access Scite's citation data.
Reconnect a disconnected session — Use the "Reconnect" option in ChatGPT's menu to restore Scite functionality between sessions.
Configure OAuth 2.0 manually — Set up custom integrations using the documented authorization, token, and registration endpoints for non-MCP clients.

Hosted MCP Server

npx add-mcp 'https://api.scite.ai/mcp'

Installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more

Documentation

Setup

Start a free trial to use Scite MCP. Create an account to get started.

Step 1: Configure

Open Scite in ChatGPT

Step 2: Authenticate

After starting the app, ChatGPT will prompt you to sign in with your Scite account.

Step 3: Use it

To use Scite in your prompts, type @Scite to activate the connector. For best performance, refresh or reconnect the Scite connector before each session by clicking the ··· menu next to Scite and selecting "Reconnect". For example: "@Scite find papers on CRISPR gene editing".

Troubleshooting

If Scite is not responding, try reconnecting the connector. ChatGPT may silently disconnect tools between sessions. Click the ··· menu next to Scite in your conversation and select "Reconnect" to restore the connection.

OAuth 2.0 configuration

Most MCP clients discover these values automatically from /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server. If you are wiring up an integration manually — for example a Power Apps custom connector, a Copilot Studio connector built without the MCP wizard, or any other OAuth 2.0 client — use the values below. The Refresh URL is the same as the Token URL; send a POST with grant_type=refresh_token to exchange a refresh token for a new access token. Clients that do not support dynamic client registration can POST to the registration endpoint to obtain a client ID.

Authorization URL

https://api.scite.ai/mcp/oauth/authorize

Token URL

https://api.scite.ai/mcp/oauth/token

Refresh URL

https://api.scite.ai/mcp/oauth/token

Scope

mcp

Client registration

https://api.scite.ai/mcp/oauth/register

Frequently Asked Questions

Publishers

Get your content into the hands of researchers using ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools. Scite's MCP architecture surfaces Smart Citations from your articles without giving AI full access to your content — protecting your version of record while making it discoverable.

Learn about the Publisher Gateway