Scite MCP Server

Scite MCP

Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and any MCP-compatible AI tool to Smart Citations and full-text scientific literature. Real sources behind every answer.

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What you can do

• Ground AI in science
• Search full-text research
• Verify claims and accuracy
• Access Smart Citation data
• Connect to your holdings

Works withChatGPTClaudeGeminiCopilot+

Setup

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ChatGPTClaude.aiClaude DesktopClaude CodeGemini CLICopilot StudioOther

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/authorizeCopy

Token URL

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

Refresh URL

Scope

mcpCopy

Client registration

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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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.

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Learn more about the Scite MCP Server (PDF)

Scite is an AI-powered platform that helps researchers discover and evaluate scientific literature through Smart Citations, showing whether studies support or contradict a claim. Now part of Research Solutions, Scite has indexed 1.6B+ citations, partners with 30+ publishers, and serves 2M users worldwide.

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