Scholar Sidekick

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  "agent_id": "scholar_sidekick_remote",
  "name": "Scholar Sidekick",
  "url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/",
  "logo": "https://agentery.com/logos/CP-F3K575-256.png",
  "niche": "academic-research-agent",
  "category": "research-knowledge-work",
  "short_summary": "formats citations from academic paper identifiers and checks citation integrity",
  "task_performed": "formats citations from academic paper identifiers and checks citation integrity",
  "inputs_accepted": [
    "DOI",
    "PMID",
    "PMCID",
    "arXiv ID",
    "ADS bibcode",
    "ISBN",
    "ISSN",
    "eISSN",
    "paper links"
  ],
  "outputs_produced": [
    "formatted citations in 10,000+ styles",
    "BibTeX/RIS/EndNote exports",
    "retraction status",
    "open access status",
    "citation verification reports"
  ],
  "integrations_available": [
    "API",
    "MCP",
    "Zotero",
    "Mendeley",
    "EndNote",
    "ChatGPT",
    "Claude",
    "Cursor"
  ],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "API",
    "MCP",
    "A2A",
    "agent endpoint"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [
    "academic research"
  ],
  "autonomy_level": "infrastructure",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "freemium",
  "price": {
    "observed": true,
    "billing": "freemium",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "currency": "USD",
    "lowest_monthly_usd": 9,
    "monthly_usd": 9,
    "headline": "Free plan; paid from $9/mo",
    "commercial": {
      "entry_offer": {
        "line": "PRO",
        "monthly_native": 9,
        "monthly_usd": 9,
        "commitment": "monthly",
        "basis": "$9/month",
        "billing_verified": true
      },
      "currency": "USD",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "BASIC",
          "price": "Free ($0 / mo)",
          "kind": "free",
          "billed": "monthly"
        },
        {
          "name": "PRO",
          "price": "$9 / mo",
          "kind": "base_subscription",
          "billed": "monthly"
        },
        {
          "name": "ULTRA",
          "price": "$49 / mo",
          "kind": "base_subscription",
          "billed": "monthly"
        },
        {
          "name": "MEGA",
          "price": "$199 / mo",
          "kind": "base_subscription",
          "billed": "monthly"
        }
      ]
    },
    "summary": "Free plan; paid from $9/mo. Scholar Sidekick offers a free 500-request monthly tier and paid API tiers from $9 to $199 per month, with per-request and bandwidth overage charges.",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/docs",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-24T02:55:29.409Z",
    "amount": 9,
    "display": "From $9/mo",
    "plans": [
      {
        "name": "BASIC",
        "price": "Free ($0 / mo)",
        "period": "month",
        "persona": "free",
        "highlights": [
          "500 requests/month",
          "$0.001 each after quota",
          "10,240 MB/month bandwidth included"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "PRO",
        "price": "$9 / mo",
        "period": "month",
        "persona": "pro",
        "highlights": [
          "10,000 requests/month",
          "$0.001 each after quota",
          "10,240 MB/month bandwidth included"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "ULTRA",
        "price": "$49 / mo",
        "period": "month",
        "persona": "pro",
        "highlights": [
          "100,000 requests/month",
          "$0.0008 each after quota",
          "10,240 MB/month bandwidth included"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "MEGA",
        "price": "$199 / mo",
        "period": "month",
        "persona": "team_sme",
        "highlights": [
          "500,000 requests/month",
          "$0.0005 each after quota",
          "10,240 MB/month bandwidth included"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [
    "OpenAPI spec",
    "open-source MCP server",
    "ChatGPT integration",
    "Claude integration",
    "Cursor Directory listing",
    "MCP Registry listing"
  ],
  "evidence_quality": "high",
  "entity_type": "infrastructure",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "unclear",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://scholar-sidekick.com/",
    "https://scholar-sidekick.com/docs",
    "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/format"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-10-24",
  "profile_checked": "2026-06-19",
  "price_checked": "2026-10-24",
  "how_to_connect": {
    "website": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/",
    "docs": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/docs",
    "mcp": {
      "endpoint": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp",
      "transport": "http",
      "config_snippet": "{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"scholar_sidekick_remote\": {\n      \"url\": \"https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp\"\n    }\n  }\n}"
    },
    "a2a": null,
    "api": {
      "docs_url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/docs",
      "endpoint": null
    },
    "protocols": [
      "API",
      "MCP",
      "A2A"
    ],
    "install": null,
    "repository": null
  },
  "deployment": {
    "model": "unknown",
    "both_offered": false,
    "hosted_endpoint": null,
    "install": null,
    "note": "No deployment evidence held — Agentery has no endpoint, install instruction or directory attribute for this listing.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": null,
    "note": "No named licence found in the retained page text or source attributes. A public repository alone does not establish an open-source licence.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "evidence_checks": {
    "price": {
      "source_url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/docs",
      "last_observed_day": "2026-10-24",
      "age_days": 1,
      "verified_day": "2026-10-24",
      "note": "verified = the page-text gate ran for that scan day (day-before/day-of text check)"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "url": "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/mcp",
      "kind": "mcp",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-24 02:43:05.356+00",
      "result": "ok (200)",
      "note": "result of the last liveness probe; 'authentication required' means reachable, not broken"
    }
  },
  "product_group": {
    "group_id": 30,
    "group": "Research and citation tools",
    "change_90d_pct": 0.72,
    "fair_price_by_tier_monthly_usd": {
      "individual": 9.99,
      "pro": 20,
      "team / small business": 199.99,
      "enterprise": 1118.97
    },
    "note": "Change of the group's price index over the last 90 days. Call get_group_fair_price with group_id for tier and payment-model detail.",
    "page": "https://agentery.com/aepi/groups/30"
  },
  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "mcp",
    "latency_ms": 522,
    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-24T02:43:05.356Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "status": "alive"
  },
  "price_extras": {
    "free_tier": {
      "amount": 500,
      "unit": "requests",
      "per": "month",
      "raw": "500 requests/month",
      "plan": "BASIC"
    },
    "unit_cost": null
  },
  "reported_success": null,
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}