Scite

ai.scitePublished by scite.aiOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Ground answers in scientific literature. Search full text, evaluate trust, access full-text articles

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingKnowledge & Memory

Overview

AI-generated overview

Scite is a remote MCP server that lets an assistant ground answers in scientific literature by searching full text, evaluating trust and accessing articles.

What you can do
Search scientific literature and full-text articles for a topic or claim. Evaluate the trustworthiness of a paper or claim using citation context. Retrieve full-text articles to support an answer. Ground responses in cited scientific sources rather than unsupported claims.
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to answer research, health or science questions with references to published literature, or when you want to check how a claim is supported or contested by citations.
Requirements
Remote MCP endpoint at api.scite.ai over streamable HTTP. Requires OAuth sign-in with a Scite account; no environment variables or headers are declared.
Before you install
Access is tied to your Scite account through OAuth, and full-text article access may depend on your subscription or entitlements. Queries and claims you submit are sent to Scite's service. Treat returned literature as evidence to verify, not as a final answer.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Scite in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/ai.scite%2Fmcp/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scite": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.scite.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

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This server asks you to sign in, so SourceWeft could not read its tools without an account and has not indexed them. What a connected account sees can depend on that account and its permissions.

Version history

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  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 16, 2026

Score

67% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listed15 pts

    Answer tools/list without a credential, or ship a package that starts in a sandbox without one.

  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.