Scite

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api.scite.ai

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

https://api.scite.ai/mcpWebsiteOAuthMCP 2025-11-25v1.0.0last checked 24 Aug 2026spoke MCP on 2 of 2 checks (30 days)initialize in 251 ms

How to authenticate

Checked against the endpoint by our probe on 24 Aug 2026. These are the capabilities the server advertises, not a prediction about any particular client.

Scheme	OAuth
Issuer	https://api.scite.ai
Dynamic client registration	✓Advertised (RFC 7591)
Client ID Metadata Document	✕Not advertised
PKCE	✓S256
Grant types	authorization_code, refresh_token
Scopes	mcp, offline_access
Protected-resource metadata	✓Published (RFC 9728)
Anonymous access	Handshake succeeds; 25 tools listable

What the probe found

25 tools usable without signing in

The server exposes a public surface before authorization: search_literature, search_patents, search_clinical_trials, get_clinical_trial, search_grants, get_grant, search_device510k, get_device510k, search_510k_summaries, get_510k_summary, search_mhra, get_mhra_alert, search_maude, get_maude_report, search_faers, get_faers_report, search_drugs, get_drug, create_collection, get_collection, search_collections, update_collection, delete_collection, add_dois_to_collection, remove_dois_from_collection.

Tools

add_dois_to_collectioncreate_collectiondelete_collectionget_510k_summaryget_clinical_trialget_collectionget_device510kget_drugget_faers_reportget_grantget_maude_reportget_mhra_alertremove_dois_from_collectionsearch_510k_summariessearch_clinical_trialssearch_collectionssearch_device510ksearch_drugssearch_faerssearch_grantssearch_literaturesearch_maudesearch_mhrasearch_patentsupdate_collection

Contract history

24 Aug 2026v1.0.0first recorded contract

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