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Manusights

by Manusightsversion 1.1.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud
Registry namecom.manusights/manusights

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Check if references exist or were retracted, look up journal AI policies, and preview manuscripts.

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

  • Basic checks: 3 of 3 passed
  • Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
  • Can do 6 things (tools) check_references, get_journal_ai_policy, review_manuscript, review_manuscript_text …
  • The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Which app do you use?

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

  1. Open Settings → Connectors
  2. Press Add custom connector
  3. Paste the address below and press Add
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Add2https://…3
https://manusights.com/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http manusights https://manusights.com/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "manusights": {
      "url": "https://manusights.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "manusights": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://manusights.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

  1. Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
  2. Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
  3. Paste the address below, give it a name and save
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Create2https://…3
https://manusights.com/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

  • check_references

    Use this when the user wants to check references or citations from any source: a manuscript, a bibliography, a literature review, or citations an AI assistant gave earlier in the conversation. It reports whether each one exists, points to the right paper, or has been retracted, c

  • get_journal_ai_policy

    Use this when the user asks what a named journal or publisher allows or requires about AI: AI as an author, disclosure statements and where they go, AI-generated images, uploading manuscripts to AI tools, or reviewers' and editors' AI use. It returns the rules as recorded from th

  • review_manuscript

    Use this when the user wants Manusights to review, check or assess a scientific manuscript they attached (PDF, Word, ODT, RTF, TXT, Markdown or LaTeX, up to 75 MB). Starts a pre-submission preview and returns a review_id right away. The preview takes a few minutes, so read it aft

  • review_manuscript_text

    Use this when the user wants Manusights to review, check or assess a scientific manuscript and you have its full text (for example from a file the user attached or pasted), but cannot pass the file itself. Send the complete manuscript text, not a summary or excerpt: title, abstra

  • get_manuscript_review

    Use this to read the preview, and the Full Review if the account has one, for a review_id returned by review_manuscript or list_manuscript_reviews. While preview.status is "processing", wait check_again_after_seconds and call again with the same review_id. Report status only whil

  • list_manuscript_reviews

    Use this when the user asks about their earlier Manusights reviews. Returns the 20 most recent, newest first.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 8, 2026

  • ✓ Pass

    Maker matches the repo

    The registry name was verified against the domain manusights.com (the registry checks domain ownership)

  • … Not checked yet

    Still maintained

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • … Not checked yet

    Has a licence

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • ✓ Pass

    Endpoint responds

    Responded in 170 ms (HTTP 200)

  • – Not applicable

    Sign-in with OAuth

    No sign-in needed

  • ✓ Pass

    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

    Read 6 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Otheri

  • More stars than 0% of the other 18496 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 72% of the other 18496 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 18496 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Manusights safe?

It passed 3 of 3 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.1.0) reached the registry 16 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, MIDAS Gen NX / Civil NX

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Manusights MCP server

Manusights checks a manuscript before submission. This remote MCP server lets an AI assistant check references for retractions and DOI mismatches, look up a journal's recorded AI-use rules, and start a pre-submission preview of a manuscript.

  • Server URL: https://manusights.com/mcp (streamable HTTP)
  • Registry name: com.manusights/manusights in the official MCP Registry
  • Sign-in: OAuth with dynamic client registration. Reference checks and journal lookups work without an account; the review tools ask you to sign in the first time you use them.

This repository holds the server's public description and setup notes, packaged as an Agent Plugins plugin: plugin.json (manifest), mcp.json and .mcp.json (the remote server), and one skill, skills/check-before-submission/SKILL.md, that tells an assistant how to use the tools and report their results. The server itself runs at manusights.com; there is no code to install.

Tools

ToolWhat it doesAccount
check_referencesChecks references against Crossref, the DOI registry and Retraction Watch. References without a DOI are also searched in Semantic Scholar, PubMed, arXiv, Open Library and CRAN. Reports retractions, corrections, expressions of concern, DOI mismatches and references with no matching record.Optional
get_journal_ai_policyReturns a journal's recorded AI-use and disclosure rules with the official policy link and the date they were checked.Optional
review_manuscript_textStarts a preview from the complete manuscript text: a readiness score, a verdict and the main risks a reviewer may raise. Figures are not reviewed from text.Required
review_manuscriptStarts a preview from an attached file, in clients that can pass the file's download URL (ChatGPT).Required
get_manuscript_reviewReads a preview or review on your account.Required
list_manuscript_reviewsLists your account's 20 most recent reviews.Required

Matching a record shows that a reference exists, not that it supports the claim it is cited for. A reference with no matching record may be a typo or a gap in the registries, not an invented paper.

Set up

Claude (claude.ai, desktop and mobile): open Customize, then Connectors, choose Add custom connector, name it Manusights and enter https://manusights.com/mcp. Guide: https://manusights.com/claude

ChatGPT: install Manusights from the ChatGPT app directory. Guide: https://manusights.com/chatgpt

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http manusights https://manusights.com/mcp

Then run /mcp, choose manusights and authenticate when you need a preview.

Codex:

codex mcp add manusights --url https://manusights.com/mcp

codex mcp login manusights

Cursor: add to .cursor/mcp.json in a project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project:

{ "mcpServers": { "manusights": { "url": "https://manusights.com/mcp" } } }

VS Code: add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{ "servers": { "manusights": { "type": "http", "url": "https://manusights.com/mcp" } } }

Ask for Manusights by name, for example: "Use Manusights to check these references before I submit."

Data

A reference check sends only the references to Manusights. A preview sends the manuscript text or file you share and saves the preview to your Manusights account. Manusights does not write or rewrite manuscripts. Privacy policy: https://manusights.com/privacy. Terms: https://manusights.com/terms. Developer reference: https://manusights.com/developers/connector

Support

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