Claude Scite connectorWhat Claude can do in your Scite account.
The Claude Scite connector exposes 1 tool. That single tool reads the scientific literature, and 0 tools write to your account. You will see what Claude can search, which filters it takes, what Scite adds with Smart Citations, and where Scite's own pages disagree.
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What changes when you need sources
Scite presents itself as answers grounded in peer-reviewed research you can verify, with citations that show how other researchers have supported, disputed or contextualized a study. Through the connector, Claude can search the scientific literature Scite covers and bring back citations from peer-reviewed papers, right in the conversation.
Search with precise queries. search_literature takes Boolean queries and phrase search, so a topic can be stated exactly as you mean it.
Narrow the search. Scite states 25+ filters, including author, journal, date range, citation counts and editorial notices, which you can mention in your question.
See how a finding was received. Scite's Smart Citations classify a citation as supporting, contrasting or mentioning, which shows whether later work backed a study or questioned it.
Trace a claim to its source. Results come back as citations from peer-reviewed papers that you can check, and Scite says its citation-based ranking model puts validated research first.
What it does not do: by default, the sheet only shows reading, with a single tool. Nothing watches a topic for you, and no alert goes out when a paper is contradicted. Each search happens because you asked for it. That kind of follow-up is a different trade, gathered on the Integrations hub.
The vocabulary in one minute
Five terms that come up on this page.
- Connector
- The link you set up once between Claude and your Scite account, so Claude can use it while answering you.
- Tool
- A named action the connector opens to Claude; here there is only one, which Claude calls when your question needs it.
- Authorization
- Scite's sign-in screen, where you grant Claude the access it will use. Given once, and it can be taken back.
- Smart Citations
- Scite's own classification: each citation of a paper is tagged as supporting, contrasting or simply mentioning it.
- MCP
- The shared standard behind connectors, which lets an assistant like Claude talk with an outside service.
Connect Scite to Claude in three steps
- 01
Locate Scite
In Claude's settings, open Customize, then Connectors, and look for Scite. In a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner enables the connector before members can connect.
- 02
Sign in to Scite
Click Connect on its row, then sign in to the service in the window Scite opens itself. If that window does not appear, the connector may need to be enabled first in your workspace.
- 03
Review the authorization
Read the authorization screen before accepting: it is Scite's, and it sets the scope of access. If the connector stops responding, Disconnect and plug it back in.
The tool in the Claude Scite connector
Scite gives Claude 1 tool: 1 that read your account, 0 that change something in it.
A single read tool. Its name stays as Claude displays it.
- 1 read
What Claude reads (1)
1 toolSearch across the scientific literature Scite indexes.
search_literature
Queries the scientific literature and returns verifiable citations from peer-reviewed papers. It accepts Boolean queries, exact phrases and 25+ filters, including author, journal, date range, citation counts and editorial notices.
What Claude asks before it acts
By default, Claude stops and asks for your go-ahead before every action it takes on an account for you.
Here, the single tool only searches. In a Team or Enterprise workspace, owners decide whether a member may let certain actions through without being asked again, and they can cap what the connector does for the whole organization; nobody works around that from their own account. Claude works with your rights: it sees nothing beyond what your Scite access allows, whatever you ask it to look for in the literature.
Which plans include it
None of the 819 sheets in the official directory shows plan availability. For Scite, that answer is not published anywhere.
The general rule is published: remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner enables the connector before members can. Access to the Scite service itself depends on Scite, see below. For the current status on Claude's side, check the Scite sheet in the official directory.
Where Scite stops
A connector is not an automation: Claude calls the tool while answering you, and nothing fires when a paper gets contradicted.
The tool list is an observed floor, not a promise: an administrator can open actions no public sheet shows. The partner badge is not a security audit, and Anthropic says so on every sheet: it does not pick a publisher's tools and does not guarantee their behaviour. Only Scite documents this connector, in its manifest and pages; Claude's help center does not mention it. Other ways to link your tools are on Integrations.
Do you need a Scite account to use the connector?
- Scite MCP page ↗October 2026The setup page asks you to start a trial and create an account to use the service.
- Scite's llms.txt file ↗October 2026The service can be tried for 10 requests with no account or credit card; continued use requires signing in.
What this page followsBoth texts come from Scite and do not say the same thing. Neither is dated older, so neither side is declared stale. On 1 October 2026, the server refused a call made without signing in. Plan on a Scite account, and check the directory sheet from your own Claude account.
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