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What is this Python project?

OneCite is a universal citation and academic reference toolkit that automates bibliography management. It converts any reference input (DOI, arXiv ID, paper titles, URLs) into properly formatted citations.

Key Features:

• 🔍 Smart recognition from DOI, arXiv, PMID, ISBN, GitHub URLs, or plain text queries
• 📚 Multiple output formats: BibTeX, APA, MLA
• 🎯 4-stage high-accuracy pipeline: clean → query → validate → format
• 🌐 Integrates 9+ academic databases: CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, arXiv, dblp, DataCite, Zenodo, OpenAlex, Google Books
• 🤖 Full Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for AI assistants (Claude, Cursor)
• 🎓 Handles 7+ citation types: journal articles, conference papers, books, software, datasets, theses, preprints
• 🎛️ Interactive mode for disambiguation
• ⚙️ YAML-based custom templates

What's the difference between this Python project and similar ones?

vs. Traditional citation managers (Zotero, Mendeley):

• ✅ CLI-first, automation-friendly (no GUI required)
• ✅ Batch processing from plain text files
• ✅ Designed for integration into workflows and scripts

vs. Other Python citation tools:

• ✅ Multi-source intelligence: Queries 9+ databases simultaneously, not just one
• ✅ Smart recognition: Handles incomplete/fuzzy inputs (e.g., "Attention paper Vaswani 2017")
• ✅ AI-native: First citation tool with native MCP support for AI assistants
• ✅ Universal identifiers: Accepts DOI, arXiv, PMID, ISBN, GitHub, Zenodo in one tool

Community recognition:

• Featured in awesome-LaTeX
• Available on PyPI with active maintenance
• MIT licensed with comprehensive documentation