com.citestamp/citestamp MCP server

CiteStamp MCP server exposes a read-only model context protocol for grounding citations. It analyzes a CC0 citation graph to determine which references resolve to known works, flags unresolved or retracted citations, and serves as the hosted MCP server for citation health checks. The server is remote and acts as an installation guide reference.

🛠️ Key Features

Read-only MCP server for citation-grounding
Checks citations against Crossref, DataCite, OpenAlex
Flags unresolved or retracted citations
Remote-hosted deployment with no local build required
Integrates with CC0 citation graph

🚀 Use Cases

Validate the integrity of citation lists before agent emission
Detect hallucinated or retracted references in scholarly workflows
Ground and verify references in research assistants and LLMs
Ensure citations align with public scholarly registries

⚡ Developer Benefits

Lightweight MCP server without local install
Ground-truth citation health checks for pipelines
Clear readme with host deployment guidance
Focused on citation graph validation

⚠️ Limitations

Server is remote; no local run/build
Grounding relies on public registries (Crossref, DataCite, OpenAlex)
Read-only access; write capabilities not provided
Source data excerpt shows limited detail for broader features

CiteStamp MCP server

Ground citations before your agent emits them.

CiteStamp is a free citation-health tool for researchers: it checks references against the public scholarly registries (Crossref, DataCite, OpenAlex) and flags the ones that do not resolve to a known work or that a publisher has marked retracted — the hallucinated-citation failure mode LLM users keep hitting.

This repo is the install guide for the hosted MCP server over CiteStamp's CC0 citation graph. There is nothing to build or run locally — the server is remote.


Endpoint	`https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp`
Transport	streamable-http
Protocol	`2025-06-18`
Auth	Bearer API key (free — email info@citestamp.com, 60 req/min; Pro raises limits)
Data	CC0 citation graph; human-signed and machine-inferred claims kept strictly apart

The five tools (all read-only)

what_supports / what_refutes — typed edges bearing on a claim
what_cites / references_of — the citing and cited works around a reference
edges_about — edges on a topic

Every result carries its tier: accountable edges are signed by a human identity (ORCID); inferred edges are machine-derived. Your agent can ask for signed-only.

Add it to your client

Replace YOUR_KEY with your API key in each snippet.

Claude (claude.ai / Desktop)

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → URL https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp → add header Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY.

Claude Code

bash

claude mcp add --transport http citestamp https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Cursor (`~/.cursor/mcp.json`)

json

{ "mcpServers": { "citestamp": {
    "url": "https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY" } } } }

Cline (MCP settings)

json

{ "mcpServers": { "citestamp": {
    "type": "streamableHttp",
    "url": "https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY" } } } }

VS Code (`.vscode/mcp.json`)

json

{ "servers": { "citestamp": {
    "type": "http",
    "url": "https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY" } } } }

Gemini CLI (`~/.gemini/settings.json`)

json

{ "mcpServers": { "citestamp": {
    "httpUrl": "https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY" } } } }

If a snippet drifts from your client's current config schema, your client's MCP docs win — the endpoint and header are the stable parts.

What this is not

CiteStamp reports what public registries say at a dated point in time. It does not judge the truth or quality of any work, and its only verdict vocabulary is "does not resolve to a known work" and "marked retracted by the publisher". Statements about works, never about people.

identifier	string	required	DOI, arXiv id, OpenAlex id, or internal claim id
asserted_only	boolean	optional	If true, restrict to human-signed (asserted) edges. If false (default), return both asserted and machine-inferred edges.

identifier	string	required	DOI, arXiv id, OpenAlex id, or internal claim id
asserted_only	boolean	optional	If true, restrict to human-signed (asserted) edges. If false (default), return both asserted and machine-inferred edges.

identifier	string	required	DOI, arXiv id, OpenAlex id, or internal claim id
asserted_only	boolean	optional	If true, restrict to human-signed (asserted) edges. If false (default), return both asserted and machine-inferred edges.

identifier	string	required	DOI, arXiv id, OpenAlex id, or internal claim id
asserted_only	boolean	optional	If true, restrict to human-signed (asserted) edges. If false (default), return both asserted and machine-inferred edges.

identifier	string	required	DOI, arXiv id, OpenAlex id, or internal claim id
asserted_only	boolean	optional	If true, restrict to human-signed (asserted) edges. If false (default), return both asserted and machine-inferred edges.

CiteStamp

com.citestamp/citestamp MCP server

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

what_supports

what_refutes

what_cites

references_of

edges_about

CiteStamp MCP server

The five tools (all read-only)

Add it to your client

Claude (claude.ai / Desktop)

Claude Code

Cursor (`~/.cursor/mcp.json`)

Cline (MCP settings)

VS Code (`.vscode/mcp.json`)

Gemini CLI (`~/.gemini/settings.json`)

What this is not

Links

Install

Remote endpoint

com.citestamp/citestamp MCP server

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

what_supports

what_refutes

what_cites

references_of

edges_about

CiteStamp MCP server

The five tools (all read-only)

Add it to your client

Claude (claude.ai / Desktop)

Claude Code

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

Cline (MCP settings)

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

Gemini CLI (~/.gemini/settings.json)

What this is not

Links

Install

Remote endpoint

Cursor (`~/.cursor/mcp.json`)

VS Code (`.vscode/mcp.json`)

Gemini CLI (`~/.gemini/settings.json`)