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Citation Check

io.github.SecondStageTurbine/citation-check
Legal & Compliance Search & Research Public & reachable MCP 2026-07-28

What this MCP does

Checks whether cited URLs exist and whether their sources support the entity named in an associated claim.

check_citation
Check whether a citation holds up
Fetch a URL and report whether it exists, and whether the source names the same entity as the claim you attach to it. These are two different questions and conflating them is the failure this exists to catch: a URL can return 200 and describe a different gene entirely. No account needed, nothing is stored about you.
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Input schema
{'type': 'object', 'required': ['url'], 'properties': {'url': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'The citation to check. http(s) only; private and loopback addresses are refused.'}, 'claim': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional. The text that cites it — the sentence or finding this URL is meant to support. Without it you only learn whether the URL exists, which is the weaker half.'}}, 'additionalProperties': False}
verdict_meanings
What the verdicts mean, and what they do not
The exact semantics of every status and relevance value, including what this checker cannot determine. Read once before trusting a verdict.
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Input schema
{'type': 'object', 'required': [], 'properties': {}, 'additionalProperties': False}
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verdict_meanings
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
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check_citation
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:52 p.m.