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Citation Check MCP server

Citation Check is a remote MCP server that gives an AI agent 2 tools, among them check_citation, verdict_meanings. It answers at https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 6 of 6 times since 11 September 2026; the last check, on 20 October 2026, succeeded.

Status
Answering
Tools
2
Reliability
6 of 6 checks
Response time
229 ms
Transport
streamable HTTP
Last checked
20 October 2026

Does a cited URL exist, and does the source name what your claim names? Two answers.

Description as the publisher wrote it.

The 2 tools Citation Check offers

ToolWhat it does
check_citationFetch 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 descri
Inputs: url, claim
verdict_meaningsThe exact semantics of every status and relevance value, including what this checker cannot determine. Read once before trusting a verdict.

Add Citation Check to your AI client

Every block below points at https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify. Pick your client and copy.

Claude Code: one command in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http citation-check https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify
Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-check": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify"]
    }
  }
}
Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json in a project
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-check": {
      "url": "https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify"
    }
  }
}
VS Code and GitHub Copilot: .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "citation-check": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify"
    }
  }
}
Zed: Zed settings.json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "citation-check": {
      "url": "https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify"
    }
  }
}
Windsurf: ~/.codeium/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-check": {
      "serverUrl": "https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify"
    }
  }
}
JetBrains AI Assistant: Settings, Tools, AI Assistant, MCP, New MCP Server, as JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-check": {
      "url": "https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify"
    }
  }
}
Continue: .continue/mcpServers/neuronto.yaml
name: Citation Check
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
  - name: Citation Check
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify
Gemini CLI: ~/.gemini/settings.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-check": {
      "httpUrl": "https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify"
    }
  }
}
Codex CLI: MCP server config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-check": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify"
    }
  }
}
Warp: MCP servers, + Add, paste JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-check": {
      "url": "https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify"
    }
  }
}
Goose: a one-click extension link
goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexmachina-ai.fly.dev%2Fverify&type=streamable_http&id=citation-check&name=Citation%20Check

Is Citation Check up right now?

It answered our last check on 20 October 2026 in 229 ms. Over 6 checks since 11 September 2026 it answered 6. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.

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Questions about Citation Check

How many tools does Citation Check have?

2, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 12 September 2026: check_citation, verdict_meanings.

Is Citation Check down?

It answered our last check on 20 October 2026 in 229 ms. Over 6 checks since 11 September 2026 it answered 6.

How do I add Citation Check to Cursor?

Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://exmachina-ai.fly.dev/verify. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.

Does Citation Check need an API key?

It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.

Where this comes from

Publisher: io.github.secondstageturbine. Endpoint host: exmachina-ai.fly.dev. ARD identifier: urn:air:io.github.secondstageturbine:mcp:citation-check. First indexed 10 September 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.

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