CiteMe

app.citeme/citemeciteme.appstreamable-httpv1.2.0Scanned 23 hours ago

Search papers, format citations in 60 styles, and verify bibliographies against scholarly sources.

3 tools: 3 change things.

Reads private data · 0
Reads text others write · 2
Can send data out · 1
1 finding

Tools listed without sign-in. Remote posture

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3 of these tools change something. Run those as governed actions.

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Anlyon does not run, proxy or govern this MCP server. A tool your own code calls directly is not routed through Anlyon and is not governed by it.

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Tools

Grouped by what each tool does, most consequential first. Open one for its reasons and full description; descriptions are the publisher's own words.

3 tools

Changes things 3Creates or changes something that can be changed back.Claude Code: ask

check_referencesVerify a user-provided bibliography against scholarly sources and return match status, identifiers, and citation issues.Reads text others writeNo findings
Why it is in this group
- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
What it can reach
- untrusted-inputThe server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
Description, as the server wrote it
Verify a user-provided bibliography against scholarly sources and return match status, identifiers, and citation issues. Results may be cached for up to six hours and usage may be logged; the bibliography is not published or added to an account.
Annotations the server declares
- title: Check References
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- idempotentHint: true
- openWorldHint: true
format_citationFormat citation data (title, authors, year, etc.) into a specific citation style.Can send data outNo findings
Why it is in this group
- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
What it can reach
- outboundThe input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.
Description, as the server wrote it
Format citation data (title, authors, year, etc.) into a specific citation style. The formatted result may be stored in an operational cache; the tool does not publish content or modify a user account.
Annotations the server declares
- title: Format Citation
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- idempotentHint: true
- openWorldHint: false
search_citationsSearch scholarly sources by topic, title, author, DOI, or ISBN and return matching works as formatted citations.Reads text others write1 finding
Why it is in this group
- The name "search_citations" says "search": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
What it can reach
- untrusted-inputThe server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
Findings
- Warn
  The server marks "search_citations" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.
  Matched text
  annotations: {"readOnlyHint":false,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "search_citations" says "search": a word for reading.
  What this check looks for
Description, as the server wrote it
Search scholarly sources by topic, title, author, DOI, or ISBN and return matching works as formatted citations. Resolved works may be merged into CiteMe's shared scholarly catalog and operational caches; the tool does not publish content or modify a user account.
Annotations the server declares
- title: Search Citations
- readOnlyHint: false
- destructiveHint: false
- idempotentHint: true
- openWorldHint: true

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Exfil surface

Which tools read private data, which read text someone else can write, and which can send data out. One of each is a path a prompt injection can use.

No private-data, untrusted-input, outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data.

Reads private data0: Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories.
Reads text others write2: Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments.; check_references
search_citations
Can send data out1: Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL.; format_citation

Other servers in the same agent add their own tools to these paths. Audit your whole setup to see them together.

Remote posture

What anyone on the internet sees at the remote endpoint: an anonymous initialize and tools/list, and the public OAuth metadata.

Tools listed without sign-in

Looked at Oct 22, 2026, 14:22 UTC, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026. No credentials were sent and no tool was called. What is looked at.

Reachable: yes
HTTP status of an anonymous initialize: 200
tools/list served without credentials: yes
Tools that change things, listed without credentials: 3
Protocol version: 2025-06-18
WWW-Authenticate on 401: not observed
resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate: not observed
RFC 9728 protected resource metadata: not observed
Authorization servers: not observed
Legacy HTTP+SSE transport: no
Dynamic client registration: not observed
Client ID metadata documents: not observed

WarnThe whole server
The endpoint served tools/list without credentials, and the list has 3 tools that change things (3 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.
Matched text
https://citeme.app/api/mcp: tools/list returned 3 tools to an anonymous client, including search_citations (write), format_citation (write), check_references (write)
What this check looks for

Findings

Matches of fixed checks, with the text they matched.

1 warn

Warnsearch_citations
The server marks "search_citations" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.
Matched text
annotations: {"readOnlyHint":false,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "search_citations" says "search": a word for reading.
What this check looks for

History

Changes to its tool definitions and to its remote endpoint, newest first.

No change seen yet. Its tools are rescanned every day, and a remote endpoint is looked at once a week.

All changes to this server

Install

Pinned to version 1.2.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http citeme https://citeme.app/api/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http citeme https://citeme.app/api/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change or a way out, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json

{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__citeme__search_citations",
      "mcp__citeme__format_citation",
      "mcp__citeme__check_references"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. A read that can send data out (it takes a URL, say) asks first too. It assumes the server is installed as citeme. Review it before you use it.

Capability tags behind 3 rules

mcp__citeme__search_citations untrusted-input
mcp__citeme__format_citation outbound
mcp__citeme__check_references untrusted-input

Keep the decision: fail CI when the tools change, follow every change, or show a badge.

Pin in CI

Fail a build when the tools you reviewed are not the tools the server serves today.

curl -s "https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/app.citeme/citeme/verify?hash=b344454c6857787b81a085df5212fe8f2c03ff6c41146fec2335a11616d2046b" | jq -e '.changed == false'

Pinned hash b344454c6857, from Oct 21, 2026, 18:42 UTC.

Watch

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