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by citefiles.com · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by com.citefiles

Check whether AI assistants can reach, read and cite a public website. No account for 4 of 5 tools.

Changes · 41 high finding
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5 tools: 4 change things and 1 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

1 check matched something in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http citefiles https://citefiles.com/mcp

Findings

Matches of fixed checks, with the text they matched.

1 high

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

5 tools

Changes things 4Claude Code: ask
  • citefiles_agent_commerceRequires an API token (Authorization: Bearer cf_…).No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Requires an API token (Authorization: Bearer cf_…). Read the stored Agent Commerce Readiness audit for a scan on your citefiles account: whether an AI agent can authenticate without a human's password, discover an API, read prices as text, and be offered a machine-payable challenge — as a tier from T0 to T5. Create a token at https://citefiles.com/account. Only returns audits for scans your account owns. This tool never runs a new audit — run it from the scan's report page first, then call this tool to read the result.
  • citefiles_check_filesCheck which AI-facing discovery files a website actually serves: llms.txt, llms-full.txt, ai.txt, robots.txt, sitemap.xml, AGENTS.md, .well-known/mcp.json and others.1 finding

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

    Findings

    • High

      The description refers to ".well-known/mcp.json".

      Matched text

      description: "...xt, robots.txt, sitemap.xml, AGENTS.md, .well-known/mcp.json and others. Distinguishes a real file f..."

      What this check looks for
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Check which AI-facing discovery files a website actually serves: llms.txt, llms-full.txt, ai.txt, robots.txt, sitemap.xml, AGENTS.md, .well-known/mcp.json and others. Distinguishes a real file from a single-page app returning its HTML shell for every unknown path, which is the usual reason a file appears to exist but does not. Use this to verify a file you just published is being served correctly.
  • citefiles_crawler_accessTest how a website answers requests that carry the user-agent strings of four AI crawlers — GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot — by requesting its homepage as a bro…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Test how a website answers requests that carry the user-agent strings of four AI crawlers — GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot — by requesting its homepage as a browser and again as each, then comparing. The requests come from our server, not the vendors' networks, so a rule that checks the sender's address is not tested. Catches CDN and WAF rules that block assistants without the owner knowing. Use when a site looks correct but is not being cited.
  • citefiles_scanCheck whether AI assistants can reach, read and cite a public website.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Check whether AI assistants can reach, read and cite a public website. Returns a citation-readiness score out of 100, the category breakdown, and the specific problems found — crawler blocks, missing llms.txt/ai.txt/sitemap, thin or JavaScript-only content, missing structured data. Use this before changing a site for AI visibility, and again afterwards to check the change worked. Scans of the same site within six hours are reused.
Only reads 1Claude Code: allow
  • citefiles_fix_promptGet a task list for making a website readable and citable by AI assistants, derived from a real scan of it.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The description's first verb is "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Get a task list for making a website readable and citable by AI assistants, derived from a real scan of it. Returns the findings with the evidence behind each, and the rules to follow while fixing them — most importantly that you must not invent facts about the business, and must leave a visible TODO instead. Use this to plan the work after citefiles_scan.

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.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http citefiles https://citefiles.com/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

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

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__citefiles__citefiles_fix_prompt"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__citefiles__citefiles_scan",
      "mcp__citefiles__citefiles_check_files",
      "mcp__citefiles__citefiles_crawler_access",
      "mcp__citefiles__citefiles_agent_commerce"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as citefiles. Review it before you use it.