# `dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief/cited-brief` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief/cited-brief
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief/cited-brief
- Version: 1.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:12:25.207Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Cited Brief
Paid web research tools: cited briefs, quote checks, page text. Pay per call in USDC via x402.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:59:37.288Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 5 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `check_links` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "check_links" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "check_links" says "link": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (5)

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

### `check_doi`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Looks up 1-10 DOIs or arXiv ids: does the paper exist, its title, authors, year and venue, how often it is cited, and whether it has been retracted. Pass the titles you cited to see if they match the real ones. Catches made-up references. No AI involved; if the lookup services are down you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
```

### `check_links`

- The name "check_links" says "link": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Checks 1-10 URLs: HTTP status, where redirects end, the page title, and a warning when a "200" page is really a not-found page. Use it to catch dead or made-up citations. No AI involved; a dead link is a valid answer, but a request with no usable URL is not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
```

### `check_quote`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Checks whether 1-10 quotes really appear on a web page (ignoring case, spacing, and quote or dash styles) and returns the surrounding text. Use it to catch made-up citations. No AI involved; if the page can't be read you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
```

### `cited_brief`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Answers a question from 1-5 web pages you name. Every claim comes with a verbatim quote that is re-checked on the live page; claims that fail are dropped, and if none pass you are not charged. Price: $0.10 USDC per call (x402).
```

### `domain_check`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Domain age and registration facts (created, expires, registrar, status, nameservers) from the registry's RDAP or WHOIS service, plus live DNS (address records, mail servers, SPF, DMARC) and plain flags such as "registered only 9 days ago". Use it to judge how trustworthy a site is. No AI involved. Works for most TLDs (.com, .org, .io, .ai, .dev, .co.uk and over a thousand more); if the registry has no public lookup (for example .de, .jp, .co, .ru, .ac.uk) or does not answer, you are not charged. Price: $0.02 USDC per call (x402).
```

## Only reads (2)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `page_text`

- The description's first verb is "fetch": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetches a public web page and returns its title and readable text, without scripts, styles or markup (up to 100,000 characters). If the page can't be read you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
```

### `robots_check`

- The description's first verb is "read": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Reads the site's robots.txt and says whether a crawler may fetch a URL (RFC 9309: the longest matching rule wins, Allow wins a tie), with the matching rule, crawl-delay and sitemaps. No AI involved; if robots.txt cannot be read you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `cited-brief`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__cited-brief__page_text",
      "mcp__cited-brief__robots_check"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__cited-brief__cited_brief",
      "mcp__cited-brief__check_quote",
      "mcp__cited-brief__check_links",
      "mcp__cited-brief__check_doi",
      "mcp__cited-brief__domain_check"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```