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io.github.Franksterino/citeguard

by Franksterino · remote · local (npm) · no sign-in to list tools · v0.1.2 · published by GitHub user Franksterino

Verify citations in AI text: fetches each cited source, returns verdicts with evidence quotes.

Changes · 3

3 tools: 3 change things.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

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

claude mcp add --transport http citeguard https://citeguard.boundy.workers.dev/mcp

Tools

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

3 tools

Changes things 3Claude Code: ask
  • check_documentAudit every citation in a markdown/plain-text document: extracts claim+source pairs (markdown links, footnotes, DOIs, bare URLs), verifies each against the fetched source, and retu…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
    Audit every citation in a markdown/plain-text document: extracts claim+source pairs (markdown links, footnotes, DOIs, bare URLs), verifies each against the fetched source, and returns a report with a citation integrity score (0-100).
  • verify_claimsVerify claim+source pairs: fetches each cited URL and returns a per-claim verdict (supported / partially_supported / contradicted / unsupported / uncertain / could_not_fetch) with …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
    Verify claim+source pairs: fetches each cited URL and returns a per-claim verdict (supported / partially_supported / contradicted / unsupported / uncertain / could_not_fetch) with a quoted evidence span from the source.

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 0.1.2. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http citeguard https://citeguard.boundy.workers.dev/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": [],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__citeguard__verify_claims",
      "mcp__citeguard__check_document",
      "mcp__citeguard__check_links"
    ],
    "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 citeguard. Review it before you use it.