Check what Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews cite for any query.
Citation Intelligence MCP server is a hosted integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Check what Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews cite for any query.
An MCP server for agents and developers who need to know which URLs get cited by AI search engines for any query. Install once, query from any MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, Continue, Cline, n8n, LangGraph). Self-hosted, no account, no centralized backend. Bring your own API keys; nothing is stored on a remote server.
Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.
Once Citation Intelligence is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Prompts — Server-side prompt templates the client can offer end users (call via the MCP prompt list):Resources — Cache views the client can read or subscribe to (no tool call required):You will need 7 environment variables: PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, SERPAPI_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, BING_API_KEY, BRAVE_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Citation Intelligence's toolset — Prompts, Resources — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by AutomateLab-tech; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Citation Intelligence's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prompts | Server-side prompt templates the client can offer end users (call via the MCP prompt list): |
| Resources | Cache views the client can read or subscribe to (no tool call required): |
{
"mcpServers": {
"citation-intelligence": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@automatelab/citation-intelligence"],
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-value",
"SERPAPI_KEY": "your-value",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "your-value",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
"GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-value",
"BING_API_KEY": "your-value",
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PERPLEXITY_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| SERPAPI_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OPENAI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| GEMINI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| BING_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| BRAVE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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