Citation Verification MCP Server

Real-time fact-check, citation verification, and source-freshness for AI agents.

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What is the Citation Verification MCP server?

Real-time fact-check, citation verification, and source-freshness for AI agents. Exposed over MCP by the citation verification mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

Hosted MCP server that fact-checks an LLM's claims and citations in real time. Each call fans out to 3-5 upstream authoritative sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata, Crossref academic citations, and the Wayback Machine. Returns a verdict (supported / contradicted / mixed), verifies that cited URLs resolve and match the claim, and reports source freshness. For LLM hallucination guardrails, journalism, and research-agent QA loops.

Adding it to your client

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • fact_check — claim, max_sources?
  • cite_check — urls[], claim?
  • source_freshness — url

Caveats

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the citation verification mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Citation Verification's toolset — fact_check, cite_check, source_freshness — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by guptaprakhariitr; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
fact_checkclaim, max_sources?
cite_checkurls[], claim?
source_freshnessurl

How to install the Citation Verification MCP server

Or wire it into your MCP client:

```jsonc
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "verification": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@insnapsprakhar/verification-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Citation Verification to fact check.
  • Use Citation Verification to cite check.
  • Use Citation Verification to source freshness.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Citation Verification to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 3 tools (fact_check, cite_check, source_freshness) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Citation Verification directly.