Cite Files MCP MCP server

An official MCP server by Cite Files that allows AI agents to audit websites for AI citation readiness. It provides tools to scan sites, check crawler access, verify file serving, and fix prompts, ensuring AI assistants can correctly reach, read, and cite public web content.

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Cite Files

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://citefiles.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Scan a website to score its AI citation readiness
Check how the site responds to AI crawlers like GPTBot
Verify if discovery files are genuinely served
Generate task lists to fix AI citation issues

Tools advertised by the last live check:

citefiles_scan
citefiles_fix_prompt
citefiles_check_files
citefiles_crawler_access
citefiles_agent_commerce

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

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

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add cite-files-mcp --url https://citefiles.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable cite-files-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cite-files-mcp": {
      "url": "https://citefiles.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cite-files-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://citefiles.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start cite-files-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "cite-files-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://citefiles.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http cite-files-mcp https://citefiles.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cite-files-mcp": {
      "url": "https://citefiles.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cite-files-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://citefiles.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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