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CiteStamp MCP MCP server

An MCP server providing access to the CiteStamp citation graph, allowing AI agents to verify bibliographies, walk citation networks, and distinguish between human-signed claims and machine-inferred edges. It supports checking if citations resolve, identifying support or refutation relationships, and monitoring for retractions via Crossref, all without requiring an account for basic usage.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by 3Rivers Enterprises
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp
Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

  • Verify if a bibliography entry resolves to a real work
  • Walk a paper's citation graph to find supporting or refuting papers
  • Check for recent retractions of cited papers
  • Distinguish between signed human claims and inferred metadata
Tools advertised by the last live check:
  • what_supports
  • what_refutes
  • what_cites
  • references_of
  • edges_about
  • retraction_listing

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 citestamp-mcp https://mcp.citestamp.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 citestamp-mcp --url https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable citestamp-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citestamp-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.citestamp.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": {
    "citestamp-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start citestamp-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "citestamp-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.citestamp.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 citestamp-mcp https://mcp.citestamp.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": {
    "citestamp-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.citestamp.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": {
    "citestamp-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.citestamp.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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