Proving Lab MCP MCP server

Provides tools for AI agents to extract structured citation records from URLs, manage browser extensions for web capture, and access measurement data. It supports batch citation extraction, method reproducibility, and automated extension installation via remote control channels.

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Proving Lab

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://provinglab.dev/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Extract structured bibliographic records from URLs
Install browser extensions for web capture programmatically
Access measurement datasets and methods
Get recommendations for capture settings

Tools advertised by the last live check:

list_measurements
get_measurement_data
get_method
extract_citation
extract_citations
recommend_settings
how_to_capture
install_extension
adoption_stats
open_work

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 proving-lab-mcp https://provinglab.dev/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 proving-lab-mcp --url https://provinglab.dev/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "proving-lab-mcp": {
      "url": "https://provinglab.dev/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": {
    "proving-lab-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://provinglab.dev/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "proving-lab-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://provinglab.dev/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 proving-lab-mcp https://provinglab.dev/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": {
    "proving-lab-mcp": {
      "url": "https://provinglab.dev/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": {
    "proving-lab-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://provinglab.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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