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CiteNexus

io.github.akougkas/cite-nexus-mcpv0.2.0Search

Search scholarly sources, verify references, and export citations with traceable evidence.

The current version, v0.2.0, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-09-17. It is distributed as cite-nexus-mcp on PyPI, filed under Search by this index, and declares 8 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using CiteNexus in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire
Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →
Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method
NOT YET SCREENEDno verdict on file

Verdict not yet evaluated for this tool. The semantic screen takes adversarial cases first; coverage rolls out as the corpus expands (15/150 labels to graduation). The deterministic conformance probe is built but has not yet run on the public corpus, so a recorded verdict here is REVIEW or UNVERIFIED, never a clearing ALLOW. Until a verdict is recorded, an agent should treat this tool as not-yet-cleared and fall back to its own checks. Method: the eval, four-state verdict, honest limits.

Own this server? Screen its description →

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-09-17).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins CiteNexus’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

See your first HOLD in 2 minutes →

Related: how to trust an MCP server · screen before install · silent contract drift

Environment variables
CITE_NEXUS_CONTACT_EMAIL

Optional Crossref polite-pool contact email

SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY
secret

Optional Semantic Scholar account key

OPENALEX_API_KEY
secret

Key for explicitly selected OpenAlex queries; account credits apply

SERPAPI_API_KEY
secret

Key for explicitly selected commercial Google Scholar queries

SCOPUS_API_KEY
secret

Key for explicitly selected Scopus queries; entitlement required

SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN
secret

Optional Scopus institutional token

WOS_API_KEY
secret

Key for explicitly selected Web of Science Starter queries

UNPAYWALL_EMAIL

Optional email for Unpaywall open-access enrichment

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology
freshness
25
completeness
20
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
5
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