CiteNexus MCP server

by akougkas·io.github.akougkas/cite-nexus-mcp·v0.2.2

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

B83/100grade B

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If you have run it, two minutes of your experience saves the next person an afternoon.

No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.

scanner v0.1.3 · 2026-09-19 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan32 source files scanned25/25
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
Maintenancelast push 1 days ago15/15
Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Overall 83/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

claude mcp add cite-nexus-mcp -- uvx cite-nexus-mcp

Is CiteNexus MCP server safe?: Mostly: it is graded B (83/100). Read the CiteNexus safety report
How do I install CiteNexus?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
Does CiteNexus need an API key?: Yes. The registry entry asks for SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY, OPENALEX_API_KEY, SERPAPI_API_KEY, SCOPUS_API_KEY and 2 more.
Is CiteNexus maintained?: The last commit was 2 days ago (2026-09-17). The latest release is v0.2.2.
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Local package. It runs on your machine, not through the gateway.

CITE_NEXUS_CONTACT_EMAILOptional Crossref polite-pool contact email
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEYsecretOptional Semantic Scholar account key
OPENALEX_API_KEYsecretKey for explicitly selected OpenAlex queries; account credits apply
SERPAPI_API_KEYsecretKey for explicitly selected commercial Google Scholar queries
SCOPUS_API_KEYsecretKey for explicitly selected Scopus queries; entitlement required
SCOPUS_INSTTOKENsecretOptional Scopus institutional token
WOS_API_KEYsecretKey for explicitly selected Web of Science Starter queries
UNPAYWALL_EMAILOptional email for Unpaywall open-access enrichment

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