Citation Safe Verifier MCP server
Verifies legal citations vs primary sources: existence, quote match, proposition support.
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Citation Safe Verifier tools (8, 2 write)
write = sends, deletes, buys or postsbatch_verify_citationswrite actionFreeRuns the same 3-layer citation verification as verify_citation across multiple texts in a single call. Each item is billed against your CitationSafe usage exactly like an individual verify_citation call — batching never bypasses your plan's monthly limit. Max 10 items per batch, 64,000 characters per item. Requires a signed-in CitationSafe account (Authorization: Bearer <access_token>) — anonymous batch calls are not supported, use verify_citation for anonymous single-text checks.
get_verificationFreeRetrieves a previously run CitationSafe verification (by the verificationId returned from verify_citation/verify_document, or from a citationsafe.com/v/{id} share link) and returns its full per-citation results.
is_this_case_realFreeDeterministic existence check (Layer 1 only, no LLM) for one legal citation against CourtListener's primary-source database. Answers the single question "is this case real" for one citation — for multi-citation quote-checked verdicts across a whole brief, use verify_brief instead. Free tier: 5 checks/day per IP, no key required. For unlimited access, pass an API key as "Authorization: Bearer <key>" (contact support@citationsafe.com to request one).
search_phantomsFreeSearches CitationSafe's phantom-citation registry — fabricated case names/citations that have shown up in real, sanctioned AI-hallucination incidents — by case name or the AI system that produced them. Read-only, public data. Returns an empty array (not an error) if nothing matches or the registry has no entries yet.
search_sanctionsFreeSearches CitationSafe's database of real court sanctions/orders arising from AI-hallucinated legal citations, by court name, party/case name keyword, or free-text keyword. Read-only, public data — same dataset backing citationsafe.com/sanctions-database.
verify_briefwrite actionFreeRuns existence (Layer 1) and quote-match (Layer 2) checks — both deterministic, no LLM — on every citation found in the given text and returns one verdict per citation. The multi-citation counterpart to is_this_case_real. Proposition support (Layer 3) is not included on this free/API-key surface; sign in at citationsafe.com for full 3-layer verification via verify_citation. Free tier: 5 checks/day per IP (one verify_brief call = one check, regardless of how many citations the text contains); an API key bypasses the daily cap.
verify_citationFreeChecks every legal citation in the given text against primary sources: does the cited case exist (Layer 1, CourtListener database lookup — deterministic, no LLM), does a quoted passage appear in the source opinion (Layer 2), and — on paid CitationSafe tiers — does the case support the proposition it's cited for (Layer 3). Returns VERIFIED / UNCONFIRMED / UNCONFIRMED — OUTSIDE COVERAGE / SOURCE UNAVAILABLE per citation, never a bare true/false, with source links. Not legal advice.
verify_documentFreeFetches a document (PDF, DOCX, or plain text) from a URL and runs the same 3-layer citation verification as verify_citation. Use this when you have a link to a brief rather than pasted text.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-25 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
- Live reliabilityremote reachable in 1606ms20/20
- Tool poisoning8 tool descriptions checked15/15
- Auth qualityopen endpoint exposes 2 write-action tools with no auth3/15
- Maintenancerepository not readable: repo not found3/15
- Maintainer identityno repository or website to verify2/10
Findings (1)
- highWrite-action tools reachable without authentication
auth.open-write
Install directly
claude mcp add --transport http verifier https://citationsafe.com/api/mcp
Citation Safe Verifier: common questions
- Is Citation Safe Verifier MCP server safe?
- With care: it is graded C, so read the findings first (57/100). Read the Citation Safe Verifier safety report
- How do I install Citation Safe Verifier?
- It runs remotely at citationsafe.com. Add it to Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
- Does Citation Safe Verifier need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is Citation Safe Verifier maintained?
- The latest release is v1.0.0.
- Is Citation Safe Verifier up?
- 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.