CiteWire MCP server

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Attribution-first MCP server for free news sources and free article APIs.

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CiteWire tools (22, 1 write)

write = sends, deletes, buys or posts

Read from the package source without running it. The installed server may list more.

arxiv.search
Search arXiv preprints. Returns id, title, a trimmed summary, publication date and authors.
crossref.search
Search Crossref bibliographic metadata. Returns DOI, title, published date, container title and URL.
dblp.search
Search the DBLP computer science bibliography. Returns title, authors, venue, year and url.
devto.search
List recent dev.to articles for a tag. Returns title, url, published date, author, tags and reaction count.
europepmc.search
Search Europe PMC biomedical literature. Returns id, title, author string, journal title, publication year and DOI.
evaluate_rights
Apply a fail-closed source policy. Opaque credential references are never returned or logged.
explain_inclusionwrite action
Run the deterministic classifier in observe-only shadow mode and return auditable reasons.
gdelt.context
Retrieve snippet-level context matches for a query from the GDELT Context 2.0 API. Returns the surrounding text snippet plus source metadata.
gdelt.search
Search worldwide news article metadata via the GDELT DOC 2.0 API. Returns title, url, domain, seendate and language. Metadata and links only.
get_article
Get one injected local record only when every projection gate passes.
get_health
Read non-sensitive local policy state without contacting an external provider.
hackernews.item
Fetch a single Hacker News item by id.
hackernews.top
Fetch the current Hacker News top stories. Returns id, title, url, score, author, time and comment count.
list_sources
List disabled-by-default source policy records. Registry presence never activates a source.
list_topics
List configured topic identifiers. The policy-only foundation has no topic catalog.
news.about
Static facts about this server and the platform: attribution policy, site, and API base.
news.get
One published news item by slug, with attribution and related coverage.
news.list
List published news items, newest first. Filters mirror the platform API:
news.topics
The active news taxonomy topics (slug, label, description).
openalex.search
Search scholarly works in OpenAlex. Returns id, title, publication date, DOI, open-access URL and citation count.
search_articles
Search an injected local article store. This reference projection performs no fetches or writes.
semanticscholar.search
Search papers in the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph. Returns title, abstract, year, url, citation count and authors.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-11-01 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan47 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 qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
Maintenancelast push 18 days ago15/15
Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner7/10

Overall 91/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

How CiteWire compares

Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 91/100; higher than 85% of 48,255 servers
Tools: 22; the typical server has 7
Tools that change things: 5%; typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
GitHub stars: 1; more than 65% of 28,688 servers
Downloads a week: 35; more than 25% of 12,191 servers with a package

What its tools let an agent do: 20 read · 1 change · 1 run or deploy

Install CiteWire in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

Runs npx -y citewire on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.

claude mcp add citewire -- npx -y citewire

Add to Cursor

What the publisher says

From the CiteWire repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

CiteWire

citewire.org · Openly Useful

Attribution-first MCP infrastructure for news and research discovery.

CiteWire gives agents structured, read-only access to news and research metadata while preserving credit and traffic for the original publisher. It can expose a compatible news platform as typed MCP tools, query optional public provider APIs, or do both in one server.

The Community edition is useful on its own. It includes the MCP core, stdio and HTTP transports, the generic platform adapter, and every provider adapter in this repository under the MIT license. Commercial product direction is additive and focused on managed operations, personalization, workflows, collaboration, retained history, and support. See Product tiers.

What CiteWire is for

news.list, news.get, news.topics, and news.about.

News platform operators can expose a compatible read API through

research providers they want to query.

Researchers and agent builders can enable only the public news and

a Node serverless function.

Self-hosters can run the same server over stdio, stateless HTTP, or inside

runtime dependency.

Provider contributors can add a focused adapter without introducing a

CiteWire is not a full-text ingestion service, crawler, publisher, editorial system, or rights-clearance service. It does not store or republish article bodies. Provider reachability does not replace review of the provider's current terms for your use case.

Quick start

Requirements: Node.js 18 or newer. Community is an ESM-only Node package; it does not provide a CommonJS entry point.

Create citewire.config.json with one provider enabled:

{
  "providers": {
    "openalex": { "enabled": true }
  }
}

Run the server over stdio:

npx -y citewire --config citewire.config.json

stdio is the default transport and is the usual choice when an MCP client launches citewire as a local process.

MCP client configuration

Use an absolute config path because clients do not always launch from the project directory:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citewire": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "citewire",
        "--config",
        "/absolute/path/to/citewire.config.json"
      ]
    }
  }
}

HTTP transport

Run the stateless HTTP transport on port 8722:

npx -y citewire --config citewire.config.json --http 8722

The local endpoint accepts JSON-RPC over POST /. It does not offer sessions or an event stream.

Two ways to use it

1. Wrap a compatible news platform

Declare a platform with a display name, site URL, and read API base:

{
  "platform": {
    "name": "Example Industry News",
    "siteUrl": "https://news.example",
    "apiBase": "https://news.example/api/v1/news"
  }
}

That configuration exposes four tools:

The required HTTP surface is documented in the platform read-API contract.

2. Enable public provider tools

Provider adapters are included in Community and are disabled by default. A provider becomes active only when its config entry sets enabled to true.

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

CiteWire: common questions

Is CiteWire MCP server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (91/100). Read the CiteWire safety report
How do I install CiteWire?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does CiteWire need an API key?: Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is CiteWire maintained?: The last commit was 21 days ago (2026-10-14). The latest release is v0.2.0.
How does CiteWire compare with other MCP servers?: safety score 91/100 (higher than 85% of 48,255 servers); tools 22 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 5% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.