CiteMe
Search papers, format citations in 60 styles, and verify bibliographies against scholarly sources.
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"citeme": {
"url": "https://citeme.app/api/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://citeme.app/api/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (3)
🟡search_citations(query, style, limit, source_type)
Search scholarly sources by topic, title, author, DOI, or ISBN and return matching works as formatted citations. Resolved works may be merged into CiteMe's shared scholarly catalog and operational caches; the tool does not publish content or modify a user account.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 500,
"description": "Search query: topic, title, author name, DOI, or ISBN"
},
"style": {
"default": "apa",
"description": "Citation style (e.g., apa, abnt, mla, vancouver, chicago-author-date, ieee)",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"abnt",
"abnt-numerico",
"apa",
"mla",
"chicago-author-date",
"chicago-note",
"turabian",
"ieee",
"ama",
"asa",
"bluebook",
"cse",
"acs",
"harvard",
"vancouver",
"oscola",
"mhra",
"bmj",
"elsevier-harvard",
"sage-harvard",
"taylor-francis",
"cambridge-university-press",
"royal-society",
"din-1505",
"iso690-de",
"din-1505-numeric",
"din-1505-alphanumeric",
"chicago-de",
"harvard-de",
"juristische-zitierweise",
"springer-medizin-psychologie",
"kzfss",
"zeitschrift-fur-soziologie",
"iso690-fr",
"iso690-numeric-fr",
"iso690-note-fr",
"chicago-fr",
"french4",
"le-tapuscrit-note",
"le-tapuscrit-author-date",
"presses-univ-rennes",
"universite-bordeaux-droit",
"annales",
"iso690",
"nature",
"plos",
"science",
"cell",
"lancet",
"aip",
"rsc",
"apsa",
"aaa",
"np405",
"iso690-es",
"harvard-uct",
"aglc",
"harvard-agps",
"vancouver-author-date",
"mcgill",
"bibtex",
"ris"
]
},
"limit": {
"default": 5,
"description": "Number of citations to return",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10
},
"source_type": {
"default": "auto",
"description": "Type of source to search for",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"auto",
"paper",
"book",
"thesis"
]
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢format_citation(title, authors, year, style, doi, ...)
Format citation data (title, authors, year, etc.) into a specific citation style. The formatted result may be stored in an operational cache; the tool does not publish content or modify a user account.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 500,
"description": "Paper/book title"
},
"authors": {
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 50,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200
},
"description": "Author names (e.g., [\"John Smith\", \"Jane Doe\"])"
},
"year": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Publication year"
},
"style": {
"default": "apa",
"description": "Citation style",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"abnt",
"abnt-numerico",
"apa",
"mla",
"chicago-author-date",
"chicago-note",
"turabian",
"ieee",
"ama",
"asa",
"bluebook",
"cse",
"acs",
"harvard",
"vancouver",
"oscola",
"mhra",
"bmj",
"elsevier-harvard",
"sage-harvard",
"taylor-francis",
"cambridge-university-press",
"royal-society",
"din-1505",
"iso690-de",
"din-1505-numeric",
"din-1505-alphanumeric",
"chicago-de",
"harvard-de",
"juristische-zitierweise",
"springer-medizin-psychologie",
"kzfss",
"zeitschrift-fur-soziologie",
"iso690-fr",
"iso690-numeric-fr",
"iso690-note-fr",
"chicago-fr",
"french4",
"le-tapuscrit-note",
"le-tapuscrit-author-date",
"presses-univ-rennes",
"universite-bordeaux-droit",
"annales",
"iso690",
"nature",
"plos",
"science",
"cell",
"lancet",
"aip",
"rsc",
"apsa",
"aaa",
"np405",
"iso690-es",
"harvard-uct",
"aglc",
"harvard-agps",
"vancouver-author-date",
"mcgill",
"bibtex",
"ris"
]
},
"doi": {
"description": "DOI identifier",
"type": "string"
},
"venue": {
"description": "Journal or venue name",
"type": "string"
},
"volume": {
"description": "Volume number",
"type": "string"
},
"page": {
"description": "Page range (e.g., \"123-456\")",
"type": "string"
},
"publisher": {
"description": "Publisher name",
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"description": "URL of the source",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"title",
"authors",
"year"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢check_references(text)
Verify a user-provided bibliography against scholarly sources and return match status, identifiers, and citation issues. Results may be cached for up to six hours and usage may be logged; the bibliography is not published or added to an account.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"text": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 50000,
"description": "Raw bibliography text (one reference per line, or a full references section)"
}
},
"required": [
"text"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}Recommended Prompts
search_citationssearch_citationsCommunity
Evidence