CiteGuard MCP Server

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CiteGuard runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 48 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 16 Jul 2026.

Open watchdog for retracted & problematic citations: Retraction Watch, OpenAlex, Crossref.

Installs per day peak 28 · avg 10 · -52% w/w

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16 Jul 2026

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MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check CiteGuard every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add retractguard -- uvx retractguard

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "retractguard": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "retractguard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.retractguard]
command = "uvx"
args = ["retractguard"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "retractguard": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "retractguard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "retractguard": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "retractguard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: OPENALEX_API_KEY (OpenAlex API key (required for live OpenAlex lookups and watch_institution)), CITEGUARD_MAILTO (Contact email for the OpenAlex/Crossref polite pool).

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CiteGuard — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for CiteGuard?

CiteGuard runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package retractguard was installed 48 times last week.

How do I connect CiteGuard?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls retractguard straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use CiteGuard?

The pypi package retractguard was installed 48 times in the last week. Week over week that is -52%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is CiteGuard open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.