Citation Tracker MCP Server

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answering

Citation Tracker is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. It exposes 7 tools.

Checks whether AI search engines cite your target domains for a prompt. $0.75/call via MCP.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 24 days of history · worst day 99%

24 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

267 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 4

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 2 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

2 Sep 4 tools appeared citation_tracker_monitor_30, citation_tracker_monitor_7, citation_tracker_monitor_cancel and 1 more

This one has been quiet for a while

Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 5 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add citation-tracker --transport http https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-tracker": {
      "url": "https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.citation-tracker]
url = "https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-tracker": {
      "url": "https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-tracker": {
      "url": "https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 7

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

citation

citation_tracker_check

Sends one prompt to 1 to 4 search assistants (Perplexity, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) and reports whether each cites your target domains: cited status, citation count, cited domains, model, and a structured error per engine. Started concurrently; a failed engine returns `cited: null` and does not block the others (PD7). Paid, $0.75/call; read-only and safe to retry.

citation_tracker_check_perplexity

Sends one prompt to Perplexity (sonar) and reports whether it cites your target domains, with citation count and cited domains. Free: one call per caller and 100 calls total per UTC day; both limits fail closed. A real live evaluation before you pay for citation_tracker_check.

citation_tracker_monitor_30

Buys a monitor: 30 recurring runs of citation_tracker_check for one prompt and 1 to 10 target domains, daily or weekly. The first run happens now and is returned. Later runs are read with citation_tracker_monitor_status using the returned monitor_id (the only credential; it is not recoverable). Each run flags which target domains changed since the last run. Paid once, $18 for the term ($0.6/check); no refund of unused runs; cancel any time with citation_tracker_monitor_cancel. Retains the prompt, domains and results until 30 days after the last run or until cancelled.

citation_tracker_monitor_7

Buys a monitor: 7 recurring runs of citation_tracker_check for one prompt and 1 to 10 target domains, daily or weekly. The first run happens now and is returned. Later runs are read with citation_tracker_monitor_status using the returned monitor_id (the only credential; it is not recoverable). Each run flags which target domains changed since the last run. Paid once, $4.2 for the term ($0.6/check); no refund of unused runs; cancel any time with citation_tracker_monitor_cancel. Retains the prompt, domains and results until 30 days after the last run or until cancelled.

citation_tracker_monitor_cancel

Stops a monitor and deletes its prompt, domains and results. Unused runs are not refunded. Free. Needs the monitor_id.

citation_tracker_monitor_status

Reads a monitor: remaining runs, next run time, and every run so far (most recent first) with the same per-engine rows as citation_tracker_check plus changed_since_last per target domain. Free. Needs the monitor_id.

citation_tracker_shortlist_gate

Checks whether ChatGPT would search the web for one prompt and whether its first search query names any of your supplied brand or product terms (whole-word match). Use it to gate a prompt before spending on citation_tracker_check. Paid, $0.20/call; read-only and safe to retry.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp	streamable-http	answering	302 ms	5 min ago

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Citation Tracker — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Citation Tracker do?

It exposes 7 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: citation_tracker_check, citation_tracker_check_perplexity, citation_tracker_monitor_30, citation_tracker_monitor_7, citation_tracker_monitor_cancel, citation_tracker_monitor_status and 1 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Citation Tracker working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 267 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

Is Citation Tracker still maintained?

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

How do I connect Citation Tracker?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Citation Tracker need an API key?

No. Citation Tracker completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 7 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Citation Tracker?

It answers our handshake in 267 ms on average, which is faster than 55% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.