Citation Intelligence MCP Server - install & status [2026]

01 · Install Citation Intelligence

before you install - you'll need

Set PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, SERPAPI_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add automatelab-tech-citation-intelligence -- npx -y @automatelab/citation-intelligence

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "automatelab-tech-citation-intelligence": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@automatelab/citation-intelligence"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package @automatelab/citation-intelligence - the @automatelab scope differs from the repo owner (automatelab-tech); confirm it's the project's official package

registry namespace io.github.AutomateLab-tech is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Citation Intelligence can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can extract the cited snippet from raw_answer for each citation (why, not just that), query the domain has been cited for, from local cache, save / load / list named query panels (editorial watchlists), and run a panel through domain_am_i_cited and snapshot to disk.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Citation Intelligence lets an agent do.

Citations

6 tools - e.g. Recommended first tool. Fan a query across engines; per-URL cross-engine consensus matrix. Returns interpretation_note per engine.; URLs cited by Perplexity / Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini / Google AI Mode…

citations_provenance · citations_check · citations_evidence · citations_predict · citations_trend · citations_freshness

Audit

6 tools - e.g. Deep schema.org validation - required fields per @type, malformed JSON-LD; Repair-oriented schema.org diagnostics + suggested patches; Verify GPTBot / ClaudeBot / PerplexityBot / CCBot / Google-Extended…

audit_schema · audit_structured_data · audit_crawler_access · audit_sitemap · audit_sitemap_map · audit_llms_txt

Signals

4 tools - e.g. Google AI Overview presence + cited sources; List Wikipedia articles referencing a domain (zero keys); Join Google Search Console performance with AI citation status

signals_ai_overview · signals_wikipedia · signals_gsc_gap · signals_answer_box

Domain

3 tools - e.g. Domain citation check. With engine=auto (default): fans across all available LLM engines, returns per-engine breakdown + cross-engine consensus. Pin engine= to ; Queries the domain has been cited for…

domain_am_i_cited · domain_cited_for · domain_cited_for_diff

Competitors

3 tools - e.g. Top cited domains per query, aggregated across engines; End-to-end competitive snapshot: your URL vs top cited competitors; Side-by-side citations_predict across 2-10 URLs

competitors_canonical_set · competitors_compete · competitors_compare

Panel

2 tools - e.g. Save / load / list named query panels (editorial watchlists); Run a panel through domain_am_i_cited and snapshot to disk

panel_track · panel_run

Report

1 tool - e.g. One-call AI visibility report over a query set (or panel): citation rate (mention frequency), share of voice vs competitors, average rank, and brand sentiment.

report_visibility

Latest releases

v0.7.0 · 2026-05-25

Citation Intelligence v0.7.0 · MCP server for auditing AI citation visibility across Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Bing, and Google AI Overviews. · GitHub Action (new in this release) · Use Citation Intelligence…

04 · Who maintains Citation Intelligence

Citation Intelligence is maintained by automatelab-tech. We track 4 MCP servers from automatelab-tech - 4 actively maintained, 18 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from May 2026. Full record: all servers from automatelab-tech.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/automatelab-tech/citation-intelligence
website: https://automatelab.tech/products/mcp/citation-intelligence/
category: search - ranked #18 of 47 actively-maintained search servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry: io.github.AutomateLab-tech/citation-intelligence (active, first published 2026-05-25 · 9 versions)
packages: npm:@automatelab/citation-intelligence

06 · Citation Intelligence FAQ

Is Citation Intelligence still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-06-08. We re-verify nightly.

What can Citation Intelligence do?

With this server connected, an agent can extract the cited snippet from raw_answer for each citation (why, not just that), query the domain has been cited for, from local cache, save / load / list named query panels (editorial watchlists), and run a panel through domain_am_i_cited and snapshot to disk.

How do I install Citation Intelligence?

Run `npx -y @automatelab/citation-intelligence`. The README documents 5 environment variables (PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, SERPAPI_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY…) to set first. Set PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, SERPAPI_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Citation Intelligence run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Citation Intelligence

Alternatives to Citation Intelligence

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Pairs well with

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