Footnote MCP

Search, extract data, and verify every claim against the source page. Unlike search APIs (Tavily, Exa) or scrapers (Firecrawl) that return raw text or markdown, footnote-mcp is built for verification: every claim is checked against the raw source text with sentence-level citations and character offsets, with zero required API keys. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with browser automation, fact checking and playwright and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-07 · ★ 2 · #165 OF 290 MAINTAINED BROWSER AUTOMATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Footnote MCP

before you install - you'll need

Set RUN_LIVE_WEB_TESTS before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add kazkozdev-footnote-mcp -- uvx footnote-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kazkozdev-footnote-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "footnote-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 · container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem

license MIT - declared in the repository

pypi package footnote-mcp - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

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

03 · What Footnote MCP can do

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

Limitations (from the README)

- The offline entailment heuristic scores 100% on numeric and factual claims but 83% overall on the labelled set; purely semantic negation and paraphrase need backend="ollama". - The benchmark runner has no hard per-task timeout on Windows: it is built on signal.setitimer, which Windows lacks, so a hung task there runs unguarded. The server itself is unaffected. - Zero-key providers are scraped, so results vary by IP

Latest releases

v0.2.5 · 2026-08-04

v0.2.3 · 2026-07-24

Publishes footnote-mcp to the official MCP Registry and fixes the PyPI and OCI ownership metadata required for verification.

v0.2.1 · 2026-07-24

04 · Who maintains Footnote MCP

footnote-mcp is maintained by kazkozdev. We track 4 MCP servers from kazkozdev - 3 actively maintained, 6 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from May 2026. Full record: all servers from kazkozdev.

weboperator Hands your live Chrome tab to any MCP client - snapshot, navigate, click, type, extract. ★ 3

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/kazkozdev/footnote-mcp
website: https://github.com/KazKozDev/footnote-mcp
category: browser automation - ranked #165 of 290 actively-maintained browser automation servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 4 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-04)
registry: io.github.KazKozDev/footnote-mcp (active, first published 2026-07-24 · 3 versions)
packages: pypi:footnote-mcp · oci:ghcr.io/kazkozdev/footnote-mcp:0.2.6

06 · Footnote MCP FAQ

What is Footnote MCP?

Is Footnote MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-07 and it shipped 4 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Footnote MCP?

Run `uvx footnote-mcp`. The README documents one environment variable (RUN_LIVE_WEB_TESTS) to set first. Set RUN_LIVE_WEB_TESTS before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Footnote MCP run locally?

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

07 · Alternatives to Footnote MCP

Alternatives to Footnote MCP

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Pairs well with

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