# b/cited (remote · mcp.bcited.ai)

AEO tools: scan any URL for AI-citation readiness, read the public leaderboard and citation panel.

- Trust score: 86/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.bcited.ai`: 36/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bcited-bcited/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bcited-bcited/mcp)
- remote · `mcp.bcited.ai`: 86/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bcited-bcited/public.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bcited-bcited/public)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.bcited.ai/public`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.6.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 80/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1448 tokens (~181/item across 8 items; 6 tools + 2 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the b/cited MCP server?

b/cited is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.bcited.ai/public, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ai-bcited-bcited 'https://mcp.bcited.ai/public'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-bcited-bcited": {
      "url": "https://mcp.bcited.ai/public"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-bcited-bcited": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.bcited.ai/public"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-bcited-bcited]
url = "https://mcp.bcited.ai/public"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-bcited-bcited": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.bcited.ai/public",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-bcited-bcited --url 'https://mcp.bcited.ai/public' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-bcited-bcited:
    url: "https://mcp.bcited.ai/public"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-bcited-bcited": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.bcited.ai/public"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-bcited-bcited -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.bcited.ai/public'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-bcited-bcited": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.bcited.ai/public"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-02 (score 86, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “lookup_glossary” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “scan_site” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_domain_readiness” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_leaderboard” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_prompt_citations” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_leaderboard_categories” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “get_prompt_citations” reworded the description of “category”

### 2026-10-20 (score 86, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_prompt_citations” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-17 (score 86, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-10-16 (score 86, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 85, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-12 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-10 (score 83, +2)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-05 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (6)

### `scan_site` (~244 tokens)

Scan a site for AI-citation readiness

Run b/cited's Site Readiness scan on one public URL: a rule-based audit (not model-judged) of 30+ observable signals across nine categories — indexing, metadata, social cards, structured data, AEO (llms.txt, ai.txt, AI-crawler stance in robots.txt, FAQPage/HowTo/Author schema), international, mobile, security headers, and performance. Returns an A–F grade, a 0–100 score per category, and every check with pass/warn/fail and a detail line. Performance (Core Web Vitals via PageSpeed Insights) is off by default because it adds up to 45 seconds; set include_performance to true to include it. Results are cached for an hour and shared across callers (source: "cache"). Private, loopback and .local hosts are rejected.

Input parameters:

- `include_performance` (boolean): Also run Core Web Vitals via PageSpeed Insights. Slower (up to 45 s) and on a separate daily budget. Default false.
- `url` (string, required): The public page to scan. A bare host like example.com is accepted; https is assumed.

### `list_leaderboard_categories` (~34 tokens)

List leaderboard categories

List the 12 industry categories of b/cited's public AEO readiness leaderboard (slug, name, description).

### `get_leaderboard` (~114 tokens)

Get a leaderboard category

Return one category of b/cited's public AEO readiness leaderboard: every curated domain ranked by overall readiness score (0–100) with its letter grade and AEO score, as scanned weekly by the same rule-based scanner as the site scan. Unscanned domains sort last with null scores.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required): Category slug, e.g. "crm" or "project-management".
- `limit` (integer): How many rows to return, from the top. Default 15 (a full category).

### `get_domain_readiness` (~137 tokens)

Get a leaderboard domain's readiness

Look up one domain on b/cited's public AEO readiness leaderboard: its rank, grade, overall and AEO scores in every category it appears in, the AEO-category checks from its most recent weekly scan, and its score history (newest first). Covers only the 180 curated leaderboard domains.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Restrict to one category slug when the domain is listed in several.
- `domain` (string, required): Apex domain, e.g. "asana.com". A URL is accepted and reduced to its host.
- `history_limit` (integer): How many weekly history points to return. Default 12.

### `get_prompt_citations` (~161 tokens)

Get a category's AI citation panel

For one leaderboard category, which sites ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity cited when asked b/cited's fixed set of buyer prompts, for one ISO week (default: the latest recorded). Per prompt and engine: the ordered cited hosts and whether each is on the board; per board domain: cited on N of M prompt-and-engine pairs and best rank; plus hosts cited that are not on the board. This is engine output at run time, not a scanner score; the prompts are a sample, not a census; no endorsement is implied.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required): Leaderboard category slug, e.g. "crm".
- `week` (string): ISO week like "2026-W38". Default: the latest week with data.

### `lookup_glossary` (~105 tokens)

Look up a b/cited glossary term

Define a term the way b/cited's glossary defines it — AEO, citation, brand rank, visibility score, authority score, topical cluster, coverage diff, llms.txt, ai.txt, and 30 more. Matches on term, alias, or slug, and returns the best match plus close alternatives. With no term, returns every entry.

Input parameters:

- `term` (string): The term, alias, or slug to look up. Omit to list all entries.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bcited-bcited/public#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 86
- 2026-11-04: 86
- 2026-11-03: 86
- 2026-11-02: 86
- 2026-11-01: 86
- 2026-10-31: 86
- 2026-10-30: 86
- 2026-10-29: 86
- 2026-10-28: 86
- 2026-10-27: 86
- 2026-10-26: 86
- 2026-10-25: 86
- 2026-10-24: 86
- 2026-10-23: 86
- 2026-10-22: 86
- 2026-10-21: 86
- 2026-10-20: 86
- 2026-10-19: 86
- 2026-10-18: 86
- 2026-10-17: 86
- 2026-10-16: 86
- 2026-10-15: 85
- 2026-10-14: 85
- 2026-10-13: 84
- 2026-10-12: 84
- 2026-10-10: 83
- 2026-10-05: 81
- 2026-10-04: 80
- 2026-10-03: 80
- 2026-10-02: 79

## Common questions

### What is the b/cited MCP server?

b/cited is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.bcited/bcited. AEO tools: scan any URL for AI-citation readiness, read the public leaderboard and citation panel. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.bcited.ai/public).

### Is the b/cited MCP server safe to use?

b/cited scores 86 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the b/cited MCP server expose?

b/cited exposes 6 tools: scan_site, list_leaderboard_categories, get_leaderboard, get_domain_readiness, get_prompt_citations, lookup_glossary. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 795 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the b/cited MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to b/cited without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the b/cited MCP server still maintained?

b/cited is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.bcited.ai/public
- Repository: https://github.com/cmunkres/bcited-cf
- Website: https://bcited.ai/claude-skill
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bcited-bcited/public.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bcited-bcited/public.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bcited-bcited/public