# co.pixelcove/citation-tracker (remote · citation-tracker.pixelcove.co)

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

- Trust score: 75/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- remote · `citation-tracker.pixelcove.co`: 75/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-pixelcove-citation-tracker/citation-tracker.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-pixelcove-citation-tracker/citation-tracker)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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 2026-09-20.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 7 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - 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**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1069 tokens (~152/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 83/100
  - Stability observed for 25 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **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**: 50/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - 0 of 2 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "citation_tracker_check" implies "send" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default.
  - Manipulation not yet verified: only 7 of 8 captured unit(s) of tool text has been judged so far, so we will not certify text no model has read as clean.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the co.pixelcove/citation-tracker MCP server?

co.pixelcove/citation-tracker is a hosted endpoint at https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp, 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 co-pixelcove-citation-tracker 'https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "co-pixelcove-citation-tracker": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

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

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "co-pixelcove-citation-tracker": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add co-pixelcove-citation-tracker --url 'https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  co-pixelcove-citation-tracker:
    url: "https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "co-pixelcove-citation-tracker": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add co-pixelcove-citation-tracker -t streamable-http -u 'https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-pixelcove-citation-tracker": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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.

### 2026-09-20 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 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.

### 2026-09-18 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 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.

### 2026-09-15 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-13 (score 72, +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.

### 2026-09-11 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-09 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-05 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (7)

### `citation_tracker_check` (~174 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `engines` (array, required): 1 to 4 distinct engines to check, from perplexity, openai, anthropic, gemini.
- `prompt` (string, required): The prompt to send to the search assistant(s), verbatim. 1 to 4000 characters.
- `targets` (array, required): 1 to 10 target domains to check for a citation.

### `citation_tracker_check_perplexity` (~117 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `prompt` (string, required): The prompt to send to the search assistant(s), verbatim. 1 to 4000 characters.
- `targets` (array, required): 1 to 10 target domains to check for a citation.

### `citation_tracker_shortlist_gate` (~144 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `brand_terms` (array, required): 1 to 20 brand terms to look for in the first search query.
- `product_terms` (array): 0 to 50 product terms to look for in the first search query.
- `prompt` (string, required): The prompt to send to the search assistant(s), verbatim. 1 to 4000 characters.

### `citation_tracker_monitor_7` (~216 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `cadence` (string, required): How often to re-run the check.
- `engines` (array, required): 1 to 4 search assistants to run on every check.
- `prompt` (string, required): The prompt to send to the search assistant(s), verbatim. 1 to 4000 characters.
- `targets` (array, required): 1 to 10 target domains to check for a citation.

### `citation_tracker_monitor_30` (~214 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `cadence` (string, required): How often to re-run the check.
- `engines` (array, required): 1 to 4 search assistants to run on every check.
- `prompt` (string, required): The prompt to send to the search assistant(s), verbatim. 1 to 4000 characters.
- `targets` (array, required): 1 to 10 target domains to check for a citation.

### `citation_tracker_monitor_status` (~86 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `monitor_id` (string, required): The monitor id returned by citation_tracker_monitor_7 or _30. It is the only credential; keep it.

### `citation_tracker_monitor_cancel` (~66 tokens)

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

Input parameters:

- `monitor_id` (string, required): The monitor id returned by citation_tracker_monitor_7 or _30. It is the only credential; keep it.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-pixelcove-citation-tracker/citation-tracker#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 75
- 2026-09-19: 74
- 2026-09-18: 74
- 2026-09-17: 73
- 2026-09-16: 73
- 2026-09-15: 73
- 2026-09-14: 72
- 2026-09-13: 72
- 2026-09-12: 71
- 2026-09-11: 71
- 2026-09-10: 70
- 2026-09-09: 70
- 2026-09-08: 69
- 2026-09-07: 69
- 2026-09-06: 68
- 2026-09-05: 68
- 2026-09-04: 67
- 2026-09-03: 67
- 2026-09-02: 66
- 2026-09-01: 67
- 2026-08-31: 67
- 2026-08-30: 66
- 2026-08-29: 66
- 2026-08-28: 66
- 2026-08-27: 65
- 2026-08-26: 65

## Common questions

### What is the co.pixelcove/citation-tracker MCP server?

co.pixelcove/citation-tracker is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as co.pixelcove/citation-tracker. Checks whether AI search engines cite your target domains for a prompt. $0.75/call via MCP. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp).

### Is the co.pixelcove/citation-tracker MCP server safe to use?

co.pixelcove/citation-tracker scores 75 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 co.pixelcove/citation-tracker MCP server expose?

co.pixelcove/citation-tracker exposes 7 tools: citation_tracker_check, citation_tracker_check_perplexity, citation_tracker_shortlist_gate, citation_tracker_monitor_7, citation_tracker_monitor_30, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,017 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the co.pixelcove/citation-tracker MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to co.pixelcove/citation-tracker without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the co.pixelcove/citation-tracker MCP server still maintained?

co.pixelcove/citation-tracker is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 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://citation-tracker.pixelcove.co/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/PixelCove/citation-tracker
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-pixelcove-citation-tracker/citation-tracker.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-pixelcove-citation-tracker/citation-tracker.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-pixelcove-citation-tracker/citation-tracker