# io.github.Kevinx702/legalcite (npm · legalcite-mcp)

Verify legal case citations against real court records; flag fake/hallucinated cites.

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +20
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `legalcite-mcp`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/kevinx702-legalcite/legalcite-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/kevinx702-legalcite/legalcite-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `legalcite-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 37 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 176 tokens (~176/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **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.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add kevinx702-legalcite -- npx -y legalcite-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add kevinx702-legalcite -- npx -y legalcite-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "kevinx702-legalcite": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "legalcite-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add kevinx702-legalcite --command npx --arg -y --arg legalcite-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  kevinx702-legalcite:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "legalcite-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kevinx702-legalcite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "legalcite-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 66, +40)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → excellent
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-01 (score 26, −12)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-31 (score 38, +13)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] Dependency health: partial → unverified
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-29 (score 25, −21)

- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 46)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `verify_citations` (~176 tokens)

Verify legal case citations against real court records, and flag hallucinated/fake or misattributed cites. Pass any text (a paragraph, a brief, an AI-drafted legal answer) and it detects every case citation (e.g. "410 U.S. 113") and checks each against CourtListener: verdict "real" (case exists & name matches), "not-found" (no such case — likely fabricated), or "mismatch" (citation is real but the case name in the text is wrong). ALWAYS run this before relying on or filing any AI-generated legal citation. Verifies existence/metadata only, not legal correctness; not legal advice.

Input parameters:

- `text` (string, required): text containing one or more legal citations to verify, e.g. a paragraph from a brief or "410 U.S. 113"

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/kevinx702-legalcite/legalcite-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 66
- 2026-08-02: 66
- 2026-08-01: 26
- 2026-07-31: 38
- 2026-07-29: 25
- 2026-07-28: 46
- 2026-07-27: 46

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/legalcite-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/legalcite-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/Kevinx702/legalcite
- Website: https://legalcite-one.vercel.app/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/kevinx702-legalcite/legalcite-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/kevinx702-legalcite/legalcite-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/kevinx702-legalcite/legalcite-mcp