Citation check
REMOTE · CITE.BESTSMARTGOODS.COM
Check whether a page URL supports a claim.
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Last scanned (46 minutes ago)
Scores higher than 61% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category Search and Retrieval
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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability83
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 195 tokens (~195/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management7
- Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 1 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 4 Nov 26 +3
- Tool “check_citation” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Schema quality: 66 → 195 ▼ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- Tool “check_citation” now declares an output schema ▲ functional
- First check of Tool coverage: 100 functional
- Schema quality: good → excellent functional
- “check_citation” reworded the description of “claim” cosmetic
- “check_citation” reworded the description of “url” cosmetic
- Tool “check_citation” changed its title: Check a citation cosmetic
- 3 Nov 26 70
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://cite.bestsmartgoods.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=*.bestsmartgoods.com | CN=Actalis Domain Validated TLS Server RSA CA 2025,O=Actalis S.p.A.,L=Ponte San Pietro,ST=Bergamo,C=IT | 31 Oct 2026 | 18 May 2027 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 683d9e2088fa8d1c55b67b13e6474d2f |
| SANs: *.bestsmartgoods.com, bestsmartgoods.com | ||||||
| CN=Actalis Domain Validated TLS Server RSA CA 2025,O=Actalis S.p.A.,L=Ponte San Pietro,ST=Bergamo,C=IT (CA) | CN=Actalis TLS Server RSA Root CA 2025,O=Actalis S.p.A.,C=IT | 7 Jul 2025 | 5 Jul 2035 | RSA 4096 | SHA512-RSA | 440e10626d31db911f1cf5a145e00367 |
| CN=Actalis TLS Server RSA Root CA 2025,O=Actalis S.p.A.,C=IT (CA) | CN=Actalis Authentication Root CA,O=Actalis S.p.A./03358520967,L=Milan,C=IT | 7 Aug 2025 | 22 Sept 2030 | RSA 4096 | SHA512-RSA | 2328b3ed98429c6559985f3daa3c6e04 |
| CN=Actalis Domain Validation Server CA G3,O=Actalis S.p.A.,L=Ponte San Pietro,ST=Bergamo,C=IT (CA) | CN=Actalis Authentication Root CA,O=Actalis S.p.A./03358520967,L=Milan,C=IT | 6 Jul 2020 | 22 Sept 2030 | RSA 4096 | SHA256-RSA | 12737797a315886dfeb76c7e6a5a0354 |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of cite.bestsmartgoods.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| bestsmartgoods.com. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://cite.bestsmartgoods.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://cite.bestsmartgoods.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://cite.bestsmartgoods.com/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
check_citation Check a citation ~195
Check whether one public page supports one claim. Returns verdict supported, partially_supported, unclear, or unsupported, plus score, confidence, page_title, and method. score is the share of claim words found on the page, from 0 to 1, not a legal grade. Costs 0.08 credit only after the page is fetched. invalid_url and fetch_failed are not charged. Use it with one public http or https URL and one statement. Do not use it for login pages, files, or as legal advice. A low score means few claim words appear on the page. Key: https://firm.bestsmartgoods.com/signup
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| claim | string | yes | One statement to compare with the page text. Short factual sentences score more clearly than long quotes. |
| url | string | yes | Public http or https page. Login walls, localhost, and non-http URLs return invalid_url or fetch_failed and are not charged. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| claim | string | – | – |
| confidence | number | – | Between 0.30 and 0.85, rising with score. |
| credits_remaining | number | – | Present only after a charged, successful check. |
| error | string | – | Present only when ok is false. |
| method | string | – | – |
| ok | boolean | – | False for invalid_url or fetch_failed. Those calls are not charged. |
| page_title | string | – | HTML title, empty when the page has none. |
| score | number | – | Share of claim words found on the page, from 0 to 1. |
| url | string | – | – |
| verdict | string | – | supported at score 0.55 or more, partially_supported at 0.30, unclear at 0.15, otherwise unsupported. |
No examples provided.
How do I install the Citation check MCP server?
Citation check is a hosted endpoint at https://cite.bestsmartgoods.com/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.
remote · cite.bestsmartgoods.com
claude mcp add --transport http ladanyin-citation-check 'https://cite.bestsmartgoods.com/mcp'
What is the Citation check MCP server?
Citation check is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.ladanyin/citation-check. Check whether a page URL supports a claim. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://cite.bestsmartgoods.com/mcp).
Is the Citation check MCP server safe to use?
Citation check scores 74 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 Citation check MCP server expose?
Citation check exposes 1 tool: check_citation. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 195 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Citation check MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Citation check without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Citation check MCP server still maintained?
Citation check 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.