# Zovo Citation Generator (remote · citation-generator.zovo.one)

DOIs and ISBNs to APA & MLA

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-23

## Components

- remote · `citation-generator.zovo.one`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-citation-generator/citation-generator.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-citation-generator/citation-generator)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-10-23.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 76/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 552 tokens (~184/item across 3 items; 2 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 3/100
  - Stability observed for 1 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.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 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 Zovo Citation Generator MCP server?

Zovo Citation Generator is a hosted endpoint at https://citation-generator.zovo.one/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 theluckystrike-citation-generator 'https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "theluckystrike-citation-generator": {
      "url": "https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "theluckystrike-citation-generator": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.theluckystrike-citation-generator]
url = "https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "theluckystrike-citation-generator": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add theluckystrike-citation-generator --url 'https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  theluckystrike-citation-generator:
    url: "https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "theluckystrike-citation-generator": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add theluckystrike-citation-generator -t streamable-http -u 'https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "theluckystrike-citation-generator": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://citation-generator.zovo.one/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.

### 2026-10-23 (score 74, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-22 (score 74)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `generate_citations` (~265 tokens)

Generate citations from DOI or ISBN

Use this when the user wants to cite this for me, build a works cited list or a reference generator: give a DOI, an ISBN or a list of them and get APA 7, MLA 9 or Chicago citations plus BibTeX and RIS files. Use it for a doi to citation or isbn to citation, an mla citation generator or a chicago citation generator, or to make bibtex from doi. The metadata is looked up live on Crossref and Open Library. A record those services do not have returns status not_found for that item and the other items still work. Do not use for a source that has no DOI or ISBN, or to cite legal cases, patents or datasets; use format_manual_citation for a manual source.

Input parameters:

- `identifiers` (array, required): 1 to 25 DOIs or ISBNs, e.g. ["10.1038/nphys1170"] or ["9780140328721"]; a https://doi.org/ link and hyphens are accepted.
- `keep_capitals` (array): Words to keep as written, matched case-insensitively, e.g. ["Studies", "London"].
- `style` (string): Citation style: apa7 (default), mla9, chicago_ad or chicago_nb.

Output parameters:

- `count` (number)
- `downloads` (object)
- `items` (array)
- `not_found` (number)
- `note` (string)
- `reference_order` (array)
- `resolved` (number)
- `sources` (array)
- `style` (string)

### `format_manual_citation` (~196 tokens)

Format a manual citation

Use this when the user wants a citation generator, a reference generator apa or a works cited generator for a source they type in that has no DOI or ISBN: a book, a journal article, a chapter or a web page. Give the record fields and the style, and get the formatted citation plus BibTeX, RIS and text reference-list files. Use it for a cite this for me request about an old book or a class reading. Do not use it when the user has a DOI or an ISBN, or for legal cases, patents or datasets.

Input parameters:

- `keep_capitals` (array): Words to keep as written, matched case-insensitively, e.g. ["Studies", "London"].
- `record` (object, required): The source you type by hand when it has no DOI or ISBN.
- `style` (string): Citation style: apa7 (default), mla9, chicago_ad or chicago_nb.

Output parameters:

- `count` (number)
- `downloads` (object)
- `items` (array)
- `not_found` (number)
- `note` (string)
- `reference_order` (array)
- `resolved` (number)
- `sources` (array)
- `style` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-23: 74
- 2026-10-22: 74

## Common questions

### What is the Zovo Citation Generator MCP server?

Zovo Citation Generator is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.theluckystrike/citation-generator. DOIs and ISBNs to APA & MLA. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://citation-generator.zovo.one/mcp).

### Is the Zovo Citation Generator MCP server safe to use?

Zovo Citation Generator 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 Zovo Citation Generator MCP server expose?

Zovo Citation Generator exposes 2 tools: generate_citations, format_manual_citation. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 461 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Zovo Citation Generator MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Zovo Citation Generator without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Zovo Citation Generator MCP server still maintained?

Zovo Citation Generator is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 October 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-generator.zovo.one/mcp
- Website: https://citation-generator.zovo.one/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-citation-generator/citation-generator.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-citation-generator/citation-generator.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-citation-generator/citation-generator