citation-checker vs CiteMe
citation-checker is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑24.
citation-checker is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Babak Naderi. No marketplace we read lists it any more. CiteMe is an MCP server published by citeme.app. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-03. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  CiteMe | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace babaknaderi/citation-checker | Removed on 2026-10-24 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.2.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | citation-checkerno longer listed · | CiteMe |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 8 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (citeme.app/api/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/babaknaderi/citation-checker | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 47 h ago |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of citation-checker
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Checks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. No LLM.
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Build bibliographies from manuscript citations by extracting in-text citations, matching them against a references.bib file, identifying issues, and generating a formatted…
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Paste a bibliography or a single reference and find out whether the papers are real.
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Claude Code skill that verifies BibTeX entry content against Google Scholar and CrossRef.
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Verify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.
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AEGIS Academic Integrity Checker
Local-first paper integrity checks: hallucinated citations, AI-text, plagiarism, venue guidelines.
What each says it does
citation-checker
Audits LaTeX citations, cited-source metadata, and claim-to-source alignment.
CiteMe
Search papers, format citations in 60 styles, and verify bibliographies against scholarly sources.
How to run each
citation-checker
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
CiteMe As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http citeme https://citeme.app/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"Requires: Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only CiteMe has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: citation-checker · What it can do: CiteMe · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.