Raconteur AI Gateway vs CiteWire
Raconteur AI Gateway is an MCP server published by getbotlens.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). CiteWire is an MCP server published by Openly-Useful. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Raconteur AI Gateway |  CiteWire |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.0 Downloads/month (npm): 108 Downloads/week (npm): 34 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Raconteur AI Gateway | CiteWire |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (raconteur.mcp.getbotlens.com/mcp) | On your machine (citewire) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/openly-useful/citewire |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Status out of date: last check 43 h ago returned HTTP 405 | no remote endpoint we check |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Raconteur AI Gateway
MCP gateway for raconteur.com: articles, search and full text. Read-only, no auth.
CiteWire
Attribution-first MCP server for free news sources and free article APIs.
How to run each
Raconteur AI Gateway As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http raconteur https://raconteur.mcp.getbotlens.com/mcpCiteWire As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio citewire -- npx -y citewire --config "<YOUR_CONFIG>"Requires: --config
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Raconteur AI Gateway 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: Raconteur AI Gateway · What it can do: CiteWire · Compare two other plugins
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.