# Cited Brief

> Paid web research tools: cited briefs, quote checks, page text. Pay per call in USDC via x402.

- name: dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief/cited-brief
- version: 1.1.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 85/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief%2Fcited-brief
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief%2Fcited-brief/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cited-brief": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cited-brief.cited-brief.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-8d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 85/100 (good)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 86 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 7 of 7 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: cited_brief (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); check_quote (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); page_text (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,159 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: 4 tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 7, about 1,159 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 3467bf0fc23b3e8645ef6584364665b7
- tools last changed: 2026-10-13T08:51:37.626Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief/cited-brief.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief/cited-brief)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-13 `robots_check` added
  - Reads the site's robots.txt and says whether a crawler may fetch a URL (RFC 9309: the longest matching rule wins, Allow wins a tie), with the matching rule, crawl-delay and sitemaps. No AI involved; if robots.txt cannot be read you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
- 2026-10-13 `domain_check` added
  - Domain age and registration facts (created, expires, registrar, status, nameservers) from the registry's RDAP or WHOIS service, plus live DNS (address records, mail servers, SPF, DMARC) and plain flags such as "registered only 9 days ago". Use it to judge how trustworthy a site is. No AI involved. Works for most TLDs (.com, .org, .io, .ai, .dev, .co.uk and over a thousand more); if the registry has no public lookup (for example .de, .jp, .co, .ru, .ac.uk) or does not answer, you are not charged. Price: $0.02 USDC per call (x402).
- 2026-10-13 `check_doi` added
  - Looks up 1-10 DOIs or arXiv ids: does the paper exist, its title, authors, year and venue, how often it is cited, and whether it has been retracted. Pass the titles you cited to see if they match the real ones. Catches made-up references. No AI involved; if the lookup services are down you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
- 2026-10-13 `check_links` added
  - Checks 1-10 URLs: HTTP status, where redirects end, the page title, and a warning when a "200" page is really a not-found page. Use it to catch dead or made-up citations. No AI involved; a dead link is a valid answer, but a request with no usable URL is not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/dev.workers.cited-brief.cited-brief%2Fcited-brief/changes

## Remotes

- https://cited-brief.cited-brief.workers.dev/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (7)

- `check_doi`: Looks up 1-10 DOIs or arXiv ids: does the paper exist, its title, authors, year and venue, how often it is cited, and whether it has been retracted. Pass the titles you cited to see if they match the real ones. Catches made-up references. No AI involved; if the lookup services are down you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
- `check_links`: Checks 1-10 URLs: HTTP status, where redirects end, the page title, and a warning when a "200" page is really a not-found page. Use it to catch dead or made-up citations. No AI involved; a dead link is a valid answer, but a request with no usable URL is not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
- `check_quote`: Checks whether 1-10 quotes really appear on a web page (ignoring case, spacing, and quote or dash styles) and returns the surrounding text. Use it to catch made-up citations. No AI involved; if the page can't be read you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
- `cited_brief`: Answers a question from 1-5 web pages you name. Every claim comes with a verbatim quote that is re-checked on the live page; claims that fail are dropped, and if none pass you are not charged. Price: $0.10 USDC per call (x402).
- `domain_check`: Domain age and registration facts (created, expires, registrar, status, nameservers) from the registry's RDAP or WHOIS service, plus live DNS (address records, mail servers, SPF, DMARC) and plain flags such as "registered only 9 days ago". Use it to judge how trustworthy a site is. No AI involved. Works for most TLDs (.com, .org, .io, .ai, .dev, .co.uk and over a thousand more); if the registry has no public lookup (for example .de, .jp, .co, .ru, .ac.uk) or does not answer, you are not charged. Price: $0.02 USDC per call (x402).
- `page_text`: Fetches a public web page and returns its title and readable text, without scripts, styles or markup (up to 100,000 characters). If the page can't be read you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).
- `robots_check`: Reads the site's robots.txt and says whether a crawler may fetch a URL (RFC 9309: the longest matching rule wins, Allow wins a tie), with the matching rule, crawl-delay and sitemaps. No AI involved; if robots.txt cannot be read you are not charged. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402).