Citation Intelligence vs Web Researcher Mcp

In-depth architectural comparison of the Citation Intelligence and Web Researcher Mcp MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Citation Intelligence when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
• You have access to required keys: OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, BING_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: Query citation provenance across Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Bing, Google AI Overviews, Domain-level citation checks with cross-engine consensus, Citation evidence extraction showing cited snippets.

Explore Citation Intelligence Details

Choose Web Researcher Mcp when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Citation Intelligence AutomateLab-tech Search & Data Extraction	Web Researcher Mcp zoharbabin Search & Data Extraction
Summary	What LLMs cite, for agents. Check which URLs Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Bing, and Google AI Overviews cite for any query. Self-hosted, BYO API key. Install via npx @automatelab/citation-intelligence.	Production-grade MCP server for web search (Google, Brave, Serper, SearXNG, SearchAPI.io), content extraction (4-tier pipeline), academic/patent search, and multi-source research. Single Go binary.
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "automatelab-tech-citation-intelligence": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@automatelab/citation-intelligence"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY_HERE",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY_HERE",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY_HERE",
        "BING_API_KEY": "YOUR_BING_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zoharbabin-web-researcher-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "web-researcher-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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