CiteVahti

Does the cited paper actually support the claim? Check every citation in your manuscript — before a reviewer does.

CiteVahti walks you through your manuscript one claim at a time. You decide whether each cited source really backs the sentence; an optional AI gives a blinded second opinion (you rate first, it can never overrule you); and every decision is saved as a timestamped, tamper-evident record on your own computer.

Free while in beta. CiteVahti is local-first: your manuscript stays on your device unless you choose to turn on an external AI model. No account. Nothing uploaded.

What beta means here: the review workflow and your data format are stable, but the tool is young and your feedback still shapes it. The app does not update itself yet — when a new version ships you replace it yourself (steps under Updating, below; the panel can check for a newer version, but only if you turn that on). If something is confusing or judged wrong, say so — beta reports are how it improves.

Who it's for

Researchers, clinicians, and students who write papers and want to be sure every citation holds up — without learning new software or touching a command line. If you can open a file on your computer, you can use CiteVahti.

What it does for you

• Catches citations that don't support the sentence they're attached to — the kind a reviewer or editor will flag.
• Keeps you in charge. You make every call; the AI is only ever a second opinion, shown after you've decided.
• Leaves a clean paper trail — a timestamped record of what you checked and concluded, ready for a supervisor, co-author, journal, or registry.
• Builds a reusable evidence map so you don't re-do the same checks next project.
• Stays private by default — everything lives in a folder on your Mac or PC.

Get started in 2 minutes — no terminal, ever

On a Mac, use the desktop app. It's a normal app: download it, open it, review.

1. Download citevahti-<version>-macos-arm64.app.zip from the latest release.
2. Unzip it and drag CiteVahti.app into your Applications folder, then open it like any other app. (It's signed and notarized — it opens with no security warnings.)
3. Choose a folder to keep your reviews in when it asks.
4. Drag your manuscript (.docx or .md) onto the window. The panel walks you through the rest, one step at a time — there's nothing to memorise.

Want an AI assistant to help pre-screen citations? Whenever you're ready, click the CiteVahti menu-bar icon → Start Agent Server. CiteVahti first explains exactly what an assistant can and cannot do — and either way, you rate every claim yourself and make every final call.

Or: use it inside Claude Desktop

If you already work in Claude, install CiteVahti as a one-click extension and drive the review by chatting. (This is also the path on Windows and Linux, where the desktop app isn't available yet.)

1. Download the extension for your computer from the latest release:
   • macOS (Apple Silicon) — citevahti-<version>-macos-arm64.mcpb (signed + notarized)
   • Windows — citevahti-<version>-windows-x64.mcpb
   • Linux — citevahti-<version>-linux-x64.mcpb
2. Double-click the downloaded file to add it to Claude Desktop.
3. Choose a folder for your reviews when asked.
4. Tell your assistant: "Check the claims in my manuscript using CiteVahti."

First time on macOS you may see a one-time security prompt — the extension is a zip, which macOS can't pre-stamp even though the app inside is signed and notarized. If it appears: right-click the file → Open, or go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → "Open Anyway". After that it installs and runs normally.

First time on Windows you may see a SmartScreen warning ("Windows protected your PC") — the Windows build is unsigned, so Windows can't check who published it. If it appears: click More info, then Run anyway. After that it installs and runs normally.

pip install "citevahti[mcp]"
citevahti demo

pip install "citevahti[mcp]"
citevahti run

pip install "citevahti[app]"
citevahti-app

How it works

CiteVahti always tells you the one next thing to do — there's no command to remember and nothing to set up.

You start by adding your manuscript — choose a Word or Markdown file, drag it onto the window, or paste the text. Nothing is uploaded.

Then you work through each claim on a simple card that walks a visible Rate → Reveal → Decide → Write path, so you always know where you are:

1. Rate — you judge whether the cited paper supports the claim.
2. Reveal — now the optional AI second opinion appears (never before).
3. Decide — accept, caution, review, or reject. The decision is yours.
4. Write — optionally update your manuscript or Zotero, always after a preview.

A record you can hand to anyone

Every decision is saved to a timestamped, tamper-evident review record — a plain-language log of what you reviewed and in what order. Export it as a Word document, a print-ready report, or a review-packet .zip (which even includes an auto-filled methods paragraph with your review's real numbers) for a methods section, a co-author, a supervisor, or a journal.

Build an evidence map you can reuse