A side-by-side look at the Citlyze and OokCite MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Citlyze for research work; choose OokCite for research as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
validate_doi, lookup_isbn, reverse_lookup.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | C Citlyze | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Research | Research |
| Quality signal | 37/100 · Fair | 57/100 · Good |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 2 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 38 |
| Full listing | View Citlyze | View OokCite |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
validate_doiCheck if a DOI exists (anti-hallucination)lookup_isbnLook up a book by ISBNreverse_lookupFind a paper from messy citation text; returns original query, confidence, and titlebatch_resolveResolve many citation strings in one request (max 50)enhanced_searchCorpus search with author / category / citation facetshealth_checkCheck API availability and healthformat_citationFormat a DOI in any of 2900+ CSL styles (no API key for a single citation)verify_referencesBatch-check DOIs, and any bibliographic claim passed with thembatch_formatFormat multiple citations at oncesearch_stylesFind CSL style IDs by namelist_stylesPage through the full CSL style listgroup_citeGenerate grouped in-text markers (e.g. [1-3])Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for Citlyze yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"ookcite": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@turtletech/ookcite-mcp"
]
}
}
}