backlinks — CitedBy MCP Tool
backlinks
(backlinks) is one of 4 tools on the
CitedBy
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call backlinks from your client
- Claude Code CitedBy backlinks run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop CitedBy backlinks ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor CitedBy backlinks ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code CitedBy backlinks .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed CitedBy backlinks ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf CitedBy backlinks ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline CitedBy backlinks ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI CitedBy backlinks ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok CitedBy backlinks .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT CitedBy backlinks Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai CitedBy backlinks Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain CitedBy backlinks pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http citedby https://citedby.eu/mcpOther tools on this server
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 14 November 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.