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Claude Desktop groundcheck check_citations

How to: Claude Desktop groundcheck check_citations

client:Claude Desktop transport:streamable-http tool:check_citations

Add groundcheck to Claude Desktop

  1. 01

    Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "groundcheck": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://groundcheck.seiche.info/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.

  2. 03

    Ask for something check_citations does. Claude Desktop lists the server's tools on connect and calls check_citations itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that groundcheck's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Claude Desktop has no remote transport in its config file, so this bridges through mcp-remote. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

Set these first

groundcheck will not start until these are set, so check_citations never becomes available.

  • GROUNDCHECK_ENGINE_URL

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

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