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CiteGuard for Gemini CLI

io.github.lonexreb/retractguard

Open watchdog for retracted & problematic citations: Retraction Watch, OpenAlex, Crossref.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install CiteGuard in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "retractguard": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "retractguard"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>",
        "CITEGUARD_MAILTO": "<CITEGUARD_MAILTO>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

CiteGuard in other clients

CiteGuard MCP server