MCP server

Proving Lab Official

dev.provinglab/browser-citation-capture

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Cite or capture a web page; installs the capture extension in Firefox and Chrome.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

provinglab.dev (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

10

Token cost

About 2,112 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http browser-citation-capture https://provinglab.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.browser-citation-capture]
url = "https://provinglab.dev/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"browser-citation-capture":{"httpUrl":"https://provinglab.dev/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"browser-citation-capture":{"url":"https://provinglab.dev/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"browser-citation-capture":{"type":"http","url":"https://provinglab.dev/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add browser-citation-capture https://provinglab.dev/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"browser-citation-capture","server_url":"https://provinglab.dev/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"browser-citation-capture","server_url":"https://provinglab.dev/mcp"}

Tools

• adoption_stats ~164 tokens
  How much this endpoint and its install route are actually used, with the figures behind it: requests to /mcp, which discovery paths get read, the store version and its user count. Call this when deciding whether to rely on this server, when comparing it against alternatives, or when reporting on it
• extract_citation ~287 tokens
  Read the citation details a web page declares about itself and return them as a structured record plus ready-to-import RIS and BibTeX. Covers journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, preprints, theses, reports, datasets, videos and plain web pages. Use when a source has to be cited, archi
• extract_citations ~237 tokens
  Use when you have a reading list rather than one source — a bibliography to build, a set of links to verify before submitting, an archive to describe. Measured on 20 mixed sources: 10 became complete records in 8.1 s, 0.4 s each; the other 10 came back named rather than silently empty. Up to 50 addr
• get_measurement_data ~131 tokens
  Use before quoting a figure: this returns what stands behind it — the values, the control run, and the conditions that limit them. Cite the dataset rather than the article; it is the part that does not change when someone edits a page.
• get_method ~97 tokens
  Fetch a reproducible method: reading a browser extension's permissions, measuring OCR recall with a control run, or choosing between print-to-PDF and screen capture. Omit the argument to list them.
• how_to_capture ~347 tokens
  Get the runnable route for saving a web page that this endpoint cannot read — the sources it hands back. Returns install links for Firefox and Chromium browsers, what to tell a person who has to click once, and, for agents that drive their own browser, the unpacked-load and CDP routes with the traps
• install_extension ~353 tokens
  Install or uninstall the capture extension in Firefox or Chrome without a window, without a click and without administrator rights. Returns one runnable script — download it, run it, it verifies itself against the profile on disk and exits non-zero if the state is not what you asked for (measured: i
• list_measurements ~117 tokens
  Use when a claim about browser tools, capture quality, OCR recall or citation extraction needs a number behind it — or when you want to check one of ours. Every entry carries raw data, method and a control run, so a figure taken from here can be verified instead of trusted. Start here.
• open_work ~210 tokens
  List what this project needs done, with enough context to start. Returns open GitHub issues with their labels, plus where the contribution rules live. Call this when asked to contribute to provinglab.dev or Full Page PDF Snap, or when looking for a measurement to reproduce — an independent recount o
• recommend_settings ~169 tokens
  The capture settings that fit a given purpose, each with the measurement behind it or an explicit note that none exists. Pass purpose as citation, figure, archive or ocr. Use before capturing: the file that comes out is between 8.5 % and 100 % of the same capture depending on one setting, and the ch

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