# courtlistener_citations_mcp

> courtlistener_citations_mcp — john-walkoe-courtlistener-citations-mcp. Use this tool when you need to validate legal citations against a vast opinion database, to detect errors such as AI-hallucinated citations, name mismatches, and ambiguous reporters. It provides an interactive citation panel for verification, solving problems of citation accuracy and authenticity. Ideal for use in legal research, academic writing, and fact-checking applications.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/john-walkoe-courtlistener-citations-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/john-walkoe-courtlistener-citations-mcp

## Description

MCP server for validating legal citations against CourtListener's 9M+ opinion database — detects AI-hallucinated citations, name mismatches, and ambiguous reporters with an interactive citation panel.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.74
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/john-walkoe/courtlistener_citations_mcp)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "john-walkoe-courtlistener-citations-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/john-walkoe-courtlistener-citations-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/john-walkoe-courtlistener-citations-mcp/pull`

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