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Proving Lab

MCP serverVerified domain · provinglab.devRemote● LiveFree to try

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

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to provinglab.dev. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http proving-lab https://provinglab.dev/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • list_measurements — Use when a claim about browser tools, capture quality, OCR recall or citation extraction needs a number behind it — or when you want to chec
  • get_measurement_data — Use before quoting a figure: this returns what stands behind it — the values, the control run, and the conditions that limit them. Cite the
  • get_method — Fetch a reproducible method: reading a browser extension's permissions, measuring OCR recall with a control run, or choosing between print-t
  • extract_citation — Read the citation details a web page declares about itself and return them as a structured record plus ready-to-import RIS and BibTeX. Cover
  • extract_citations — 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
  • recommend_settings — The capture settings that fit a given purpose, each with the measurement behind it or an explicit note that none exists. Pass purpose as cit
  • how_to_capture — Get the runnable route for saving a web page that this endpoint cannot read — the sources it hands back. Returns install links for Firefox a
  • install_extension — Install or uninstall the capture extension in Firefox or Chrome without a window, without a click and without administrator rights. Returns
  • adoption_stats — How much this endpoint and its install route are actually used, with the figures behind it: requests to /mcp, which discovery paths get read
  • open_work — List what this project needs done, with enough context to start. Returns open GitHub issues with their labels, plus where the contribution r

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