• VALID
  • INVALID
  • FORMAT
  • HUMAN

How to verify legal citations with your AI

Connect your agent to a specialized legal reasoning engine. It will cross-reference your drafts against real case law to catch hallucinations and formatting errors.

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Short answer

Can my AI check if my legal citations are real?

Yes. By using this MCP, your agent can run every citation through a validation process to ensure the case exists and follows Bluebook standards. You get a list of confirmed citations and a report of any fake or broken ones.

The results of a citation check.

Where every issue lands.

Once the agent runs the validation, it categorizes every citation into one of these four buckets.

VALID

Confirmed citations

The agent verifies the case exists and the citation is correct. You can trust these entries in your brief.

INVALID

Broken or fake citations

The agent flags citations that don't exist in the database. This catches hallucinations before you file.

FORMAT

Bluebook errors

The agent identifies citations that are real but formatted incorrectly. It points out exactly where the Bluebook rules were missed.

HUMAN

Manual review needed

The agent flags ambiguous or highly specific citations that require a lawyer to verify the context manually.

The workflow

What your AI does when the draft arrives.

The agent doesn't just read your text; it executes specific verification steps to audit your work.

  1. Extract citations

    The agent scans your document to pull out every legal citation and case name.

    validate_legal_reasoning

  2. Verify existence

    The agent checks each extracted citation against legal databases to confirm the case is real.

    validate_legal_reasoning

  3. Check formatting

    The agent compares the citation style against Bluebook requirements to find typos or missing elements.

    validate_legal_reasoning

  4. Report errors

    The agent compiles a list of what passed and what failed for your final review.

    validate_legal_reasoning

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger the verification process.

Starting points

Replace the bracketed text with your specific document or file name.

Legal Reasoning Prover Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_x5QP6bbbIPasqiBCFEkRUDREOoSZbvh26udzVNXF/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Legal Reasoning Prover capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-reasoning-prover-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_x5QP6bbbIPasqiBCFEkRUDREOoSZbvh26udzVNXF/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Verify all Bluebook citations in my draft_brief.docx.

  • Check the citations in this motion for any hallucinations.

  • Run a citation audit on the legal memo I just uploaded.

  • Find any incorrectly formatted case citations in my current project.

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI fix the citations for me?

    No. The agent identifies and flags errors, but you must manually apply the corrections to your document.

  • 02

    Does the AI have access to Westlaw or LexisNexis?

    No. It uses its own specialized legal reasoning tools to validate citations.

  • 03

    Will it change my original document?

    No. The agent only reads your text and provides a report of its findings.

  • 04

    Can it verify non-legal citations like APA style?

    No. This specific MCP is built strictly for legal citations and Bluebook standards.

  • 05

    How does it handle cases that are too new to be in the database?

    It will flag them as invalid or requiring human review if it cannot find a match.

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