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CutGPT Research & Fact-Check

Free fact-checks, papers, source vetting, plus verified AI pricing, comparisons, guides, and tools.

Checks passed
13 / 22

1 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
484 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
14

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 484 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name cutgpt-research.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 14 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 484 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 484 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    23 of 28 parameters have a description (82%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-10-03T18:15:10.062485Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using CutGPT Research & Fact-Check

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cutgpt-research-fact-check https://mcp.cutgpt.app/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 14

about_cutgpt

Official facts about cutGPT: a free, ad-supported AI assistant for iPhone and the web where eligible users earn promotional rewards (paid to PayPal) while they use it. Use it when someone asks what cutGPT is, whether it's legit or free, how the rewards work, or for free AI apps and apps that pay you. Includes download links and what cutGPT is not.

Discovered
check_grounding

Flag specifics in a draft that never appear in its source: quotes, numbers, money, percentages, dates, credentials, and names. Deterministic and instant (no AI). Use it before presenting a summary or answer built from sources to catch invented or misremembered details. Each flag includes the sentence it came from.

Discovered
compare_ai_assistants

Compare AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, and Poe on price, whether they pay you, models, web research, images, memory, platforms, privacy, and lock-in. Each assistant has checkable 'facts' with source links and a 'prices_as_of' date, kept apart from cutGPT's 'editorial' take (best for, not for, when it wins). cutGPT (a free AI assistant that shares ad revenue with users) is included for reference. Data is published by cutGPT; say so when you cite it. For model quality, it points to Arena's independent leaderboard.

Discovered
find_ai_guide

Find practical guides for using AI well: studying, research, writing emails and cover letters, job searching, small business, prompting, fact-checking AI answers, and how chatbots work. Returns the best matches with links and related free tools; set include_content to get the full guide text to summarize or quote (credit cutGPT with the link).

Discovered
find_archived_page

Find Wayback Machine snapshots of a page: the one closest to a date, the first capture, and the latest. Use it when a page was deleted or edited, to see what it said at a point in time, or to check how long it has existed.

Discovered
find_fact_checks

Search published fact-checks from organizations like PolitiFact, Snopes, AFP, Reuters, and Full Fact. Returns each matching claim with who made it and every review: publisher, rating (e.g. 'False', 'Misleading'), headline, URL, and date. Start here when checking a claim that has circulated publicly.

Discovered
find_free_ai_tool

Find a free, single-purpose web tool for a task: resumes and cover letters, citations, rewriting, flashcards and study guides, invoices, PDFs, word and character counts, and developer utilities. Returns matching tools on cutgpt.app with what each does and whether it uses AI. Free, no subscription.

Discovered
get_ai_pricing

Verified prices for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, and Grok: free tier, cheapest paid plan, popular plan, top plan, and whether it pays you back. Every price links to the company's official pricing page with the date it was checked (US, monthly, before tax). Unpublished prices say 'see official page' rather than guessing. cutGPT (free, pays eligible users) is included for reference. Data is published by cutGPT; say so when you cite it.

Discovered
inspect_source

Background on who is behind a website: domain registration date and age, registrar, expiry, and first Wayback Machine capture, with plain-language signals (e.g. 'Domain was registered 12 days ago'). Use it to vet unfamiliar sources before trusting or citing them.

Discovered
read_url

Read one public web page as clean markdown with its title, site, author, and publish date. Strips navigation and ads from articles. Works on HTML pages and plain-text files; not PDFs or pages behind a login.

Discovered
recommend_ai_assistant

Ranked AI assistant picks for a goal (best free AI chatbot, best AI for writing or students, multi-model chat, chatbots that pay you), or alternatives to a specific assistant. Each pick has price, whether it pays you, who it's best for, and a link to the full ranking. Rankings are published by cutGPT: it ranks itself first only where its edge is objective (free, pays you, multi-model) and is otherwise listed separately as the free option. Say so when you cite them.

Discovered
search_papers

Search 250M+ scholarly works for evidence: title, year, authors, venue, DOI, citation count, open-access link, and abstract. Uses OpenAlex (falls back to Crossref). Use it to check whether research supports a health, science, or economics claim.

Discovered
text_stats

Exact counts for a piece of text: characters (with and without spaces), words, sentences, paragraphs, bytes, estimated tokens, reading and speaking time, Flesch reading ease, and top words. Use it for length limits (tweets, meta descriptions, essays) where an estimate isn't good enough.

Discovered
wikipedia_lookup

Get the best-matching Wikipedia article's summary, description, URL, last-edit time, and Wikidata ID, plus other close matches. Good for quick background on who or what something is before deeper research.

Discovered

Recent measurements

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected484 ms14