verify-mcp-server

Verify an MCP server

Use MCPLookup to identify the intended server and assess the public evidence available for it. Treat every result as a current evidence-based signal, never a safety certification or guarantee.

Choose the first tool

• Use resolve_server when the user names a vendor, product, server, package, repository, Registry identifier, or endpoint.
• Use find_servers when the user starts with a task or capability and has no particular product or server in mind.
• Use trust_lookup directly only when the user already supplied an exact canonical MCPLookup server name and wants the complete trust record.

Follow the workflow

1. Establish the intended identity.
   • Call resolve_server for a named artifact.
   • If the request is open-ended, call find_servers, present the bounded shortlist, and use the selected exact server.name with resolve_server before recommending a connection.
2. Inspect the compact trust assessment and connection options returned by resolve_server.
3. Call trust_lookup when the user asks whether the server is trustworthy, requests supporting evidence, or needs coverage, confidence, freshness, or citation details.
4. Compare candidates on identity relationship, publisher evidence, trust assessment, coverage, confidence, freshness, and relevant connection options. Do not rank solely by name similarity or score.
5. State uncertainty and abstain from a definitive recommendation when identity remains ambiguous, evidence is missing or stale, or the requested artifact is unsupported. Ask a focused question when it can resolve the ambiguity.

Report the result

Include:

• the exact canonical server name;
• why it matches the user's intended vendor, product, package, repository, or endpoint;
• whether the publisher relationship is first-party, third-party, or unresolved when the evidence supports that distinction;
• the trust assessment with confidence, coverage, freshness, and the most decision-relevant evidence gaps;
• the MCPLookup citation;
• connection options only when requested or useful.