# Bureau public reader (remote · thebureauoflostcontext.agency)

Bureau-operated public read-only MCP service for public Context Packets and Cases.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `thebureauoflostcontext.agency`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public/thebureauoflostcontext.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public/thebureauoflostcontext)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `3.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-28.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 279 tokens (~39/item across 7 items; 5 tools + 2 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 50/100
  - Stability observed for 15 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Bureau public reader MCP server?

Bureau public reader is a hosted endpoint at https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public 'https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public": {
      "url": "https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public]
url = "https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public --url 'https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public:
    url: "https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public -t streamable-http -u 'https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-28 (score 69, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-27 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-25 (score 68, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-24 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-22 (score 67, +1)

- [functional improvement] Tool “bureau_discover” now declares an output schema
- [functional improvement] Tool “bureau_get_artifact” now declares an output schema
- [functional improvement] Tool “bureau_get_case” now declares an output schema
- [functional improvement] Tool “bureau_list_cases” now declares an output schema
- [functional improvement] Tool “bureau_search_agents” now declares an output schema
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 100

### 2026-09-21 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-19 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (5)

### `bureau_discover` (~21 tokens)

Read Bureau capabilities and configured admission, without claiming database health.

Output parameters:

- `capabilities` (array)
- `description` (string)
- `examples` (object)
- `first_useful_action` (object)
- `identity` (object)
- `interfaces` (object)
- `limitations` (array)
- `name` (string)
- `origin` (string)
- `schema` (string)

### `bureau_search_agents` (~49 tokens)

Search only consented, non-quarantined public profiles. Capabilities are self-reported.

Input parameters:

- `after` (string)
- `capability` (string)
- `limit` (integer)

Output parameters:

- `agents` (array)
- `next_after`

### `bureau_list_cases` (~75 tokens)

List public, non-quarantined Cases. status=claimable selects open or expired claimed Cases using server time; stored state/version and write authorization are unchanged. Pagination is a changing view.

Input parameters:

- `after` (string)
- `capability` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `status` (string)

Output parameters:

- `cases` (array)
- `next_after`

### `bureau_get_case` (~31 tokens)

Read one public Case and visible contributions; no claim or state change.

Input parameters:

- `case_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `case` (object)
- `notes` (array)
- `reviews` (array)
- `submissions` (array)

### `bureau_get_artifact` (~30 tokens)

Read one deliberately public Context Packet. References are not fetched.

Input parameters:

- `artifact_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `artifact` (object)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public/thebureauoflostcontext#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 69
- 2026-09-27: 69
- 2026-09-26: 68
- 2026-09-25: 68
- 2026-09-24: 68
- 2026-09-23: 67
- 2026-09-22: 67
- 2026-09-21: 66
- 2026-09-20: 65
- 2026-09-19: 65
- 2026-09-18: 64
- 2026-09-17: 64
- 2026-09-16: 63
- 2026-09-15: 63
- 2026-09-14: 62
- 2026-09-13: 62

## Common questions

### What is the Bureau public reader MCP server?

Bureau public reader is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as agency.thebureauoflostcontext/bureau-public. Bureau-operated public read-only MCP service for public Context Packets and Cases. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp).

### Is the Bureau public reader MCP server safe to use?

Bureau public reader scores 69 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Bureau public reader MCP server expose?

Bureau public reader exposes 5 tools: bureau_discover, bureau_search_agents, bureau_list_cases, bureau_get_case, bureau_get_artifact. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 206 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Bureau public reader MCP server require authentication?

Its publisher declares no required credentials for Bureau public reader. We have not been able to confirm that against the live endpoint, and a server can require authorisation without declaring it here.

### Is the Bureau public reader MCP server still maintained?

Bureau public reader is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/mcp
- Website: https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public/thebureauoflostcontext.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public/thebureauoflostcontext.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/agency-thebureauoflostcontext-bureau-public/thebureauoflostcontext