# ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print (remote · api.howtocancel.ai)

Cancellation steps and return policies for 53 US companies, from official sources, checked daily.

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `api.howtocancel.ai`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print/api)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - 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**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 216 tokens (~54/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print MCP server?

ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print is a hosted endpoint at https://api.howtocancel.ai/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 ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print 'https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print": {
      "url": "https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print]
url = "https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print --url 'https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print:
    url: "https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.howtocancel.ai/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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 66, +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.

### 2026-11-02 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 64, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-31 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_companies` (~35 tokens)

List covered companies

Every company The Fine Print covers, with its slug, kind (subscription or retailer) and the date its policy was last checked.

### `get_policy` (~70 tokens)

Get one company's policy

How to cancel a subscription, or a store's return policy: the steps, deadlines, fees, exceptions and catches, with the company's own help page as the source and the date it was checked.

Input parameters:

- `company` (string, required): Company name or slug, e.g. "Netflix" or "best-buy".

### `compare_return_windows` (~37 tokens)

Compare return windows

Every retailer's return window side by side, longest first, with holiday extensions and fees. Answers questions no single shop's help page can.

### `list_policy_changes` (~26 tokens)

List policy changes

Dated log of changes we have recorded to these companies' cancellation and return policies.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print/api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 66
- 2026-11-04: 66
- 2026-11-03: 65
- 2026-11-02: 65
- 2026-11-01: 64
- 2026-10-31: 64

## Common questions

### What is the ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print MCP server?

ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print. Cancellation steps and return policies for 53 US companies, from official sources, checked daily. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp).

### Is the ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print MCP server safe to use?

ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print scores 66 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 ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print MCP server expose?

ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print exposes 4 tools: list_companies, get_policy, compare_return_windows, list_policy_changes. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 168 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print MCP server still maintained?

ai.howtocancel/the-fine-print is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 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://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp
- Website: https://howtocancel.ai/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print/api.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print/api.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-howtocancel-the-fine-print/api