# MapsData (remote · mapsdata.ai)

Build lead lists from Google Maps: businesses with emails, phones and websites, US/CA/UK/AU.

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-17

## Components

- remote · `mapsdata.ai`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mapsdata-mapsdata/mapsdata.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mapsdata-mapsdata/mapsdata)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mapsdata.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 2026-10-17.

- **Endpoint Security**: 66/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (mapsdata_cancel_scrape).
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 770 tokens (~96/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 82/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 47% 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 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 9 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 MapsData MCP server?

MapsData is a hosted endpoint at https://mapsdata.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-mapsdata-mapsdata 'https://mapsdata.ai/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-mapsdata-mapsdata": {
      "url": "https://mapsdata.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-mapsdata-mapsdata": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mapsdata.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-mapsdata-mapsdata]
url = "https://mapsdata.ai/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-mapsdata-mapsdata --url 'https://mapsdata.ai/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-mapsdata-mapsdata:
    url: "https://mapsdata.ai/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-mapsdata-mapsdata": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mapsdata.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-mapsdata-mapsdata -t streamable-http -u 'https://mapsdata.ai/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-mapsdata-mapsdata": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mapsdata.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.

### 2026-10-17 (score 65, 0)

- [security] Tool “mapsdata_get_scrape” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-16 (score 65, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-15 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `mapsdata_search_categories` (~84 tokens)

Search Google Maps categories

Search the Google Maps business categories MapsData can scrape. CALL THIS FIRST, before mapsdata_start_scrape: a scrape's query must be one of these exact categories, and a free-text guess like 'plumbing companies' is rejected.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required): Substring to search for, e.g. 'plumb'.

### `mapsdata_list_regions` (~54 tokens)

List valid regions

List the exact region names a scrape accepts for a country. Submit them verbatim. Abbreviations like 'TX' are rejected, because the postal tables key on the full name.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string)

### `mapsdata_start_scrape` (~251 tokens)

Start a scrape

Start scraping Google Maps businesses and their emails. Returns IMMEDIATELY with a job id; the scrape itself takes 5 minutes to several hours.

Before calling this, confirm the category with mapsdata_search_categories and the region with mapsdata_list_regions. Those two mistakes are the overwhelming majority of rejections.

This consumes the user's monthly lead allowance. Set dry_run to check a request against every rule without spending anything.

Input parameters:

- `cities` (array): Named cities instead of whole regions.
- `country` (string)
- `dry_run` (boolean): Validate against every rule and return the plan WITHOUT starting a scrape or spending quota.
- `list_name` (string): Label for the list. Defaults to the query.
- `query` (string, required): An exact Google Maps category, e.g. 'Plumber'. Verify it with mapsdata_search_categories first.
- `states` (array): Full region names, e.g. ['Texas']. Not abbreviations. Use this or cities, not both.
- `total_limit` (integer, required): Rows to scrape. Read max_rows_this_scrape from mapsdata_get_usage first: a larger request is reduced to the allowance left this cycle, not rejected.

### `mapsdata_get_scrape` (~81 tokens)

Check a scrape

Get the current state of one scrape. This is an INSTANT SNAPSHOT of a job that runs for minutes to hours. Do NOT call it repeatedly in a loop. The response includes next_action, the suggested next step for the job's current status. MapsData also emails the user when a scrape finishes.

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required)

### `mapsdata_list_scrapes` (~36 tokens)

List recent scrapes

List this workspace's recent scrapes, newest first.

Input parameters:

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

### `mapsdata_cancel_scrape` (~58 tokens)

Cancel a scrape

Cancel a queued or running scrape. A queued scrape costs nothing. CANCELLING A RUNNING SCRAPE STILL BILLS the leads already delivered, so confirm with the user before calling this.

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required)

### `mapsdata_get_download_link` (~89 tokens)

Get a download link

Get a link to a finished scrape's results. The link expires in 15 minutes, so hand it to the user promptly rather than storing it.

Input parameters:

- `format` (string)
- `job_id` (string, required)
- `scope` (string): 'emails' is rows with a deliverable email, which is what usage is billed on. 'all' is every scraped row.

### `mapsdata_get_usage` (~41 tokens)

Check plan usage

How much of this month's lead allowance is left, and the largest single scrape this plan allows. Read max_rows_this_scrape before choosing a total_limit.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-17: 65
- 2026-10-16: 65
- 2026-10-15: 64

## Common questions

### What is the MapsData MCP server?

MapsData is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.mapsdata/mapsdata. Build lead lists from Google Maps: businesses with emails, phones and websites, US/CA/UK/AU. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mapsdata.ai/mcp).

### Is the MapsData MCP server safe to use?

MapsData scores 65 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 MapsData MCP server expose?

MapsData exposes 8 tools: mapsdata_search_categories, mapsdata_list_regions, mapsdata_start_scrape, mapsdata_get_scrape, mapsdata_list_scrapes, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 694 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the MapsData MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to MapsData without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the MapsData MCP server still maintained?

MapsData is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 17 October 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://mapsdata.ai/mcp
- Website: https://mapsdata.ai/api-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mapsdata-mapsdata/mapsdata.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mapsdata-mapsdata/mapsdata.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-mapsdata-mapsdata/mapsdata