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Popdot AI

REMOTE · POPDOT.AI · 2 COMPONENTS · SCANNED SEP 24

Rent verified subdomains by the hour, day, or month. Free 24h trials, x402 USDC on Base.

0 this week 80 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Endpoint Security63
Transport & Reachability100
Schema Quality & AI Usability77
  • 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2032 tokens (~254/item across 8 items; 7 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management90
  • Stability check failed: schema churn in the 30 days we've observed: 0 tool removals, 1 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 2 additions. See how to fix → Fail
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

How do I install the Popdot AI MCP server?

Popdot AI is a hosted endpoint at https://popdot.ai/api/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.

remote · popdot.ai

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http ai-popdot-popdot-mcp 'https://popdot.ai/api/mcp'
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-popdot-popdot-mcp": {
      "url": "https://popdot.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-popdot-popdot-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://popdot.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ai-popdot-popdot-mcp]
url = "https://popdot.ai/api/mcp"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-popdot-popdot-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://popdot.ai/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add ai-popdot-popdot-mcp --url 'https://popdot.ai/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-popdot-popdot-mcp:
    url: "https://popdot.ai/api/mcp"
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-popdot-popdot-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://popdot.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add ai-popdot-popdot-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://popdot.ai/api/mcp'
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-popdot-popdot-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://popdot.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 23 Sept 26 0
    • A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 2.0.0 security
    • Tool “upgrade_trial” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
    • Schema quality: 212 → 254 functional
    • “upgrade_trial” added a required parameter “sigilId”, so existing callers break functional
    • “upgrade_trial” added a required parameter “signature”, so existing callers break functional
    • “upgrade_trial” added a required parameter “timestamp”, so existing callers break functional
    • “answer_trial_canary” added an optional parameter “publicKey” cosmetic
    • “try_domain” added an optional parameter “publicKey” cosmetic
    • “upgrade_trial” reworded the description of “publicKey” cosmetic
    • “upgrade_trial” dropped the optional parameter “requestSponsorUrl” cosmetic
  • 22 Sept 26 0
    • “get_price_quote” reworded the description of “domainId” cosmetic
    • “check_availability” reworded the description of “domainId” cosmetic

    2 cosmetic changes on this day. Switch on “Show cosmetic changes” to see them.

  • 28 Aug 26 0
    • Tool “rent_domain” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
    • “rent_domain” reworded the description of “payerAddress” cosmetic
    • “rent_domain” reworded the description of “payerProof” cosmetic
  • 27 Aug 26 −2
    • Stability: pass → fail security
    • A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 2.0.0 security
    • Tool “try_domain” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
    • Tool “rent_domain” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
    • Schema quality: 142 → 209 functional
    • “try_domain” added a required parameter “goal”, so existing callers break functional
    • New tool “answer_trial_canary” functional
    • New tool “upgrade_trial” functional
    • “try_domain” added an optional parameter “inputResponses” cosmetic
    • “try_domain” added an optional parameter “preferredSubdomain” cosmetic
    • “try_domain” added an optional parameter “target” cosmetic
    • “try_domain” added an optional parameter “trialHandle” cosmetic
    • “rent_domain” added an optional parameter “fromAddress” cosmetic
    • “rent_domain” added an optional parameter “payerAddress” cosmetic
    • “rent_domain” added an optional parameter “payerProof” cosmetic
    • “rent_domain” added an optional parameter “payerProofIssuedAt” cosmetic
    • “rent_domain” added an optional parameter “paymentId” cosmetic
    • “rent_domain” added an optional parameter “txHash” cosmetic
    • “try_domain” added an optional parameter “analyticsConsent” cosmetic
    • “try_domain” added an optional parameter “autoSelect” cosmetic
    • “try_domain” added an optional parameter “desiredEmotion” cosmetic
    • “try_domain” reworded the description of “email” cosmetic
  • 26 Aug 26 +3
    • First check of Injection markers: pass security
    • First check of Judged manipulation: pass security
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
    • Schema quality: 120 → 142 functional
    • Resource “Agent Rentals” was removed functional
    • MCP protocol: fail → pass functional
    • Tool “check_availability” now declares an output schema functional
    • Tool “get_price_quote” now declares an output schema functional
    • Tool “rent_domain” now declares an output schema functional
    • Tool “search_domains” now declares an output schema functional
    • Tool “try_domain” now declares an output schema functional
    • First check of Destructive annotations: pass functional
    • First check of Tool coverage: 100 functional
    • Schema quality: good → excellent functional
    • MCP protocol version: 2025-03-26 → 2025-11-25 functional
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
    • Server version: 1.1.0 → 2.0.0 functional
    • “search_domains” added an optional parameter “emotion” cosmetic
  • 11 Aug 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 31 Jul 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 30 Jul 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 23 Sept 2026 · Probed https://popdot.ai/api/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=popdot.ai CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US 17 Aug 2026 15 Nov 2026 ECDSA 256 ECDSA-SHA384 6a1e351b74367309be3806d2a5d7b055b1a
SANs: *.popdot.ai, popdot.ai
CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US 3 Sept 2025 2 Sept 2028 ECDSA 384 ECDSA-SHA384 5ddd70dd31f801c85c186a7a04b80afe
CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US 13 May 2026 2 Sept 2032 ECDSA 384 ECDSA-SHA384 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a
CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US 13 May 2026 2 Sept 2032 ECDSA 384 SHA256-RSA 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd

Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →

DNSSEC insecure

Validation of popdot.ai. Not signed

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
ai. present 3799 8 Verified
popdot.ai. absent Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation
Authentication No authorisation required

The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.

Result No authorisation required
HTTP status 200
Header Value
strict-transport-security max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
content-security-policy default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https://clerk.popdot.ai https://*.clerk.accounts.dev https://challenges.cloudflare.com https://js.stripe.com https://www.googletagmanager.com; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https://fonts.googleapis.com; font-src 'self' https://fonts.gstatic.com; img-src 'self' data: blob: https://img.clerk.com https://images.clerk.dev https://www.googletagmanager.com https://www.google-analytics.com https://*.google-analytics.com; connect-src 'self' https://clerk.popdot.ai https://*.clerk.accounts.dev https://*.stripe.com https://api.resend.com https://www.googletagmanager.com https://www.google-analytics.com https://*.google-analytics.com https://*.analytics.google.com; frame-src 'self' https://clerk.popdot.ai https://*.clerk.accounts.dev https://*.stripe.com https://challenges.cloudflare.com; worker-src 'self' blob:; upgrade-insecure-requests
x-content-type-options nosniff
x-frame-options DENY
referrer-policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin
permissions-policy camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()

Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →

Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://popdot.ai/api/mcp Verified 200
http (plaintext) http://popdot.ai/api/mcp HTTPS enforced 308 https://popdot.ai/api/mcp
MCP tools · 7 exposed · ~2,013 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
answer_trial_canary ~209

Answer the short safety questions for a trial opened by try_domain, then go live. Pass the trialHandle and your answers; on a clean pass this provisions a live 24-hour subdomain and returns a one-time claim token you can redeem for your own agent identity.

NameTypeReqDescription
answersarrayyesYour answers to the safety questions, one { question_id, response } per question.
publicKeystringOptional, on the call that goes live. Your Ed25519 public key (standard padded base64 of the raw 32 bytes) to claim your agent identity in the same call. Requires headers X-Popdot-Timestamp (Unix sec…
trialHandlestringyesThe trialHandle returned by try_domain.
NameTypeReqDescription
canaryVerdictstring
candidateIdstring
claimErrorobject
claimTokenstring
claimTokenExpiresAtstring
expiresAtstring
reasonstring
retryableboolean
scorerVersionstring
shareMessagestring
sigilobject
sigilIdstring
statusstring
trialIdstring
trustReceiptobject
upgradeobject
urlstring

No examples provided.

check_availability ~148

Check whether a specific subdomain is available on a given domain. Returns true if the subdomain can be rented. Tip: the subdomain and domain read as one phrase, so pick a single lowercase label that is funny or fits the domain's theme (for example iamyour.slopmommy.com or analien.lostmyluggage.com). A delightful combination is the point of a Popdot AI address.

NameTypeReqDescription
domainIdstringyesThe parent domain: its id from search_domains, or its name (for example addedtocart.shop)
subdomainstringyesThe subdomain label to check (e.g., 'myproject' for myproject.example.com)
NameTypeReqDescription
availablebooleanyes
domainIdstringyes
fullDomainstring
fullUrlstring
reasonstring
subdomainstringyes

No examples provided.

get_price_quote ~112

Get a price quote for renting a specific domain for a given duration. Returns the computed rental cost, tier info, and pricing breakdown.

NameTypeReqDescription
domainIdstringyesThe domain to price: its id from search_domains, or its name (for example addedtocart.shop)
durationstringyesISO 8601 duration: PT1H (1 hour), PT4H (4 hours), P1D (1 day), P7D (1 week), P30D (30 days)
NameTypeReqDescription
availableboolean
currencystringyes
domainIdstringyes
durationstring
durationLabelstring
feeNotestring
fullDomainstring
hoursnumber
ownerCommissionnumber
ownerCommissionPercentnumber
ownerPayoutnumber
priceBreakdownobject
priceSourcestring
rentalPricenumber
serviceFeenumber
tierstring
tierScorenumber
totalCostnumberyes

No examples provided.

rent_domain ~457

Rent a subdomain, paying per-transaction with USDC on Base (x402). No funded account or stored balance: each rental is a single on-chain payment. Requires agent authentication. Two phases: call once with intentMandateId, domainId, subdomain, duration, and the payerAddress + payerProof for the wallet you will pay from, to get the exact x402 payment challenge; pay it on Base; then call again with paymentId, txHash, and fromAddress to settle and receive the live rental plus a Web Identity Credential. Request an x402 payment challenge to rent a subdomain. Durations PT1H, PT4H, P1D, P7D, P30D. Returns the exact USDC amount and recipient on Base.

NameTypeReqDescription
domainIdstringyesThe unique ID of the domain to rent on
durationstringyesISO 8601 duration: PT1H (1 hour), PT4H (4 hours), P1D (1 day), P7D (1 week), P30D (30 days)
fromAddressstring(phase 2) The wallet you paid from (must match the challenge's bound payer).
intentMandateIdstringyesThe ID of the active Intent Mandate authorizing this purchase
payerAddressstring(phase 1) The 0x wallet you will pay from. Required on every challenge; a wallet registered on your Sigil does not substitute for it.
payerProofstring(phase 1) EIP-191 personal_sign signature proving control of payerAddress. Always required with payerAddress.
payerProofIssuedAtstring(phase 1, optional) ISO 8601 timestamp of the payerProof, within 5 minutes of the request.
paymentIdstring(phase 2) The paymentId returned by the phase-1 challenge.
subdomainstringyesThe subdomain label to rent (e.g., 'myproject' for myproject.example.com)
txHashstring(phase 2) The on-chain transaction hash of your USDC payment on Base.
NameTypeReqDescription
credentialstring
identityConfidenceobjectHow firmly this identity is bound: unbound, bound to a key, or backed by a verified sponsor.
nextstring
paymentobject
provisioningobject
reasonstring
rentalobject
rentalIdstring
settleUrlstring
sigilEligibilityobjectIdentity standing: lifecycle status, canary screen result, and any hard gates.
statusstring
tierProgressionobjectCurrent enforced trust tier and when it is next evaluated. Present only once an identity exists.

No examples provided.

search_domains ~164

Search domains available for rent on Popdot AI. Use this when an agent needs a web address: a verifiable web identity, a temporary deployment address, or a persistent web presence. Returns domains with pricing, tier, and availability. No auth required.

NameTypeReqDescription
emotionstringFilter by the reaction the domain is built to elicit: comedy, absurd, playful, edgy, wholesome, professional, trustworthy. Unknown values are ignored.
limitnumberMaximum number of results to return (default: 20, max: 50)
maxPricenumberMaximum daily price in USD
minPricenumberMinimum daily price in USD
querystringSearch query to match against domain names, tags, and categories
NameTypeReqDescription
domainsarrayyes
paginationobject

No examples provided.

try_domain ~460

Launch a memorable public URL for something you built. Free for 24 hours, no signup and no wallet required. Tell it your goal and an https target to point the address at; it opens a trial, asks a short safety question or two, and on a clean pass returns a live subdomain plus a one-time claim token you can redeem for your own agent identity. Use it to demo a deployment with a real address before a paid rental. One trial per agent. Expires in 24 hours.

NameTypeReqDescription
analyticsConsentbooleanRecord operator consent to trial analytics for this address.
autoSelectbooleanLet Popdot AI pick an available subdomain from your goal when you do not provide preferredSubdomain.
desiredEmotionstringPreferred vibe of the parent domain: comedy, absurd, playful, edgy, wholesome, professional, trustworthy. Unknown values are ignored.
emailstringOptional email to associate with the trial. Never returned.
goalstringyesWhat you built and want to put online, in a sentence (used to name and describe the address).
inputResponsesarray(retry only) Your answers to the safety questions, one { id, response } per requested input.
preferredSubdomainstringThe subdomain label you want (e.g. 'mydemo'). Omit and set autoSelect:true to have one picked for you.
publicKeystringOptional, on the call that goes live. Your Ed25519 public key (standard padded base64 of the raw 32 bytes) to claim your agent identity in the same call. Requires headers X-Popdot-Timestamp (Unix sec…
targetstringAn https URL to point the address at. Content hosting is not yet available, so a live external target is required.
trialHandlestring(retry only) The trialHandle returned by the first call. Echo it back with your answers.
NameTypeReqDescription
canaryVerdictstring
candidateIdstring
claimErrorobject
claimTokenstring
claimTokenExpiresAtstring
domainstring
expiresAtstring
identityConfidenceobjectHow firmly this identity is bound: unbound, bound to a key, or backed by a verified sponsor.
nextstring
questionsarray
scorerVersionstring
shareMessagestring
sigilobject
sigilEligibilityobjectIdentity standing: lifecycle status, canary screen result, and any hard gates.
sigilIdstring
subdomainstring
tierProgressionobjectCurrent enforced trust tier and when it is next evaluated. Present only once an identity exists.
trialHandlestring
trialIdstring
trustReceiptobject
upgradeobject
urlstring

No examples provided.

upgrade_trial ~463

Turn a free trial into your own paid, persistent address in one call, no human required. Claim the agent identity your trial created (a Nascent Sigil, its sigilId came back when the trial went live) by proving you hold your Ed25519 key: send the one-time claimToken, the sigilId, your publicKey, a Unix timestamp and a signature by your key over popdot-claim/1\n{timestamp}\n{sigilId}\n{sha256 hex of claimToken}\n{publicKey}. The claim token works until 30 days after the trial ends. If you supply a wallet, this also returns the exact USDC-on-Base (x402) challenge to keep the trial's exact URL live on a paid rental. No wallet yet? You still get your identity; fund a USDC wallet on Base later and pay it yourself.

NameTypeReqDescription
claimTokenstringyesThe one-time claim token returned by try_domain / answer_trial_canary.
durationstringOptional rental length: an ISO 8601 duration (PT1H, PT4H, P1D, P7D, P30D) or hourly/daily/weekly/monthly. Defaults to PT1H (1 hour).
payerAddressstringOptional 0x wallet you will pay from. Provide it (with payerProof) to receive a self-pay x402 challenge.
payerProofstringOptional EIP-191 personal_sign signature proving control of payerAddress.
payerProofIssuedAtstringOptional ISO 8601 timestamp of the payerProof, within 5 minutes.
publicKeystringyesYour Ed25519 public key as standard padded base64 of the raw 32 bytes (44 characters). You keep the private key.
sigilIdstringyesThe sigilId returned with the claim token. It must match the identity the token belongs to.
signaturestringyesStandard padded base64 of the 64-byte Ed25519 signature over the popdot-claim/1 message.
timestampstringyesInteger Unix seconds, no leading zeros, within 300 seconds of now. Part of the signed message.
NameTypeReqDescription
identityConfidenceobjectHow firmly this identity is bound: unbound, bound to a key, or backed by a verified sponsor.
sigilobjectyes
sigilEligibilityobjectIdentity standing: lifecycle status, canary screen result, and any hard gates.
tierProgressionobjectCurrent enforced trust tier and when it is next evaluated. Present only once an identity exists.
upgradeobjectyes
walletGuidancestring

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Popdot AI MCP server?

Popdot AI is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.popdot/popdot-mcp. Rent verified subdomains by the hour, day, or month. Free 24h trials, x402 USDC on Base. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://popdot.ai/api/mcp).

Is the Popdot AI MCP server safe to use?

Popdot AI scores 80 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 Popdot AI MCP server expose?

Popdot AI exposes 7 tools: try_domain, answer_trial_canary, search_domains, get_price_quote, check_availability, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,013 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Does the Popdot AI MCP server require authentication?

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

Is the Popdot AI MCP server still maintained?

Popdot AI is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.