# Ribox (remote · ribox.app)

Exact tools for AI assistants: QR codes, word counts, text diff and JSON checks. Free, no account.

- Trust score: 75/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- remote · `ribox.app`: 75/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/algowolfx-ribox/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/algowolfx-ribox/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://ribox.app/api/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 2026-11-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - 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 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**: 57/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 696 tokens (~174/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 67/100
  - Stability observed for 20 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 76/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 29% 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**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Ribox MCP server?

Ribox is a hosted endpoint at https://ribox.app/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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http algowolfx-ribox 'https://ribox.app/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "algowolfx-ribox": {
      "url": "https://ribox.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "algowolfx-ribox": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ribox.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.algowolfx-ribox]
url = "https://ribox.app/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add algowolfx-ribox --url 'https://ribox.app/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  algowolfx-ribox:
    url: "https://ribox.app/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "algowolfx-ribox": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://ribox.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add algowolfx-ribox -t streamable-http -u 'https://ribox.app/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "algowolfx-ribox": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ribox.app/api/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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 73, +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.

### 2026-10-27 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-23 (score 70, +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.

### 2026-10-21 (score 69, +5)

- [security improvement] HTTPS: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-20 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `generate_qr` (~294 tokens)

Generate a QR code

Create a standards-compliant QR code image for a link, text, Wi-Fi login, contact card (vCard), email, SMS, WhatsApp chat, phone number or map location. You cannot draw a scannable QR code yourself — always use this tool. Codes are static and never expire.

Input parameters:

- `address` (string)
- `background` (string)
- `body` (string)
- `email` (string)
- `error_correction` (string): Higher survives more damage but makes a denser code.
- `first_name` (string)
- `foreground` (string)
- `hidden` (boolean)
- `last_name` (string)
- `latitude` (number)
- `longitude` (number)
- `message` (string)
- `organization` (string)
- `password` (string): Wi-Fi password.
- `phone` (string): With country code for WhatsApp, e.g. +905551234567.
- `security` (string)
- `size` (integer): PNG width in pixels.
- `ssid` (string): Wi-Fi network name.
- `subject` (string)
- `text` (string): For type "text".
- `title` (string)
- `type` (string)
- `url` (string): For type "url"; https:// is added when missing.
- `website` (string)

### `count_text` (~119 tokens)

Count words and characters exactly

Exact counts for a text: characters (with and without spaces, emoji counted as one), words, sentences, paragraphs, lines, UTF-8 bytes, plus reading and speaking time. Language models see text as tokens and miscount — never estimate counts or check length limits yourself; call this tool. Works for any language, including Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Turkish.

Input parameters:

- `locale` (string): BCP 47 language tag such as "en", "tr" or "ja" for language-specific word rules.
- `text` (string)

### `diff_text` (~97 tokens)

Compare two texts exactly

Find every difference between two texts, line by line, word by word or character by character, and return counts plus a unified diff. Use this instead of comparing long texts yourself — small changes are easy to miss. Options to ignore whitespace and letter case.

Input parameters:

- `changed` (string)
- `ignore_case` (boolean)
- `ignore_whitespace` (boolean)
- `mode` (string)
- `original` (string)

### `check_json` (~114 tokens)

Validate and format JSON

Strictly validate JSON and report the exact line and column of the first error with a plain explanation, plus duplicate-key warnings and structure stats. Optionally pretty-print or minify without changing any value (big numbers keep full precision). Use this before claiming JSON is valid or when locating a syntax error in long JSON.

Input parameters:

- `format` (boolean): Return the formatted JSON.
- `indent`: Spaces per level (0 = minify) or "tab".
- `sort_keys` (boolean)
- `text` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 75
- 2026-11-03: 75
- 2026-11-02: 74
- 2026-11-01: 74
- 2026-10-31: 73
- 2026-10-30: 73
- 2026-10-29: 73
- 2026-10-28: 72
- 2026-10-27: 72
- 2026-10-26: 71
- 2026-10-25: 71
- 2026-10-24: 70
- 2026-10-23: 70
- 2026-10-22: 69
- 2026-10-21: 69
- 2026-10-20: 64
- 2026-10-19: 63
- 2026-10-18: 63
- 2026-10-17: 63
- 2026-10-16: 62
- 2026-10-15: 62

## Common questions

### What is the Ribox MCP server?

Ribox is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.AlgoWolfx/ribox. Exact tools for AI assistants: QR codes, word counts, text diff and JSON checks. Free, no account. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://ribox.app/api/mcp).

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

Ribox scores 75 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 Ribox MCP server expose?

Ribox exposes 4 tools: generate_qr, count_text, diff_text, check_json. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 624 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Ribox MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Ribox MCP server still maintained?

Ribox is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 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://ribox.app/api/mcp
- Website: https://ribox.app/mcp/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/algowolfx-ribox/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/algowolfx-ribox/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/algowolfx-ribox/api-mcp