# MCP Harbor Search (remote · mcpharbor.app)

Search and discover MCP servers and agent tools listed in the MCP Harbor directory.

- Trust score: 62/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `mcpharbor.app`: 62/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search/mcpharbor.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search/mcpharbor)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcpharbor.app/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 2026-10-18.

- **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**: 61/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 172 tokens (~86/item across 2 items; 2 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**: 83/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 50% 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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 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 MCP Harbor Search server?

MCP Harbor Search is a hosted endpoint at https://mcpharbor.app/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 app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search 'https://mcpharbor.app/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search": {
      "url": "https://mcpharbor.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcpharbor.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search]
url = "https://mcpharbor.app/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search --url 'https://mcpharbor.app/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search:
    url: "https://mcpharbor.app/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcpharbor.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcpharbor.app/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcpharbor.app/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 62, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-16 (score 61)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `search_tools` (~115 tokens)

Search MCP Harbor

Search the MCP Harbor directory of MCP servers and AI-agent tools by keyword, optionally filtered by category. Returns the best matches ranked by relevance and GitHub stars.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Optional category slug: search-web, ai-agent-frameworks, cloud-infra, browser-automation, databases, memory-knowledge, productivity, developer-tools, finance-crypto, media-design, other
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required): Keywords, e.g. "postgres", "browser automation", "slack"

### `get_tool` (~34 tokens)

Get MCP Harbor listing

Get the full MCP Harbor listing for one tool by its slug (as returned by search_tools).

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search/mcpharbor#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 62
- 2026-10-17: 62
- 2026-10-16: 61

## Common questions

### What is the MCP Harbor Search server?

MCP Harbor Search is listed in the public MCP registry as app.mcpharbor/mcp-harbor-search. Search and discover MCP servers and agent tools listed in the MCP Harbor directory. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcpharbor.app/mcp).

### Is the MCP Harbor Search server safe to use?

MCP Harbor Search scores 62 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 MCP Harbor Search server expose?

MCP Harbor Search exposes 2 tools: search_tools, get_tool. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 149 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the MCP Harbor Search server require authentication?

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

### Is the MCP Harbor Search server still maintained?

MCP Harbor Search is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 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://mcpharbor.app/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/punkjazz-labs/mcp-harbor-search
- Website: https://mcpharbor.app/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search/mcpharbor.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search/mcpharbor.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-mcpharbor-mcp-harbor-search/mcpharbor