# App Pain API (remote · hawkmill.com)

What users hate about ANY iOS/Android app: clustered complaints, evidence, trends. No key needed.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `hawkmill.com`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/apppainapi-app-pain-api/hawkmill.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/apppainapi-app-pain-api/hawkmill)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://hawkmill.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.3.1`

## 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**: 69/100
  - 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.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - 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**: 77/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1445 tokens (~206/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 99/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 97% 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 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 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 App Pain API MCP server?

App Pain API is a hosted endpoint at https://hawkmill.com/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 apppainapi-app-pain-api 'https://hawkmill.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apppainapi-app-pain-api": {
      "url": "https://hawkmill.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "apppainapi-app-pain-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hawkmill.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.apppainapi-app-pain-api]
url = "https://hawkmill.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add apppainapi-app-pain-api --url 'https://hawkmill.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  apppainapi-app-pain-api:
    url: "https://hawkmill.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "apppainapi-app-pain-api": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://hawkmill.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add apppainapi-app-pain-api -t streamable-http -u 'https://hawkmill.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apppainapi-app-pain-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hawkmill.com/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 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 70, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-01 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (7)

### `search_apps` (~110 tokens)

Search apps

Search the iOS App Store and Google Play (both merged by default) to find apps and their ids. Use this FIRST when you only know an app name or a category.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): ISO country code, default "us"
- `limit` (integer): max results per store, default 10
- `q` (string, required): search query, e.g. "habit tracker" or "notion"
- `store` (string): limit to one store (default: both merged)

### `mine_app_pain_points` (~337 tokens)

Mine app pain points

THE core tool: fetch recent reviews of any iOS/Android app, keep the negative ones, and cluster them into ranked pain points (title, sharePercent, severity 1-5, verbatim evidence quotes). Ideal for competitive research and product discovery. Cached 7 days (instant on repeat); a COLD server-side analysis takes 30-120s. If the result has "mode":"agent", it contains prepared negative reviews and "instructions" — do the clustering yourself and present it to the user.

Input parameters:

- `analyze` (string): who clusters on a cold run: "server" = our model; "agent" = you get the prepared negative reviews + instructions and cluster them with your own model; "auto" (default) = server, switching to agent wh…
- `appId` (string, required): App Store or Google Play URL, iOS numeric id (e.g. 324684580) or Android package (e.g. com.spotify.music) — get ids from search_apps
- `country` (string): ISO country code, default "us"
- `maxRating` (integer): ratings <= this count as negative, default 3
- `model` (string): premium refinement model (paid keys only). Omit for the free default.
- `reviews` (integer): reviews to analyze, default 300 (other values round up to these tiers; iOS depth is ~50 due to Apple edge limits)
- `store` (string): optional — inferred from appId (numeric id / App Store URL → ios, package / Play URL → android)

### `get_pain_trend` (~182 tokens)

Pain-point trend

How an app's pain points changed over time: compares two archived analyses and labels each theme new / resolved / rising / falling / stable with share deltas (percentage points). Instant (archive read, no LLM). Default: latest vs ~30 days earlier. Returns a note when the app has fewer than two snapshots yet.

Input parameters:

- `appId` (string, required): App Store or Google Play URL, iOS numeric id (e.g. 324684580) or Android package (e.g. com.spotify.music) — get ids from search_apps
- `from` (string): baseline date YYYY-MM-DD (optional)
- `store` (string): optional — inferred from appId (numeric id / App Store URL → ios, package / Play URL → android)
- `to` (string): comparison date YYYY-MM-DD (optional, default newest)

### `get_app_details` (~124 tokens)

App details

App metadata: name, developer, category, price, average rating, rating count and 1-5★ histogram (when available).

Input parameters:

- `appId` (string, required): App Store or Google Play URL, iOS numeric id (e.g. 324684580) or Android package (e.g. com.spotify.music) — get ids from search_apps
- `country` (string): ISO country code, default "us"
- `store` (string): optional — inferred from appId (numeric id / App Store URL → ios, package / Play URL → android)

### `get_version_history` (~140 tokens)

Version history

Per-version review stats (review count, average rating, first/last seen) — spot a rating crash right after a bad release. Android: aggregated from recent reviews. iOS: current version + release notes.

Input parameters:

- `appId` (string, required): App Store or Google Play URL, iOS numeric id (e.g. 324684580) or Android package (e.g. com.spotify.music) — get ids from search_apps
- `country` (string): ISO country code, default "us"
- `store` (string): optional — inferred from appId (numeric id / App Store URL → ios, package / Play URL → android)

### `watch_competitors` (~167 tokens)

Watch competitors (alerts)

Continuous competitor monitoring (paid plans: Starter 2 apps weekly, Pro 15 apps daily). Manage the watchlist and the alert destination; digests of NEW 1-2★ reviews and NEW/RISING pain points are pushed to a Slack / Discord / any https webhook. action: list | add | remove | set_webhook | test.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `appId` (string): for add/remove: store URL, iOS id or Android package
- `store` (string): optional — inferred from appId (numeric id / App Store URL → ios, package / Play URL → android)
- `webhookUrl` (string): for set_webhook (or add): https URL, e.g. a Slack incoming webhook or Discord channel webhook

### `get_app_reviews` (~171 tokens)

Raw reviews

Fetch raw app reviews (unified schema across stores: rating/title/body/version/date/devReply/thumbsUp), 50 per page. Use for drill-down after mine_app_pain_points.

Input parameters:

- `appId` (string, required): App Store or Google Play URL, iOS numeric id (e.g. 324684580) or Android package (e.g. com.spotify.music) — get ids from search_apps
- `country` (string): ISO country code, default "us"
- `page` (integer): page number, default 1 (50/page)
- `sort` (string): default recent (Android only; iOS uses the store default order)
- `store` (string): optional — inferred from appId (numeric id / App Store URL → ios, package / Play URL → android)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/apppainapi-app-pain-api/hawkmill#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 71
- 2026-11-04: 71
- 2026-11-03: 70
- 2026-11-02: 70
- 2026-11-01: 69

## Common questions

### What is the App Pain API MCP server?

App Pain API is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.apppainapi/app-pain-api. What users hate about ANY iOS/Android app: clustered complaints, evidence, trends. No key needed. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://hawkmill.com/mcp).

### Is the App Pain API MCP server safe to use?

App Pain API scores 71 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 App Pain API MCP server expose?

App Pain API exposes 7 tools: search_apps, mine_app_pain_points, get_pain_trend, get_app_details, get_version_history, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,231 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the App Pain API MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the App Pain API MCP server still maintained?

App Pain API 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://hawkmill.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/apppainapi/app-pain-api
- Website: https://hawkmill.com/docs#mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/apppainapi-app-pain-api/hawkmill.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/apppainapi-app-pain-api/hawkmill.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/apppainapi-app-pain-api/hawkmill