# nowyourlink public Spotlights (remote · nowyourlink.com)

Anonymous read-only access to settled advertising Spotlights, with an MCP Apps card.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +1
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-22

## Components

- remote · `nowyourlink.com`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/arneffm-nowyourlink/nowyourlink.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/arneffm-nowyourlink/nowyourlink)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://nowyourlink.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## 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 2026-09-22.

- **Endpoint Security**: 77/100
  - 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 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**: 45/100
  - 0% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 442 tokens (~73/item across 6 items; 5 tools + 1 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 22/100
  - Stability check failed: schema churn in the 15 days we've observed: 1 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 2 additions.
- **Tool Coverage**: 92/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 71% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 73/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the nowyourlink public Spotlights MCP server?

nowyourlink public Spotlights is a hosted endpoint at https://nowyourlink.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 arneffm-nowyourlink 'https://nowyourlink.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arneffm-nowyourlink": {
      "url": "https://nowyourlink.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "arneffm-nowyourlink": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://nowyourlink.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.arneffm-nowyourlink]
url = "https://nowyourlink.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add arneffm-nowyourlink --url 'https://nowyourlink.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  arneffm-nowyourlink:
    url: "https://nowyourlink.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "arneffm-nowyourlink": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://nowyourlink.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add arneffm-nowyourlink -t streamable-http -u 'https://nowyourlink.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arneffm-nowyourlink": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://nowyourlink.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.

### 2026-09-22 (score 68, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads

### 2026-09-21 (score 68, +2)

- [security improvement] DNSSEC: fail → pass

### 2026-09-19 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 9 to 12.

### 2026-09-18 (score 65, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: 60% → 71%
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: fail → pass
- [functional] New tool “create_sandbox_job”
- [functional] New tool “get_sandbox_job”

### 2026-09-17 (score 64, −3)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.30 → fail
- [security regression] A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 1.0.0
- [security regression] Tool “read_agent_docs” was removed
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: pass → fail
- [functional regression] Resource “/about.md” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “/agents.md” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “/auth.md” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “/contact.md” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “/developers.md” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “/index.md” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “/pricing.md” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “/privacy.md” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “/versioning.md” was removed
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: 40% → 60%
- [cosmetic] “get_current_spotlight” added an optional parameter “includeHouseAds”

### 2026-09-15 (score 67, +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.

### 2026-09-12 (score 66, +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.

### 2026-09-10 (score 65, +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.

## MCP tools (5)

### `get_current_spotlight` (~53 tokens)

Read the currently displayed settled public Spotlight, including labeled house advertisements. Does not bid or pay.

Input parameters:

- `includeHouseAds` (boolean): When false, a current house advertisement is reported as unavailable instead of returned.

### `list_spotlights` (~63 tokens)

Browse settled public Spotlights, newest first, including labeled house advertisements. Removed ads are excluded.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): Exclusive older-date cursor from nextCursor; cannot be combined with offset.
- `limit` (integer)
- `offset` (integer)

### `get_spotlight` (~47 tokens)

Read one settled public Spotlight by date, including labeled house advertisements. Removed or missing days are unavailable.

Input parameters:

- `day` (string, required): Settled auction date in UTC, YYYY-MM-DD.

### `create_sandbox_job` (~76 tokens)

Start a synthetic asynchronous sandbox job that exercises the Idempotency-Key and 202-then-poll pattern of the write API without touching real auctions, ads or money. Poll it with get_sandbox_job.

Input parameters:

- `idempotencyKey` (string, required): Client-chosen key; the same key always returns the same jobId.

### `get_sandbox_job` (~65 tokens)

Read the status and synthetic result of a sandbox job created with create_sandbox_job. Every well-formed jobId resolves as completed, so a result is not proof that the key was created.

Input parameters:

- `jobId` (string, required): jobId returned by create_sandbox_job.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-22: 68
- 2026-09-21: 68
- 2026-09-20: 66
- 2026-09-19: 66
- 2026-09-18: 65
- 2026-09-17: 64
- 2026-09-16: 67
- 2026-09-15: 67
- 2026-09-14: 66
- 2026-09-13: 66
- 2026-09-12: 66
- 2026-09-11: 65
- 2026-09-10: 65
- 2026-09-09: 64
- 2026-09-08: 64
- 2026-09-07: 62

## Common questions

### What is the nowyourlink public Spotlights MCP server?

nowyourlink public Spotlights is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.ArneFfm/nowyourlink. Anonymous read-only access to settled advertising Spotlights, with an MCP Apps card. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://nowyourlink.com/mcp).

### Is the nowyourlink public Spotlights MCP server safe to use?

nowyourlink public Spotlights scores 68 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 nowyourlink public Spotlights MCP server expose?

nowyourlink public Spotlights exposes 5 tools: get_current_spotlight, list_spotlights, get_spotlight, create_sandbox_job, get_sandbox_job. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 304 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the nowyourlink public Spotlights MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the nowyourlink public Spotlights MCP server still maintained?

nowyourlink public Spotlights is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 22 September 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://nowyourlink.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/ArneFfm/nowyourlink-agent-kit
- Website: https://nowyourlink.com/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arneffm-nowyourlink/nowyourlink.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arneffm-nowyourlink/nowyourlink.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arneffm-nowyourlink/nowyourlink