# AnswerPool (remote · answerpool.io)

Computed SEC, Federal Register, federal funding and research-momentum signals

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `answerpool.io`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-answerpool/answerpool.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-answerpool/answerpool)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://answerpool.io/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 2026-09-28.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 68/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 785 tokens (~157/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability check failed: schema churn in the 28 days we've observed: 9 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 5 additions.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% 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 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

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

AnswerPool is a hosted endpoint at https://answerpool.io/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 blakeyounger-answerpool 'https://answerpool.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "blakeyounger-answerpool": {
      "url": "https://answerpool.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "blakeyounger-answerpool": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://answerpool.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.blakeyounger-answerpool]
url = "https://answerpool.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "blakeyounger-answerpool": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://answerpool.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add blakeyounger-answerpool --url 'https://answerpool.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  blakeyounger-answerpool:
    url: "https://answerpool.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "blakeyounger-answerpool": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://answerpool.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add blakeyounger-answerpool -t streamable-http -u 'https://answerpool.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "blakeyounger-answerpool": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://answerpool.io/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.

### 2026-09-28 (score 70, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-25 (score 70, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-17 (score 70, −1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “answerpool_get” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “answerpool_search_catalog” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 124 → 157
- [cosmetic] “answerpool_get” added an optional parameter “sample”

### 2026-09-05 (score 71, +1)

- [security regression] A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 1
- [security regression] Tool “answerpool_funding_signals” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “answerpool_reg_rules” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “answerpool_sec_events” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “answerpool_technology_emerging” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “answerpool_technology_lookup” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “answerpool_technology_momentum” was removed
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “answerpool_get” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: pass → fail

### 2026-09-04 (score 70, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 69 → 82
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_get”
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_search_catalog”

### 2026-09-03 (score 70, −1)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.07 → fail
- [security regression] A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 1
- [security regression] Tool “credit_balance” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “funding_signals” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “list_products” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “reg_rules” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “sec_company” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “sec_events” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “technology_emerging” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “technology_lookup” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “technology_momentum” was removed
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_credit_balance”
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_funding_signals”
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_list_products”
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_reg_rules”
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_sec_company”
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_sec_events”
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_technology_emerging”
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_technology_lookup”
- [functional] New tool “answerpool_technology_momentum”

### 2026-09-01 (score 71, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-08-31 (score 70)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `answerpool_search_catalog` (~126 tokens)

Search the AnswerPool catalog

FIND THE RIGHT DATA PRODUCT. Search 130+ computed products across SEC filings and fundamentals, federal regulation, procurement and grants, NIH, clinical trials, FDA recalls and adverse events, US macro indicators, weather and severe-weather alerts, known-exploited software vulnerabilities, research topics, and cross-domain entity resolution. Returns matching product ids with price, inputs and a free sample_url showing a real answer from that product; pass a product id to answerpool_get. Free.

Input parameters:

- `free_only` (boolean)
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string)

### `answerpool_get` (~201 tokens)

Get any AnswerPool product

RUN ANY of the 137 AnswerPool products by id — this plus answerpool_search_catalog is the main path, and every product is reachable this way. Find an id with answerpool_search_catalog, then pass its inputs as a JSON object, e.g. {"product_id": "weather_alerts", "params": {"area": "CA"}}. Covers SEC filings, fundamentals and insider activity, Federal Register rulemaking, federal procurement and grants, NIH, clinical trials, FDA recalls and adverse events, US macro indicators, weather and severe-weather alerts, known-exploited vulnerabilities, research-topic momentum and entity resolution. Each product's input and output schema is in the catalog entry. Free products need no key; paid ones debit a prepaid credit key and are never charged on failure. Pass sample=true to see a real answer from any product free before paying.

Input parameters:

- `params`
- `product_id` (string, required)
- `sample` (boolean)

### `answerpool_list_products` (~25 tokens)

List products

List all AnswerPool products with prices, inputs and when to use each.

### `answerpool_credit_balance` (~20 tokens)

Credit balance

Check the remaining credit balance for your API key.

### `answerpool_sec_company` (~59 tokens)

SEC company snapshot

One-call SEC snapshot of a US public company: recent filings, indexed events, insider activity, key XBRL facts (revenue, income, cash). $0.02/call.

Input parameters:

- `cik`
- `ticker`

Output parameters:

- `as_of` (string): ISO-8601 UTC timestamp with milliseconds (e.g. 2026-09-03T14:05:00.000Z) at which this snapshot was assembled. EDGAR is queried live, so it is the read time rather than a fixed data cut-off.
- `cik` (string): Registrant's SEC Central Index Key, 10 digits zero-padded (e.g. 0000320193), resolved from the ticker when one was supplied. Use this form in other views.
- `disclaimer` (string): Fixed notice that this snapshot is compiled from public SEC filings and is not investment advice.
- `events_30d` (array): Events derived from this registrant's filings over the last 30 days, most recent first, capped at 50. Empty when nothing was filed or our event index does not yet cover the period.
- `facts` (object): XBRL financial series keyed by revenue, net_income, total_assets, cash, operating_cash_flow and shares_outstanding; each is up to the 8 most recent periods ordered oldest to newest. A key is absent w…
- `fiscal_year_end`: Registrant's fiscal year end as a four-character MMDD string (e.g. 0930 for 30 September); null when EDGAR has none on record.
- `insider_90d` (object): Form 4 insider-trading summary for the last 90 days: `filings` (insider events counted), `buy_usd` and `sell_usd` (open-market purchase and sale value in whole US dollars) and `net_usd` (buy_usd minu…
- `method_id` (string): Identifier and version of the rule set behind the flags and scores in `events_30d`. It changes when the method changes; results carrying different method_ids are not directly comparable.
- `name` (string): Registrant name as published on EDGAR's submissions record; empty string when EDGAR carries no name for the CIK.
- `recent_filings` (array): Up to the 15 most recent filings of any form from EDGAR's submissions record, most recent first. Each element has `form`, `filed` (ISO-8601 filing date), `accession`, `description` (primary document…
- `sic`: Standard Industrial Classification code for the registrant's primary industry as assigned by the SEC, typically 4 digits (e.g. 3571); null when EDGAR has none.
- `sic_description`: Industry title EDGAR pairs with `sic` (e.g. Electronic Computers); null whenever `sic` is null.
- `sources` (object): Public EDGAR API URLs this snapshot was compiled from, keyed `submissions` and `companyfacts`. Re-fetching them reproduces the underlying facts.
- `state_of_incorporation`: Jurisdiction the registrant is incorporated in as a two-character code — a US state code such as DE, or an SEC country code. This is not the business address; null when EDGAR has none.
- `tickers` (array): Every exchange ticker EDGAR lists for this registrant, uppercase, in EDGAR's own order. Empty for private, unlisted or deregistered filers.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 70
- 2026-09-27: 70
- 2026-09-26: 70
- 2026-09-25: 70
- 2026-09-24: 70
- 2026-09-23: 70
- 2026-09-22: 70
- 2026-09-21: 70
- 2026-09-20: 70
- 2026-09-19: 70
- 2026-09-18: 70
- 2026-09-17: 70
- 2026-09-16: 71
- 2026-09-15: 71
- 2026-09-14: 71
- 2026-09-13: 71
- 2026-09-12: 71
- 2026-09-11: 71
- 2026-09-10: 71
- 2026-09-09: 71
- 2026-09-08: 71
- 2026-09-07: 71
- 2026-09-06: 71
- 2026-09-05: 71
- 2026-09-04: 70
- 2026-09-03: 70
- 2026-09-02: 71
- 2026-09-01: 71
- 2026-08-31: 70

## Common questions

### What is the AnswerPool MCP server?

AnswerPool is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.blakeyounger/answerpool. Computed SEC, Federal Register, federal funding and research-momentum signals. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://answerpool.io/mcp).

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

AnswerPool scores 70 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 AnswerPool MCP server expose?

AnswerPool exposes 5 tools: answerpool_search_catalog, answerpool_get, answerpool_list_products, answerpool_credit_balance, answerpool_sec_company. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 431 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the AnswerPool MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the AnswerPool MCP server still maintained?

AnswerPool is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 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://answerpool.io/mcp
- Website: https://answerpool.io/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-answerpool/answerpool.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-answerpool/answerpool.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-answerpool/answerpool