# AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) (remote · cortexassay.com)

Renamed to AnswerPool; see io.github.blakeyounger/answerpool. SEC, Federal Register, funding

- Trust score: 23/100 (low)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: deprecated
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

> **Deprecated**: this server is marked deprecated in the MCP registry. The registry records this reason: "Renamed to AnswerPool - use io.github.blakeyounger/answerpool (`https://answerpool.io/mcp).`"

## Components

- remote · `cortexassay.com`: 23/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-cortexassay/cortexassay.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-cortexassay/cortexassay)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://cortexassay.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.2`

## 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**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it.
  - 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**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 0/100
  - Schema not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's schema, or could read only part of its tool list.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 0/100
  - Tool coverage not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- **Tool Safety**: 0/100
  - Tool safety not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- **Capabilities**: 0/100
  - Capabilities not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's capabilities.

**Unverified: 5 categories.** Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) MCP server?

AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) is a hosted endpoint at https://cortexassay.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 blakeyounger-cortexassay 'https://cortexassay.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "blakeyounger-cortexassay": {
      "url": "https://cortexassay.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.blakeyounger-cortexassay]
url = "https://cortexassay.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  blakeyounger-cortexassay:
    url: "https://cortexassay.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

### 2026-09-28 (score 23, 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 23, 0)

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

### 2026-09-04 (score 23, −10)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: behind authorisation → not serving MCP
- [security regression] Transport: unverified → fail
- [security regression] Authorization: fail → unverified
- [security] Tool safety: Tool safety not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- [functional] Tool coverage: Tool coverage not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- [functional] Capabilities: Capabilities not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's capabilities.
- [functional] Schema quality: Schema not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's schema, or could read only part of its tool list.

### 2026-09-02 (score 33, −38)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: reachable → behind authorisation
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Stability: 0.07 → unverified
- [security regression] Transport: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Authorization: partial → fail
- [security regression] HSTS header: pass → fail
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-08-31 (score 71, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] The server changed its declared name: cortexassay → answerpool
- [security] Tool “list_products” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-08-30 (score 70)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `list_products` (~23 tokens)

List products

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

### `credit_balance` (~18 tokens)

Credit balance

Check the remaining credit balance for your API key.

### `sec_events` (~101 tokens)

SEC corporate events

Recent SEC EDGAR corporate events as flagged signals: 8-K items (bankruptcy, auditor change, cyber incident...), Form 4 insider buys/sells with USD size and buy clusters, Form D raises. $0.005/call. Not investment advice.

Input parameters:

- `cik`
- `flags`
- `forms`
- `limit` (integer)
- `min_score` (number)
- `since`
- `ticker`

### `sec_company` (~57 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`

### `reg_rules` (~96 tokens)

Federal Register rules

Track US federal rules and proposed rules from the Federal Register by term/agency/significance, with deadline flags (comments_close_soon, effective_soon) and day counts. $0.005/call. Not legal advice.

Input parameters:

- `agency`
- `limit` (integer)
- `significant_only` (boolean)
- `since`
- `term`
- `types` (string)
- `until`

### `funding_signals` (~63 tokens)

Federal funding signals

US federal funding momentum for a technology keyword: USAspending obligations by fiscal year with growth, top recipients, NIH grant counts and recent projects. $0.02/call. Not investment advice.

Input parameters:

- `term` (string, required)
- `years` (integer)

### `technology_emerging` (~73 tokens)

Emerging research topics

Ranked list of emerging research topics from a weekly statistical scan of all ~4,500 OpenAlex topics (growth, acceleration, citation quality). $0.05/call.

Input parameters:

- `emerging_only` (boolean)
- `field`
- `limit` (integer)
- `min_works` (integer)

### `technology_lookup` (~42 tokens)

Topic momentum lookup

Statistical momentum snapshot of one research topic from the weekly universe scan (rank, growth, z-scores). Free (rate-limited).

Input parameters:

- `topic` (string, required)

### `technology_momentum` (~62 tokens)

Technology momentum analysis

Deep on-demand momentum analysis of any technology topic: fresh OpenAlex evidence, growth series, leading institutions/researchers, LLM-scored momentum with grounded confidence and rationale. $0.05/call. Not investment advice.

Input parameters:

- `topic` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 23
- 2026-09-27: 23
- 2026-09-26: 23
- 2026-09-25: 23
- 2026-09-24: 23
- 2026-09-23: 23
- 2026-09-22: 23
- 2026-09-21: 23
- 2026-09-20: 23
- 2026-09-19: 23
- 2026-09-18: 23
- 2026-09-17: 23
- 2026-09-16: 23
- 2026-09-15: 23
- 2026-09-14: 23
- 2026-09-13: 23
- 2026-09-12: 23
- 2026-09-11: 23
- 2026-09-10: 23
- 2026-09-09: 23
- 2026-09-08: 23
- 2026-09-07: 23
- 2026-09-06: 23
- 2026-09-05: 23
- 2026-09-04: 23
- 2026-09-03: 33
- 2026-09-02: 33
- 2026-09-01: 71
- 2026-08-31: 71
- 2026-08-30: 70

## Common questions

### What is the AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) MCP server?

AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.blakeyounger/cortexassay. Renamed to AnswerPool; see io.github.blakeyounger/answerpool. SEC, Federal Register, funding. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://cortexassay.com/mcp).

### Is the AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) MCP server safe to use?

AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) scores 23 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 (formerly CortexAssay) MCP server expose?

AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) exposes 9 tools: list_products, credit_balance, sec_events, sec_company, reg_rules, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 535 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) MCP server require authentication?

Its publisher declares no required credentials for AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay). We have not been able to confirm that against the live endpoint, and a server can require authorisation without declaring it here.

### Is the AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) MCP server still maintained?

AnswerPool (formerly CortexAssay) is marked deprecated 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://cortexassay.com/mcp
- Website: https://answerpool.io/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-cortexassay/cortexassay.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-cortexassay/cortexassay.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/blakeyounger-cortexassay/cortexassay