# Recordwire (remote · api.recordwirehq.com)

U.S. business-registry data and change events from official state sources, for agents.

- Trust score: 54/100 (low)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `api.recordwirehq.com`: 54/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/brianvia-recordwire/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/brianvia-recordwire/api)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.recordwirehq.com/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**: 46/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 8 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 406, 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**: 58/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 425 tokens (~53/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 10/100
  - Stability observed for 3 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 75/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "delete_subscription" implies "delete" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default.
  - 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 Recordwire MCP server?

Recordwire is a hosted endpoint at https://api.recordwirehq.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 brianvia-recordwire 'https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brianvia-recordwire": {
      "url": "https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "brianvia-recordwire": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.brianvia-recordwire]
url = "https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "brianvia-recordwire": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add brianvia-recordwire --url 'https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  brianvia-recordwire:
    url: "https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "brianvia-recordwire": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add brianvia-recordwire -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brianvia-recordwire": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.recordwirehq.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.

### 2026-10-17 (score 54, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-16 (score 53, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-15 (score 53)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `search_businesses` (~97 tokens)

Returns matching businesses; IDs look like US-VA:11406679, dates use YYYY-MM-DD, and next_cursor pages through more results.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string)
- `entity_type` (string)
- `formed_after` (string)
- `formed_before` (string)
- `jurisdiction` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `q` (string)
- `status` (string)

### `get_business` (~38 tokens)

Returns one business by an ID like US-VA:11406679, with dates in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

### `get_business_events` (~58 tokens)

Returns events for a business ID like US-VA:11406679; dates use YYYY-MM-DD and next_cursor pages through more results.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string)
- `id` (string, required)
- `limit` (integer)

### `search_events` (~111 tokens)

Returns business.created, business.name_changed, business.status_changed, business.address_changed, business.agent_changed, or business.officers_changed events; dates use YYYY-MM-DD, business IDs look like US-VA:11406679, and next_cursor pages through more results.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string)
- `jurisdiction` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `observed_since` (string)
- `since` (string)
- `type` (string)
- `until` (string)

### `list_sources` (~21 tokens)

Returns available registry sources and their latest verified YYYY-MM-DD dates.

### `create_subscription` (~64 tokens)

Subscribe an HTTPS endpoint to new registry changes. Save the returned secret; it is shown once.

Input parameters:

- `entity_ids` (array)
- `event_types` (array)
- `jurisdictions` (array)
- `name` (string, required)
- `url` (string, required)

### `list_subscriptions` (~16 tokens)

List your subscriptions without signing secrets.

### `delete_subscription` (~20 tokens)

Revoke your subscription.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 54
- 2026-10-17: 54
- 2026-10-16: 53
- 2026-10-15: 53

## Common questions

### What is the Recordwire MCP server?

Recordwire is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.BrianVia/recordwire. U.S. business-registry data and change events from official state sources, for agents. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp).

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

Recordwire scores 54 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 Recordwire MCP server expose?

Recordwire exposes 8 tools: search_businesses, get_business, get_business_events, search_events, list_sources, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 425 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Recordwire MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Recordwire MCP server still maintained?

Recordwire 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://api.recordwirehq.com/mcp
- Authorisation metadata: https://api.recordwirehq.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/BrianVia/recordwire-mcp
- Website: https://recordwirehq.com/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/brianvia-recordwire/api.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/brianvia-recordwire/api.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/brianvia-recordwire/api