# AddressLore (remote · addresslore.com)

Vancouver house histories by address: who lived there each year to 1945, permits and the 1912 map.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +9
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `addresslore.com`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/burettosofuto-addresslore/addresslore.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/burettosofuto-addresslore/addresslore)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://addresslore.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 2026-11-05.

- **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 437 tokens (~145/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 50/100
  - Stability observed for 15 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% 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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 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 AddressLore MCP server?

AddressLore is a hosted endpoint at https://addresslore.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 burettosofuto-addresslore 'https://addresslore.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "burettosofuto-addresslore": {
      "url": "https://addresslore.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.burettosofuto-addresslore]
url = "https://addresslore.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  burettosofuto-addresslore:
    url: "https://addresslore.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "burettosofuto-addresslore": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://addresslore.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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 79, 0)

- [security] Tool “house_history” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-11-04 (score 79, +7)

- [security improvement] HTTPS: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] HSTS header: fail → pass

### 2026-11-03 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 71, 0)

- [security] Tool “house_history” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: pass → fail

### 2026-11-01 (score 71, +1)

- [security] Tool “house_history” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-29 (score 70, +1)

- [security] Tool “house_history” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-27 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (3)

### `find_house` (~86 tokens)

Find a house

Look up a Vancouver address, or a resident's surname from 1945 or earlier, in AddressLore's coverage. Returns the matching house's path for house_history, or says plainly that the address isn't covered (never a nearby house in its place), with the covered streets.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): An address ("526 Keefer Street") or a surname ("Clandenning").

### `house_history` (~234 tokens)

A house's history

When a covered Vancouver house was built and what stood there: the building permit (1901–1930) and the City's year built, what the 1912 fire insurance map draws on the lot and whether today's building is very likely that one, what stands today, and who lived there in each directory year with each listing's source page, and where the 1911, 1921 and 1931 censuses list households at the address, their people, tenure, rent, rooms, origins and birthplaces (1911 gives only the people, origins and birthplaces; 1931 adds the home's value and a radio) as counts, and in 1921 the people by name as Library and Archives Canada's index gives them, each with its LAC record link. Residents' names through 1945 only; later years show a household and job without names. Anything inferred is marked inferred.

Input parameters:

- `address` (string, required): A Vancouver street address as written today or in the directories ("620 Keefer St", "2649 Yew"), an AddressLore house path ("620-keefer") or its URL.

### `coverage` (~25 tokens)

What AddressLore covers

The Vancouver streets, blocks and directory years AddressLore covers, with each street's page.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 79
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 72
- 2026-11-02: 71
- 2026-11-01: 71
- 2026-10-31: 70
- 2026-10-30: 70
- 2026-10-29: 70
- 2026-10-28: 69
- 2026-10-27: 69
- 2026-10-26: 68
- 2026-10-25: 68
- 2026-10-24: 67
- 2026-10-23: 67
- 2026-10-22: 66
- 2026-10-21: 66

## Common questions

### What is the AddressLore MCP server?

AddressLore is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.BurettoSofuto/addresslore. Vancouver house histories by address: who lived there each year to 1945, permits and the 1912 map. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://addresslore.com/mcp).

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

AddressLore scores 79 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 AddressLore MCP server expose?

AddressLore exposes 3 tools: find_house, house_history, coverage. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 345 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the AddressLore MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the AddressLore MCP server still maintained?

AddressLore 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://addresslore.com/mcp
- Website: https://addresslore.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/burettosofuto-addresslore/addresslore.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/burettosofuto-addresslore/addresslore.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/burettosofuto-addresslore/addresslore