# ShipSmarter Shipping (remote · www.shipsmarter.ca)

Track parcels, compare live carrier rates and find drop-off points for online sellers.

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `www.shipsmarter.ca`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-mescolis-shipsmarter/www.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-mescolis-shipsmarter/www)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://www.shipsmarter.ca/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**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1432 tokens (~179/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 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**: 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; "find_drop_off_points" implies "drop" and declares readOnlyHint instead, contradicting what its own name says it does.
  - An AI judge read all 9 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the ShipSmarter Shipping MCP server?

ShipSmarter Shipping is a hosted endpoint at https://www.shipsmarter.ca/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 ca-mescolis-shipsmarter 'https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ca-mescolis-shipsmarter": {
      "url": "https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ca-mescolis-shipsmarter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ca-mescolis-shipsmarter]
url = "https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ca-mescolis-shipsmarter": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ca-mescolis-shipsmarter --url 'https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ca-mescolis-shipsmarter:
    url: "https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ca-mescolis-shipsmarter": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ca-mescolis-shipsmarter -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ca-mescolis-shipsmarter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.shipsmarter.ca/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 72, +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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 71, +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.

### 2026-11-01 (score 70, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-31 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `track_package` (~140 tokens)

Track a package

Track any parcel by its tracking number. No account needed. Works for parcels shipped through this service with any carrier, and for most Canadian carrier numbers (Canada Post, UPS, FedEx, Purolator, Nationex, GLS). Returns the current status, the estimated or actual delivery date and the carrier's latest scans, plus a link to the full tracking page. Use this whenever someone asks where a parcel is.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Language of the answer. Defaults to the user's locale, then to the site's language.
- `tracking_number` (string, required): The carrier tracking number, e.g. "1Z999AA10123456784".

### `get_shipping_quote` (~323 tokens)

Get a shipping quote

Get live shipping prices for one parcel from several carriers (Canada Post, UPS, FedEx and others). No account needed. Give the origin and destination postal or ZIP codes and the weight in kilograms (convert pounds and inches first); the box size is optional and a 30 x 20 x 10 cm box is assumed when it is missing. Returns up to 6 of the cheapest services with price and estimated transit time, and a link that opens the same quote on the website, where the label can be bought. Prices are the public rates at the moment of the quote. If the user is signed in, compare_shipping_rates returns their own account prices instead.

Input parameters:

- `from_country` (string): Origin country, ISO alpha-2. Defaults to "CA".
- `from_postal` (string, required): Origin postal or ZIP code, e.g. "H2X 1Y1".
- `height_cm` (number): Optional. Box height in centimetres.
- `lang` (string): Language of the answer. Defaults to the user's locale, then to the site's language.
- `length_cm` (number): Optional. Box length in centimetres.
- `to_country` (string): Destination country, ISO alpha-2. Defaults to "CA".
- `to_postal` (string, required): Destination postal or ZIP code, e.g. "M5V 2T6".
- `weight_kg` (number, required): Parcel weight in kilograms. Must be greater than 0.
- `width_cm` (number): Optional. Box width in centimetres.

### `find_drop_off_points` (~192 tokens)

Find drop-off and pick-up points

Find places near a Canadian postal code where a parcel can be dropped off or picked up. No account needed. Covers Canada Post outlets, FedEx locations, UniUni drop-off points and MesColis counters, nearest first, with the address, distance, what can be done there and a map link. Optionally limit the search to one network. Opening hours vary, so suggest checking the map link before going.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Language of the answer. Defaults to the user's locale, then to the site's language.
- `max_per_network` (integer): Points per network, 1 to 5. Default 3.
- `network` (string): Limit to one network: canada_post, fedex, uniuni or mescolis. Defaults to "any".
- `postal_code` (string, required): A full Canadian postal code, e.g. "H2X 1Y1".

### `compare_shipping_rates` (~272 tokens)

Compare shipping rates

Compare live shipping rates for one parcel across every carrier available on the SIGNED-IN account (Canada Post, Purolator, UPS, FedEx and others), at the prices of that account. Returns each carrier and service with its total price, currency and estimated transit days. Requires the user to connect their account; for someone without an account use get_shipping_quote, which needs no sign-in. Prices are live and account-specific; do not cache them.

Input parameters:

- `from_country` (string): Origin country, ISO alpha-2. Defaults to "CA".
- `from_postal` (string, required): Origin postal or ZIP code, e.g. "H2X 1Y1".
- `height_cm` (number, required): Parcel height in centimetres.
- `length_cm` (number, required): Parcel length in centimetres.
- `residential` (boolean): True if delivering to a home address. Affects price on some carriers.
- `to_country` (string): Destination country, ISO alpha-2. Defaults to "CA".
- `to_postal` (string, required): Destination postal or ZIP code, e.g. "M5V 2T6".
- `weight_kg` (number, required): Parcel weight in kilograms. Must be greater than 0.
- `width_cm` (number, required): Parcel width in centimetres.

### `track_parcel` (~119 tokens)

Track a parcel

Look up the live status and checkpoint history of a parcel on the SIGNED-IN account by its tracking number. Returns the current status, estimated delivery date, the shipment id and the full checkpoint list. Requires the user to connect their account; to track any parcel without signing in, use track_package. Supplying the carrier is optional but makes the lookup faster.

Input parameters:

- `carrier` (string): Optional carrier slug, e.g. "ups", "purolator", "canada_post".
- `tracking_number` (string, required): The carrier tracking number.

### `list_shipments` (~101 tokens)

List shipments

List shipments on the authenticated account, newest first. Supports paging and filtering by status (for example "Delivered" or "In Transit"). Use get_shipment for the full record of one shipment.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many to return. Max 100, default 20.
- `offset` (integer): How many to skip, for paging. Default 0.
- `status` (string): Optional status filter, e.g. "Delivered".

### `get_shipment` (~58 tokens)

Get one shipment

Retrieve the full record of a single shipment by its ID, including addresses, carrier, service, cost and current status.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): The shipment ID, e.g. "SHP-9FD8D9B5".

### `list_addresses` (~67 tokens)

List saved addresses

List saved addresses from the account address book. Read-only — this server cannot create, change or delete addresses.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many to return. Max 100, default 50.
- `offset` (integer): How many to skip, for paging. Default 0.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 72
- 2026-11-04: 71
- 2026-11-03: 71
- 2026-11-02: 70
- 2026-11-01: 70
- 2026-10-31: 69

## Common questions

### What is the ShipSmarter Shipping MCP server?

ShipSmarter Shipping is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ca.mescolis/shipsmarter. Track parcels, compare live carrier rates and find drop-off points for online sellers. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp).

### Is the ShipSmarter Shipping MCP server safe to use?

ShipSmarter Shipping scores 72 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 ShipSmarter Shipping MCP server expose?

ShipSmarter Shipping exposes 8 tools: track_package, get_shipping_quote, find_drop_off_points, compare_shipping_rates, track_parcel, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,272 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ShipSmarter Shipping MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the ShipSmarter Shipping MCP server still maintained?

ShipSmarter Shipping 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://www.shipsmarter.ca/mcp
- Website: https://www.shipsmarter.ca/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-mescolis-shipsmarter/www.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-mescolis-shipsmarter/www.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-mescolis-shipsmarter/www