# Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew (remote · portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com)

Explore Benjamin Nikolajew's graphic design portfolio with natural language.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-23

## Components

- remote · `portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp/portfolio-mcp-dqj0.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp/portfolio-mcp-dqj0)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.11.0`

## 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 2026-10-23.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 56/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1773 tokens (~68/item across 26 items; 26 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 33/100
  - Stability check failed: schema churn in the 11 days we've observed: 1 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 1 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 26 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 26 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 Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew server?

Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew is a hosted endpoint at https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.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 ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp 'https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp": {
      "url": "https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp]
url = "https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp --url 'https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp:
    url: "https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.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.

### 2026-10-23 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 29 to 33.

### 2026-10-20 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 19 to 23.

### 2026-10-18 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 16.

### 2026-10-16 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 6 to 9.

### 2026-10-15 (score 66, 0)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.07 → fail
- [security regression] Tool “add_linkedin” was removed
- [functional] Server version: 1.12.0 → 2.0.0

### 2026-10-13 (score 66, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Server version: 1.11.0 → 1.12.0
- [functional] New tool “get_brand_kit”

### 2026-10-12 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (26)

### `get_music` (~100 tokens)

Get Music

Returns a bounded first-party music catalog, a selected album or track, or one cryptographically selected random track. Catalog summaries include track durations and every shortest-track tie; album and track selections include direct audio URLs, production details, explicit AI-involvement declarations, microsite links, and citations.

Input parameters:

- `albumId` (string)
- `excludeTrackIds` (array)
- `randomTrack` (boolean)
- `trackId` (string)

Output parameters:

- `album`
- `albumCount` (integer)
- `albums` (array)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `scope` (string)
- `shortestTracks` (array)
- `source` (object)
- `track`
- `trackCount` (integer)

### `list_portfolio_projects` (~136 tokens)

List Portfolio Projects

Returns 21 curated portfolio entries: 20 public design case studies plus SAE Engineering, with optional filters, visuals, and randomized discovery. Music is available through get_music.

Input parameters:

- `aiFilter` (string)
- `category` (string)
- `excludeSlugs` (array)
- `includeCaseSignals` (boolean)
- `includeSummary` (boolean)
- `includeVisuals` (boolean)
- `limit` (integer)
- `maxVisualsPerProject` (integer)
- `onPublicGrid` (boolean)
- `query` (string)
- `randomize` (boolean)

Output parameters:

- `caseSignalsSource`
- `filters` (object)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `preExclusionMatches` (number)
- `projects` (array)
- `remainingMatches` (number)
- `source` (object)
- `totalMatches` (number)
- `totalProjects` (number)
- `visualSource`

### `get_project_by_slug` (~76 tokens)

Get Project By Slug

Returns full structured portfolio project data by slug with citation/provenance, ranked visual highlights, and optional case-study signals.

Input parameters:

- `focusQuery` (string)
- `includeCaseSignals` (boolean)
- `includeVisuals` (boolean)
- `maxVisuals` (integer)
- `slug` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `caseSignalsSource`
- `found` (boolean)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `includeCaseSignals` (boolean)
- `includeVisuals` (boolean)
- `project`
- `slug` (string)
- `source` (object)
- `suggestions` (array)
- `visualSource`

### `search_project_notes` (~97 tokens)

Search Project Notes

Searches project narrative fields and returns ranked excerpts with citation URLs, visual highlights, and optional case-study signals.

Input parameters:

- `aiFilter` (string)
- `category` (string)
- `excludeSlugs` (array)
- `includeCaseSignals` (boolean)
- `includeVisuals` (boolean)
- `limit` (integer)
- `maxVisualsPerResult` (integer)
- `query` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `caseSignalsSource`
- `filters` (object)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `includeCaseSignals` (boolean)
- `includeVisuals` (boolean)
- `preExclusionMatches` (number)
- `query` (string)
- `remainingMatches` (number)
- `results` (array)
- `source` (object)
- `totalMatches` (number)
- `visualSource`

### `get_project_followup_detail` (~87 tokens)

Get Project Follow-up Detail

Returns one best-matched project deep-dive for follow-up questions with focus highlights, visual context, and citation-backed signals.

Input parameters:

- `focus` (string)
- `includeCaseSignals` (boolean)
- `includeVisuals` (boolean)
- `maxVisualsPerResult` (integer)
- `projectSlug` (string)
- `query` (string)

Output parameters:

- `caseSignalsSource`
- `clarification`
- `focus` (string)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `match`
- `projectSlug`
- `query`
- `queryConflict`
- `source` (object)
- `suggestions` (array)
- `totalMatches` (number)
- `visualSource`

### `get_project_artwork_gallery` (~94 tokens)

Get Project Artwork Gallery

Returns thumbnail plus 3-5 ranked artwork images for one matching project by default, or up to three projects when limitProjects is supplied, with accurate alt descriptions and citation links.

Input parameters:

- `aiFilter` (string)
- `category` (string)
- `imagesPerProject` (integer)
- `limitProjects` (integer)
- `projectSlug` (string)
- `query` (string)

Output parameters:

- `clarification`
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `matches` (array)
- `query`
- `queryConflict`
- `source` (object)

### `get_brand_kit` (~80 tokens)

Get Brand Kit

Returns the first-party Nikolajew Design brand identity, original logos, colors, Stolzl typography, icons, and preview imagery for style decks, webpages, cards & documents. Includes one ZIP download for the complete brand asset set. Optionally filter to identity, logo, color, typography, icons, or imagery.

Input parameters:

- `section` (string)

Output parameters:

- `citationUrl` (string)
- `download`
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `provenanceNote` (string)
- `section`
- `sections` (object)
- `source` (object)
- `summary` (string)
- `title` (string)

### `get_professional_profile` (~27 tokens)

Get Professional Profile

Returns deterministic profile, contact, process, personality, and capability-limit signals with provenance.

Output parameters:

- `capabilities` (object)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `profile` (object)
- `sources` (object)

### `get_agent_capabilities` (~31 tokens)

Get Agent Capabilities

Returns grounded Portfolio Agent and Portfolio MCP explainer content, supported capability lanes, limits, and canonical links.

Output parameters:

- `coreCapabilities` (array)
- `entity` (object)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `limits` (object)
- `links` (object)
- `positioning` (object)
- `safetyBoundaries` (array)
- `source` (object)

### `get_career_timeline` (~51 tokens)

Get Career Timeline

Returns citation-backed career milestones with optional query/company filtering.

Input parameters:

- `company` (string)
- `includeEducation` (boolean)
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string)

Output parameters:

- `education` (array)
- `filters` (object)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `milestones` (array)
- `source` (object)
- `totalMatches` (number)
- `totalMilestones` (number)

### `get_career_role_detail` (~58 tokens)

Get Career Role Detail

Returns a single role/company experience match with richer factual context for deep-dive career questions.

Input parameters:

- `company` (string)
- `detailLevel` (string)
- `query` (string)
- `role` (string)

Output parameters:

- `candidates` (array)
- `clarification`
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `match`
- `source` (object)

### `get_profile_fact_pack` (~60 tokens)

Get Profile Fact Pack

Returns grounded long-tail profile facts (qualifications, strengths, availability, AI usage, web capability, and context) from first-party resume data.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string)
- `topics` (array)

Output parameters:

- `facts` (array)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `person` (object)
- `query`
- `returnedFacts` (number)
- `source` (object)
- `topics` (array)
- `totalFacts` (number)

### `get_career_role_comparison` (~77 tokens)

Get Career Role Comparison

Returns a side-by-side comparison between two career roles/companies using first-party employment history.

Input parameters:

- `detailLevel` (string)
- `leftCompany` (string)
- `leftRole` (string)
- `query` (string)
- `rightCompany` (string)
- `rightRole` (string)

Output parameters:

- `comparisonStatus` (string)
- `comparisonTitle` (string)
- `differentiators` (array)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `left`
- `query`
- `recommendation` (string)
- `right`
- `sharedThemes` (array)
- `source` (object)

### `get_download_documents` (~27 tokens)

Get Download Documents

Returns first-party resume and mini-portfolio download documents with grounded file metadata for supportive cards.

Output parameters:

- `documents` (array)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `note` (string)
- `source` (object)

### `get_download_assets` (~38 tokens)

Get Download Assets

Returns direct resume/CV and mini-portfolio download links plus online profile links for action-ready cards.

Input parameters:

- `includeWebLinks` (boolean)

Output parameters:

- `assets` (array)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `note` (string)
- `primaryCta` (string)
- `source` (object)

### `get_career_certificates` (~49 tokens)

Get Career Certificates

Returns documented certificates with issuer, credential ID, verification URL, and skills focus.

Input parameters:

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

Output parameters:

- `certificates` (array)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `query`
- `returnedCertificates` (number)
- `source` (object)
- `totalCertificates` (number)

### `get_career_education` (~36 tokens)

Get Career Education

Returns education history entries with program focus and source links.

Input parameters:

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

Output parameters:

- `education` (array)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `query`
- `returnedEducationEntries` (number)
- `source` (object)
- `totalEducationEntries` (number)

### `get_changelog` (~111 tokens)

Get Changelog

Returns the first-party Portfolio release history from its complete generated release dataset. Supports exact/latest/all versions, bounded version/date/category/query filters, and stable cursor pagination for complete notes.

Input parameters:

- `afterVersion` (string)
- `category` (string)
- `cursor` (string)
- `fromDate` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string)
- `throughVersion` (string)
- `toDate` (string)
- `version` (string)

Output parameters:

- `complete` (boolean)
- `error` (object)
- `filters`
- `found` (boolean)
- `hasMore` (boolean)
- `latestReleasedVersion`
- `nextCursor`
- `releases` (array)
- `returnedReleases` (number)
- `source`
- `totalMatchingReleases` (number)
- `totalReleases` (number)

### `get_first_party_context` (~55 tokens)

Get First-Party Context

Returns cited first-party sections spanning profile, work, projects, Ephemera, Portfolio MCP setup, and contact guidance.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string)
- `topics` (array)

Output parameters:

- `aiDisclosureProvenance` (object)
- `aiDisclosures` (array)
- `filters` (object)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `sections` (array)
- `source` (object)
- `sources` (array)
- `totalMatches` (number)
- `totalSections` (number)

### `search_first_party_context` (~60 tokens)

Search First-Party Context

Searches cited first-party context for career, projects, The Ephemera Digital Collection, donations, Portfolio MCP setup/build details, and contact facts.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required)
- `topics` (array)

Output parameters:

- `aiDisclosureProvenance` (object)
- `aiDisclosures` (array)
- `filters` (object)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `results` (array)
- `source` (object)
- `sources` (array)
- `totalMatches` (number)
- `totalSections` (number)

### `fetch_curated_page_context` (~123 tokens)

Fetch Curated Page Context

Fetches and extracts approved first-party or official-domain HTML pages for page-level evidence. Supply query, urls, or the legacy singular url; when query is omitted, a bounded query is derived from the approved URL path. Changelog rows support bounded rowLimit/rowOffset pagination with truthful matching counts.

Input parameters:

- `domains` (array)
- `maxPages` (integer)
- `query` (string)
- `rowLimit` (integer)
- `rowOffset` (integer)
- `url` (string)
- `urls` (array)

Output parameters:

- `aiDisclosureProvenance` (object)
- `aiDisclosures` (array)
- `allowedDomains` (array)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `hasMore` (boolean)
- `note` (string)
- `pages` (array)
- `query` (string)
- `rejectedUrls` (array)
- `returnedRows` (number)
- `rowOffset` (number)
- `totalMatchingRows` (number)
- `totalPages` (number)
- `totalRows` (number)
- `totalSnippets` (number)

### `search_allowed_external_domains` (~71 tokens)

Search Allowed External Domains

Searches approved owned or official public domains only when request-scoped external-search support is available. Without that runtime context it returns a truthful, allowlist-filtered zero-result response without making a network request.

Input parameters:

- `domains` (array)
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `allowedDomains` (array)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `note` (string)
- `query` (string)
- `results` (array)
- `totalResults` (number)

### `get_privacy_policy` (~92 tokens)

Get Privacy Policy

Returns grounded privacy and data-handling answers for nikolajewdesign.ca, Portfolio Agent, WebMCP, and agent integrations: what is collected, how prompts are processed, where data is sent, providers, security, retention, and rights. Always includes a direct link to the full privacy policy.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string)
- `topics` (array)

Output parameters:

- `effectiveDate` (string)
- `filters` (object)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `operator` (string)
- `policyUrl` (string)
- `sections` (array)
- `source` (object)
- `sources` (array)
- `totalMatches` (number)
- `totalSections` (number)

### `get_contact_email` (~30 tokens)

Get Contact Email

Returns canonical contact information. External tools cannot submit messages; visitors use their email app or the website form.

Output parameters:

- `canSendEmail` (boolean)
- `citationUrl` (string)
- `confidence` (number)
- `contactFormAvailability` (string)
- `email` (string)
- `fullName` (string)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `iconKey` (string)
- `label` (string)
- `mailtoUrl` (string)
- `preferredMethod` (string)
- `previewContactFormUrl` (string)
- `recommendedActions` (array)
- `responseTime` (string)
- `source` (object)
- `typicalLeadTime` (string)

### `get_social_profiles` (~48 tokens)

Get Social Profiles

Returns social profile links with handles, icon keys, and citation-backed metadata.

Input parameters:

- `includeEmail` (boolean)
- `includeProfileReferences` (boolean)
- `networks` (array)

Output parameters:

- `fullName` (string)
- `generatedAt` (string)
- `profileCount` (number)
- `profiles` (array)
- `source` (object)

### `get_about_resume` (~59 tokens)

Get About Resume

Returns a condensed profile card payload with current role, concise skills, profile image, email CTA, and proactive next-tool prompts.

Input parameters:

- `conciseSkillLimit` (integer)
- `includeAvailability` (boolean)
- `includeVisual` (boolean)

Output parameters:

- `generatedAt` (string)
- `proactiveActions` (array)
- `profile` (object)
- `source` (object)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp/portfolio-mcp-dqj0#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-23: 70
- 2026-10-22: 69
- 2026-10-21: 69
- 2026-10-20: 69
- 2026-10-19: 68
- 2026-10-18: 68
- 2026-10-17: 67
- 2026-10-16: 67
- 2026-10-15: 66
- 2026-10-14: 66
- 2026-10-13: 66
- 2026-10-12: 65

## Common questions

### What is the Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew server?

Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew is listed in the public MCP registry as ca.nikolajewdesign/portfolio-mcp. Explore Benjamin Nikolajew's graphic design portfolio with natural language. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp).

### Is the Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew server safe to use?

Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew 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 Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew server expose?

Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew exposes 26 tools: get_music, list_portfolio_projects, get_project_by_slug, search_project_notes, get_project_followup_detail, and 21 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,773 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew server require authentication?

No. We connected to Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew server still maintained?

Portfolio MCP | Benjamin Nikolajew is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 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://portfolio-mcp-dqj0.onrender.com/mcp
- Website: https://www.nikolajewdesign.ca/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp/portfolio-mcp-dqj0.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp/portfolio-mcp-dqj0.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ca-nikolajewdesign-portfolio-mcp/portfolio-mcp-dqj0