io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp
NPM · CHARLOTTEONTHECHEAP-MCP · SCANNED SEP 21
Charlotte On The Cheap MCP — free and cheap Charlotte events, deals and local guides
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How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security98
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 31 of 108 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency71
- Repository check failed: the declared repository URL redirects; it must resolve directly. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 63 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability81
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 771 tokens (~110/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management90
- Stability observed for 27 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
How do I install the io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp server?
io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y charlotteonthecheap-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · charlotteonthecheap-mcp
claude mcp add chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp -- npx -y charlotteonthecheap-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"charlotteonthecheap-mcp"
]
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"charlotteonthecheap-mcp"
]
}
}
} codex mcp add chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp -- npx -y charlotteonthecheap-mcp
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"npx",
"-y",
"charlotteonthecheap-mcp"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg charlotteonthecheap-mcp
mcp_servers:
chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp:
command: "npx"
args: ["-y", "charlotteonthecheap-mcp"] {
"McpServers": {
"chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp": {
"Transport": "stdio",
"Command": "npx",
"Arguments": [
"-y",
"charlotteonthecheap-mcp"
]
}
}
} assistant mcp add chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y charlotteonthecheap-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"chrischall-charlotteonthecheap-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"charlotteonthecheap-mcp"
]
}
}
} Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 21 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 19 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 18 Sept 26 −3
- Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
- 17 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 16 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 14 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 12 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 11 Sept 26 −3
- Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 21 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/charlotteonthecheap-mcp@0.1.1
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp/.github/workflows/release-please.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 2203497686 |
| Predicate type | https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:cc8c5afdec89e17d2aa30d88a09f16e2645287f2ae5c87b5156401478b8becccb315d59c795fe506a50b461d508cf4744517b3fa4a8d7efacce02a309 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 108 packages
| Packages resolved | 108 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 31 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
cotc_events_month_overview Overview of Charlotte events across a month ~128
Day-by-day overview of a whole month from the Charlotte On The Cheap events calendar: for each day, the true number of listings and a short preview of them. The site's calendar shows at most four listings per day, so `events` is a preview while `total` is the real count — call cotc_list_events for a specific date to get that day's complete schedule. Use this to find the busiest days or scan a month at a glance. Read-only.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| month | string | – | Month to summarise, as ISO YYYY-MM. Defaults to the current month. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
cotc_get_post Get a Charlotte On The Cheap article ~95
Fetch one Charlotte On The Cheap article in full by numeric id, slug, or full URL. Returns the article text as readable plain text by default; set `format` to "html" for the original markup. Read-only.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| format | string | – | Body format: readable text (default) or raw HTML |
| post | string | yes | Post id, slug, or full charlotteonthecheap.com URL |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
cotc_healthcheck Check Charlotte On The Cheap connectivity ~41
Verify the Charlotte On The Cheap site is reachable and its public API is responding. The site needs no credentials, so this checks connectivity only. Read-only.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
cotc_list_categories List Charlotte On The Cheap categories ~53
List the site's article categories with their ids and post counts (kids, music, food, festivals, art, museums, and so on). Use an id to filter cotc_search_posts by topic. Read-only.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
cotc_list_events List Charlotte events for a day ~124
List everything happening in the Charlotte area on a given date, from the Charlotte On The Cheap events calendar — each with its time, price (most are free) and venue. Pass an ISO `date` (YYYY-MM-DD); defaults to today. Set `free_only` to keep just the no-cost listings. Use cotc_get_post on a listing's url for the full write-up. Read-only.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | string | – | Day to list, as ISO YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today. |
| free_only | boolean | – | Only listings marked FREE |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
cotc_list_locations List Charlotte On The Cheap locations ~68
List the site's location taxonomy with ids and post counts — Charlotte neighbourhoods and surrounding areas (uptown/center city, NoDa, South End, Lake Norman, Cabarrus and Gaston counties, and more). Use an id to filter cotc_search_posts geographically. Read-only.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
cotc_search_posts Search Charlotte On The Cheap articles ~262
Search and filter Charlotte On The Cheap articles — free and cheap things to do, deals, festivals, kids activities and local guides. Filter by full-text `query`, `category` or `location` id (see cotc_list_categories / cotc_list_locations), and publication date range. Retired deals live in an "expired" category and are excluded by default; set `include_expired` to search them too. Returns slim summaries by default — use cotc_get_post for an article's full text. Read-only.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| after | string | – | Only posts published on or after this date |
| before | string | – | Only posts published on or before this date |
| category | integer | – | Category id from cotc_list_categories |
| compact | boolean | – | Return slim summaries instead of full records (default true) |
| include_expired | boolean | – | Include retired/expired deals (default false) |
| location | integer | – | Location id from cotc_list_locations |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number |
| per_page | integer | – | Results per page (max 100) |
| query | string | – | Full-text search, e.g. "free museum day" |
| tag | integer | – | Tag id |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp server?
io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp. Charlotte On The Cheap MCP, free and cheap Charlotte events, deals and local guides. This page covers its npm package (charlotteonthecheap-mcp).
Is the io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp server safe to use?
io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp scores 89 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 21 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp server expose?
io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp exposes 7 tools: cotc_search_posts, cotc_get_post, cotc_list_events, cotc_events_month_overview, cotc_list_categories, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 771 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp server still maintained?
io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp server under?
io.github.chrischall/charlotteonthecheap-mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.