# co.theoldways/library (remote · mcp.theoldways.co)

Search historical texts and mythology references with citation URLs from The Old Ways library.

- Trust score: 62/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.theoldways.co`: 62/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-theoldways-library/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-theoldways-library/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.theoldways.co/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**: 63/100
  - 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 enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, 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**: 38/100
  - 0% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 276 tokens (~55/item across 5 items; 3 tools + 2 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 33/100
  - Stability observed for 10 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**: 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 co.theoldways/library MCP server?

co.theoldways/library is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.theoldways.co/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 co-theoldways-library 'https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-theoldways-library": {
      "url": "https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "co-theoldways-library": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.co-theoldways-library]
url = "https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "co-theoldways-library": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add co-theoldways-library --url 'https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  co-theoldways-library:
    url: "https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "co-theoldways-library": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add co-theoldways-library -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-theoldways-library": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.theoldways.co/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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 62, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 61, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 60, +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.

### 2026-10-29 (score 59, +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.

### 2026-10-27 (score 58, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-26 (score 57)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_library` (~120 tokens)

Search The Old Ways public library

Search the Old Ways historical-text and mythology reference collection: Norse, Greek/Hellenic, Egyptian/Kemetic, Celtic and Zoroastrian writings, glossary, deity profiles and explanatory questions. Returns canonical citation URLs and short previews from a prebuilt lexical index. Not web search or verification of historical claims. Use read_page to examine the passage and recorded edition details. Known malformed and noindex pages are excluded.

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required)
- `tradition` (string)

### `read_page` (~100 tokens)

Read a cited Old Ways page or passage

Read a bounded text excerpt from an indexed public theoldways.co page. Supply a canonical URL or path returned by search_library. Returns a citation URL, edition/source note, text and nextOffset for continuation. Never accesses arbitrary websites, private accounts or the live app. Imported historical editions can contain transcription errors; editorial summaries are not passage-level source verification.

Input parameters:

- `length` (integer)
- `offset` (integer)
- `url` (string, required)

### `list_collections` (~46 tokens)

List Old Ways books and supported collections

List available book landing pages, traditions, content types, index-build timestamp and the source policy before exploring The Old Ways. Index-build time is not the publication date of a historical text.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 62
- 2026-11-04: 62
- 2026-11-03: 61
- 2026-11-02: 61
- 2026-11-01: 60
- 2026-10-31: 60
- 2026-10-30: 59
- 2026-10-29: 59
- 2026-10-28: 58
- 2026-10-27: 58
- 2026-10-26: 57

## Common questions

### What is the co.theoldways/library MCP server?

co.theoldways/library is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as co.theoldways/library. Search historical texts and mythology references with citation URLs from The Old Ways library. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp).

### Is the co.theoldways/library MCP server safe to use?

co.theoldways/library scores 62 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 co.theoldways/library MCP server expose?

co.theoldways/library exposes 3 tools: search_library, read_page, list_collections. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 266 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the co.theoldways/library MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the co.theoldways/library MCP server still maintained?

co.theoldways/library 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://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp
- Website: https://theoldways.co/ai
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-theoldways-library/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-theoldways-library/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-theoldways-library/mcp