# Asian Recs (remote · asianrecs.com)

SF and NYC restaurants, cafes, desserts and bars ranked by how Asian diners rate them.

- Trust score: 77/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-07

## Components

- remote · `asianrecs.com`: 77/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-asianrecs-asianrecs/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-asianrecs-asianrecs/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://asianrecs.com/api/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 2026-10-07.

- **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**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 640 tokens (~213/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**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 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 current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Asian Recs MCP server?

Asian Recs is a hosted endpoint at https://asianrecs.com/api/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 com-asianrecs-asianrecs 'https://asianrecs.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-asianrecs-asianrecs": {
      "url": "https://asianrecs.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-asianrecs-asianrecs]
url = "https://asianrecs.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-asianrecs-asianrecs:
    url: "https://asianrecs.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-asianrecs-asianrecs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://asianrecs.com/api/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.

### 2026-10-07 (score 77, +2)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-03 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-10-01 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-30 (score 73, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-29 (score 73)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_places` (~292 tokens)

Search Asian Recs

Find places in San Francisco or New York ranked by how Asian diners rate them. Each result has the Asian diners' rating, everyone else's rating, the gap between them, how many Asian diners reviewed it, top dishes, neighborhood and a link to its page.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): sf = San Francisco, nyc = New York
- `cuisine` (string): Cuisine or drink category, e.g. "ramen", "sichuan", "korean", "boba", "dim sum".
- `limit` (integer): Default 10.
- `location` (string): Neighborhood or area, e.g. "Mission", "East Village", "Flushing", "Manhattan — Downtown".
- `near` (object): A point to measure distance from; adds distance_mi to results.
- `query` (string): Free text matched against name, cuisine, neighborhood and dishes, e.g. a dish like "soup dumplings".
- `radius_mi` (number): With near: only places within this many miles.
- `sort` (string): asian_rating: Asian diners' rating, highest first; loved_more: Biggest gap above everyone else; most_asian_diners: Most Asian diners; share_asian: Highest share of Asian reviewers; distance: Closest…
- `type` (string): Kind of place. Default restaurants.

### `get_place` (~108 tokens)

Asian Recs place details

Full Asian Recs page for one place: both ratings and the gap, share of reviewers who are Asian, dishes Asian diners mention most, quotes from Asian diners, Google and Yelp ratings, and links (Asian Recs, Google Maps, Yelp, Instagram).

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): sf = San Francisco, nyc = New York
- `name` (string, required): Place name; partial names work.
- `type` (string): Narrow to one kind of place when a name is ambiguous.

### `list_filters` (~60 tokens)

Asian Recs neighborhoods and cuisines

Areas, neighborhoods and cuisines available for a city and kind of place, with how many ranked places each has.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): sf = San Francisco, nyc = New York
- `type` (string): Kind of place. Default restaurants.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-07: 77
- 2026-10-04: 75
- 2026-10-03: 75
- 2026-10-02: 74
- 2026-10-01: 74
- 2026-09-30: 73
- 2026-09-29: 73

## Common questions

### What is the Asian Recs MCP server?

Asian Recs is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.asianrecs/asianrecs. SF and NYC restaurants, cafes, desserts and bars ranked by how Asian diners rate them. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://asianrecs.com/api/mcp).

### Is the Asian Recs MCP server safe to use?

Asian Recs scores 77 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 Asian Recs MCP server expose?

Asian Recs exposes 3 tools: search_places, get_place, list_filters. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 460 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Asian Recs MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Asian Recs MCP server still maintained?

Asian Recs is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 7 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://asianrecs.com/api/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/raymond-raymond/asianrecs-claude
- Website: https://asianrecs.com/claude
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-asianrecs-asianrecs/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-asianrecs-asianrecs/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-asianrecs-asianrecs/api-mcp