# Bota — car rental availability and bookings (remote · mcp.bota-chat.com)

Real availability, prices and bookings of car rental companies (rent-a-car), by conversation.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `mcp.bota-chat.com`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-bota-chat-bota/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-bota-chat-bota/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.bota-chat.com/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 2026-09-28.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 4 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - 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**: 68/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1487 tokens (~185/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**: 57/100
  - Stability observed for 17 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 91/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 72% 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; "chat" implies "send" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default.
  - 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 Bota — car rental availability and bookings MCP server?

Bota — car rental availability and bookings is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.bota-chat.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 com-bota-chat-bota 'https://mcp.bota-chat.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-bota-chat-bota": {
      "url": "https://mcp.bota-chat.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-bota-chat-bota]
url = "https://mcp.bota-chat.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-bota-chat-bota:
    url: "https://mcp.bota-chat.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-bota-chat-bota": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.bota-chat.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.

### 2026-09-28 (score 67, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-27 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-25 (score 66, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-23 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-21 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-19 (score 63, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 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.

### 2026-09-16 (score 62, +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.

### 2026-09-14 (score 61, +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.

## MCP tools (8)

### `list_rental_companies` (~58 tokens)

List the car-rental companies that sell through Bota. Returns id, name, website, active channels, whether bookings can be completed from this server (booking_via_agents) and whether it is the demo company. Start here.

### `list_offices` (~105 tokens)

Rental offices (pickup/return locations) of a company: name, city, address, opening hours, timezone, coordinates. Use the office NAME in search_availability.

Input parameters:

- `company_id` (string, required): Company id from list_rental_companies.
- `language` (string): Language of the conversation, BCP-47 (es, en, pt-BR, fr, de, it…). Defaults to 'en'. Bota also answers in the language the customer writes.

### `search_availability` (~287 tokens)

Search available vehicles with real prices for a company, office and dates. Prices are identical to the company's own web chat (mandatory charges, one-way and time rules included). Returns numbered offers; keep the session_id to select one.

Input parameters:

- `company_id` (string, required): Company id from list_rental_companies.
- `driver_age` (integer)
- `language` (string): Language of the conversation, BCP-47 (es, en, pt-BR, fr, de, it…). Defaults to 'en'. Bota also answers in the language the customer writes.
- `pickup_date` (string, required): YYYY-MM-DD, office-local.
- `pickup_office` (string, required): Pickup office name (from list_offices) or id.
- `pickup_time` (string): HH:MM, office-local. Default 10:00.
- `promo_code` (string)
- `return_date` (string, required): YYYY-MM-DD, office-local.
- `return_office` (string): Return office name or id when different (one-way).
- `return_time` (string): HH:MM, office-local. Default 10:00.
- `session_id` (string): Session id returned by a previous call for this company. Omit on the first call; ALWAYS pass it back on the next ones so Bota keeps the conversation (offers, selection, customer details).

### `chat` (~176 tokens)

Send a free-text message to the company's Bota agent within a session (questions about conditions, insurance, extras, changes…). Bota answers in the customer's language with the company's approved information. For companies with booking_via_agents=true the conversation can complete a booking.

Input parameters:

- `company_id` (string, required): Company id from list_rental_companies.
- `language` (string): Language of the conversation, BCP-47 (es, en, pt-BR, fr, de, it…). Defaults to 'en'. Bota also answers in the language the customer writes.
- `message` (string, required)
- `session_id` (string): Session id returned by a previous call for this company. Omit on the first call; ALWAYS pass it back on the next ones so Bota keeps the conversation (offers, selection, customer details).

### `select_offer` (~159 tokens)

Choose one of the numbered offers returned by search_availability (same session). Bota then asks for extras or driver details as needed. Requires booking_via_agents=true.

Input parameters:

- `company_id` (string, required): Company id from list_rental_companies.
- `language` (string): Language of the conversation, BCP-47 (es, en, pt-BR, fr, de, it…). Defaults to 'en'. Bota also answers in the language the customer writes.
- `offer_number` (integer, required)
- `session_id` (string, required): Session id returned by a previous call for this company. Omit on the first call; ALWAYS pass it back on the next ones so Bota keeps the conversation (offers, selection, customer details).

### `select_extras` (~178 tokens)

Add optional extras (child seat, additional driver, coverage…) to the booking in progress using the extra ids returned after select_offer, or pass an empty list to continue without extras. Requires booking_via_agents=true.

Input parameters:

- `company_id` (string, required): Company id from list_rental_companies.
- `extras` (array, required): Extra ids to add; empty array = no extras.
- `language` (string): Language of the conversation, BCP-47 (es, en, pt-BR, fr, de, it…). Defaults to 'en'. Bota also answers in the language the customer writes.
- `session_id` (string, required): Session id returned by a previous call for this company. Omit on the first call; ALWAYS pass it back on the next ones so Bota keeps the conversation (offers, selection, customer details).

### `provide_customer_details` (~211 tokens)

Submit the driver's details for the booking in progress. Only call it after the customer has explicitly accepted the company's terms (terms_accepted must be true). Bota then shows the summary to confirm.

Input parameters:

- `company_id` (string, required): Company id from list_rental_companies.
- `email` (string, required)
- `first_name` (string, required)
- `flight_number` (string)
- `language` (string): Language of the conversation, BCP-47 (es, en, pt-BR, fr, de, it…). Defaults to 'en'. Bota also answers in the language the customer writes.
- `last_name` (string, required)
- `notes` (string)
- `phone` (string)
- `session_id` (string, required): Session id returned by a previous call for this company. Omit on the first call; ALWAYS pass it back on the next ones so Bota keeps the conversation (offers, selection, customer details).
- `terms_accepted` (boolean, required)

### `confirm_booking` (~188 tokens)

Confirm the booking summarised by Bota. Pass the confirmation_token returned by the previous call (it proves the customer saw that exact summary). Creates the reservation in the company's reservation system and returns the confirmation code (and a payment link when the company requires prepayment).

Input parameters:

- `company_id` (string, required): Company id from list_rental_companies.
- `confirmation_token` (string, required): confirmation_token from the response that showed the booking summary.
- `language` (string): Language of the conversation, BCP-47 (es, en, pt-BR, fr, de, it…). Defaults to 'en'. Bota also answers in the language the customer writes.
- `session_id` (string, required): Session id returned by a previous call for this company. Omit on the first call; ALWAYS pass it back on the next ones so Bota keeps the conversation (offers, selection, customer details).

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 67
- 2026-09-27: 67
- 2026-09-26: 66
- 2026-09-25: 66
- 2026-09-24: 65
- 2026-09-23: 65
- 2026-09-22: 64
- 2026-09-21: 64
- 2026-09-20: 63
- 2026-09-19: 63
- 2026-09-18: 62
- 2026-09-17: 62
- 2026-09-16: 62
- 2026-09-15: 61
- 2026-09-14: 61
- 2026-09-13: 60
- 2026-09-12: 60
- 2026-09-11: 59

## Common questions

### What is the Bota — car rental availability and bookings MCP server?

Bota — car rental availability and bookings is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.bota-chat/bota. Real availability, prices and bookings of car rental companies (rent-a-car), by conversation. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.bota-chat.com/mcp).

### Is the Bota — car rental availability and bookings MCP server safe to use?

Bota — car rental availability and bookings scores 67 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 Bota — car rental availability and bookings MCP server expose?

Bota — car rental availability and bookings exposes 8 tools: list_rental_companies, list_offices, search_availability, chat, select_offer, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,362 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Bota — car rental availability and bookings MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Bota — car rental availability and bookings without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Bota — car rental availability and bookings MCP server still maintained?

Bota — car rental availability and bookings is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 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.bota-chat.com/mcp
- Website: https://www.bota-chat.com/en/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-bota-chat-bota/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-bota-chat-bota/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-bota-chat-bota/mcp