# BotsRated (beta) (remote · botsrated.com)

Signed checks of x402 sellers on Base and remote MCP servers, before your agent pays.

- Trust score: 76/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `botsrated.com`: 76/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-botsrated-botsrated/botsrated.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-botsrated-botsrated/botsrated)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://botsrated.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.4.0-beta`

## 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**: 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**: 60/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1563 tokens (~173/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 43/100
  - Stability observed for 13 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 93/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 80% 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 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 10 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 BotsRated (beta) MCP server?

BotsRated (beta) is a hosted endpoint at https://botsrated.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-botsrated-botsrated 'https://botsrated.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

### 2026-11-04 (score 76, +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.

### 2026-11-02 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-10-31 (score 74, +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.

### 2026-10-30 (score 73, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 1414 → 1563
- [functional] New tool “history”

### 2026-10-29 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 72, 0)

- [functional regression] Schema quality: 1255 → 1414
- [functional] New tool “botsrated_policy_check”

### 2026-10-27 (score 72, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “check” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “find” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “preflight” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “report” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-26 (score 72, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “best” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “check” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “report” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 143 → 175
- [functional] Server version: 0.4.0-beta → 0.4.0

## MCP tools (9)

### `preflight` (~161 tokens)

Preflight (Free)

FREE. Is this x402 seller or remote MCP server covered, and what did its latest unpaid probe show? For MCP server hosts: last handshake state (ok, auth_required, handshake_failed, unreachable, or blocked = not contacted because the URL, a redirect or its DNS points somewhere our rules don't allow), protocol version, tool count and tools hash. Returns status, whether the 402 challenge was valid, quoted vs listed price and payTo, freshness (age, stale flag) and the receipt link. Use before paying any x402 seller. Free, no key (normal per-IP rate limits apply).

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): Seller hostname or URL, e.g. blockrun.ai or https://blockrun.ai/api/v1/chat/completions

### `find` (~128 tokens)

Find (Free)

FREE (uses 1 of the 25 free checks per client per UTC day, shared with /v1/check). Top matching covered x402 sellers and remote MCP servers for what you need, each with a one-line factual reason (text match, recent valid 402s or handshakes, median latency, quoted price) and its page URL. Same filters as best, without the full ranking and receipts. Seller text is the seller's own words; we don't check it.

Input parameters:

- `q` (string, required): What you need, 1-4 keywords, e.g. weather or crypto price

### `coverage` (~54 tokens)

Coverage (Free)

FREE. How many x402 seller hosts and remote MCP servers BotsRated covers (mcp_servers: servers, hosts, probed, last-state counts), from which discovery sources, the probe schedules and when the last probe runs finished.

### `sample` (~46 tokens)

Sample Paid Response (Free)

FREE. Returns a real sample of a paid response (check, report or best) for a fixed example, so you can see exactly what you would buy.

Input parameters:

- `route` (string, required)

### `history` (~140 tokens)

Daily History (Free)

FREE. Signed daily aggregates for one seller host, newest first: probes, valid-402 count, status and error counts, latency p50/p90, quoted amounts, payTo/asset/network seen, 402 check counts, the day's receipt ids and where the raw signed receipts are archived (archive_url + line range + sha256). Each aggregate is ed25519-signed (key botsrated-prober-1).

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer): How many UTC days to return (1-90)
- `host` (string, required): Seller hostname or URL, e.g. blockrun.ai or https://blockrun.ai/api/v1/chat/completions

### `check` (~219 tokens)

Check ($0.001)

PAID $0.001 USDC on Base mainnet via x402 (the first 25 calls per client per UTC day are free over HTTP GET /v1/check). Measured facts for one host (an x402 seller, or a remote MCP server host: handshake state, protocol version, tools count/hash and change history, auth needed, latency): valid-402 rate, latency p50/p90, price and payTo vs listing, paid test-buys with Base tx links, freshness, last 5 receipts. An unpaid call returns an x402 v2 PaymentRequired tool error (isError, structuredContent with accepts); an x402-aware MCP client signs it and retries with the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]. Input is checked before any payment request; charged only when the tool returns an answer (settlement in result _meta["x402/payment-response"]).

Input parameters:

- `host` (string, required): Seller hostname or URL, e.g. blockrun.ai or https://blockrun.ai/api/v1/chat/completions

### `report` (~170 tokens)

Report ($0.002)

PAID $0.002 USDC on Base mainnet via x402 (the first 3 calls per client per UTC day are free over HTTP GET /v1/report/{host}). Full receipt history for one host (up to 1000 probes plus all paid test-buys). An unpaid call returns an x402 v2 PaymentRequired tool error (isError, structuredContent with accepts); an x402-aware MCP client signs it and retries with the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]. Input is checked before any payment request; charged only when the tool returns an answer (settlement in result _meta["x402/payment-response"]).

Input parameters:

- `host` (string, required): Seller hostname or URL, e.g. blockrun.ai or https://blockrun.ai/api/v1/chat/completions

### `best` (~219 tokens)

Best Pick ($0.01)

PAID $0.01 USDC on Base mainnet via x402. Top 3 covered providers for a task, sorted by reliability (default), price or latency, with matching routes and the numbers behind the order. An unpaid call returns an x402 v2 PaymentRequired tool error (isError, structuredContent with accepts); an x402-aware MCP client signs it and retries with the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]. Input is checked before any payment request; charged only when the tool returns an answer (settlement in result _meta["x402/payment-response"]).

Input parameters:

- `max_price` (number): Optional max quoted price per call in USD, e.g. 0.01
- `sort` (string)
- `task` (string, required): What you need, 1-4 keywords, e.g. web search
- `type` (string): all (default): x402 sellers in results plus remote MCP servers in mcp_results (matched on tool names and descriptions); x402 or mcp: only that kind

### `botsrated_policy_check` (~159 tokens)

Private Policy Check (Free, bearer)

FREE, never charged. Your own pass / warn / block rules applied to BotsRated measurements. Private to your plan or org key: until MCP auth ships this tool checks your arguments and answers bearer_required; call POST /v1/policy/check with your Bearer token. decision null means no answer, never a pass: apply your own fail_mode.

Input parameters:

- `host` (string): Seller hostname or URL, e.g. blockrun.ai or https://blockrun.ai/api/v1/chat/completions
- `mcp` (object)
- `quote` (object): Optional exact quote your client is about to sign
- `resource_url` (string): Optional 402 resource URL (host is taken from it when host is missing)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 76
- 2026-11-04: 76
- 2026-11-03: 75
- 2026-11-02: 75
- 2026-11-01: 74
- 2026-10-31: 74
- 2026-10-30: 73
- 2026-10-29: 73
- 2026-10-28: 72
- 2026-10-27: 72
- 2026-10-26: 72
- 2026-10-25: 72
- 2026-10-24: 71
- 2026-10-23: 69

## Common questions

### What is the BotsRated (beta) MCP server?

BotsRated (beta) is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.botsrated/botsrated. Signed checks of x402 sellers on Base and remote MCP servers, before your agent pays. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://botsrated.com/mcp).

### Is the BotsRated (beta) MCP server safe to use?

BotsRated (beta) scores 76 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 BotsRated (beta) MCP server expose?

BotsRated (beta) exposes 9 tools: preflight, find, coverage, sample, history, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,296 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the BotsRated (beta) MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to BotsRated (beta) without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the BotsRated (beta) MCP server still maintained?

BotsRated (beta) 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://botsrated.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/botsrated/botsrated
- Website: https://botsrated.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-botsrated-botsrated/botsrated.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-botsrated-botsrated/botsrated.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-botsrated-botsrated/botsrated