CedarBid
REMOTE · CEDARBID.COM
VA HVAC and plumbing contracts from USAspending: what ends soon, who holds it, typical prices.
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Last scanned (22 hours ago)
Scores higher than 43% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category Finance and Payments
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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability33
- AI-judged instruction clarity (poor).Fail
- Tool/resource definitions use about 14 tokens (~14/item across 0 items; 0 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Nothing to assess: this server has no tools to check for usage examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability check failed: schema churn in the 16 days we've observed: 6 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 0 additions. See how to fix → Fail
Tool Coverage0
- Nothing to assess: this server exposes no tools, so there are no tool definitions to check for coverage.Fail
Tool Safety75
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- Destructive-tool annotations not yet verified: our capture listed no tools, so there were no annotations to read.Unverified
- An AI judge read all 1 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
Checks we ran (12)
- TLS certificate
- Authorization
- HTTPS
- HSTS header
- DNSSEC
- Transport
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Checks we could not complete (1)
These are gaps on our side, not findings about this hosted endpoint. We only credit what we can confirm, so a category made up entirely of them scores 0.
- Destructive annotations in Tool SafetyDestructive-tool annotations not yet verified: our capture listed no tools, so there were no annotations to read.
Does not apply to this hosted endpoint (2)
- Supply Chain SecurityScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
- Provenance & TransparencyScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
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.
- 26 Oct 26 −17
- Stability: 0.17 → fail ▼ security
- Tool “buying_calendar” was removed ▼ security
- Tool “company_profile” was removed ▼ security
- Tool “find_expiring_contracts” was removed ▼ security
- Tool “location_contracts” was removed ▼ security
- Tool “lookup_contract” was removed ▼ security
- Tool “typical_prices” was removed ▼ security
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Schema quality: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- Destructive annotations: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → fail ▼ functional
- Schema quality: fail → pass ▲ functional
- Schema quality: good → poor functional
- Server version: 0.1.0 → maintenance functional
- 25 Oct 26 +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.
- 24 Oct 26 −1
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Tool “find_expiring_contracts” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Schema quality: 168 → 221 ▼ functional
- “find_expiring_contracts” reworded the description of “set_aside” cosmetic
- 23 Oct 26 +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.
- 21 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 20 Oct 26 69
First indexed and scored.
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 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://cedarbid.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=cedarbid.com | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 19 Oct 2026 | 17 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | 204a4eaa48af9152138357af1a15f79f |
| SANs: cedarbid.com | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of cedarbid.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Trust anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | DS published | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| cedarbid.com. | No DS | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://cedarbid.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://cedarbid.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://cedarbid.com/mcp |
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 →
No tool schema has been captured from this endpoint yet.
How do I install the CedarBid MCP server?
CedarBid is a hosted endpoint at https://cedarbid.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.
remote · cedarbid.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-cedarbid-va-contracts 'https://cedarbid.com/mcp'
What is the CedarBid MCP server?
CedarBid is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.cedarbid/va-contracts. VA HVAC and plumbing contracts from USAspending: what ends soon, who holds it, typical prices. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://cedarbid.com/mcp).
Is the CedarBid MCP server safe to use?
CedarBid scores 54 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.
Does the CedarBid MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to CedarBid without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the CedarBid MCP server still maintained?
CedarBid 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.
What did VerifyMCP test on the CedarBid MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 12 checks on CedarBid, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 8 more. One item could not be completed, a gap on our side rather than a finding about CedarBid: Destructive annotations. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.