# CNC Compass (remote · cnccompass.com)

Search reviewed Chinese CNC machining suppliers, with each fact linked to its source page.

- Trust score: 80/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `cnccompass.com`: 80/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cnccompass-suppliers/cnccompass.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cnccompass-suppliers/cnccompass)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://cnccompass.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 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 62/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 955 tokens (~318/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**: 97/100
  - Stability observed for 29 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **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 CNC Compass MCP server?

CNC Compass is a hosted endpoint at https://cnccompass.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-cnccompass-suppliers 'https://cnccompass.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

### 2026-11-05 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 76, 0)

- [security] Tool “search_suppliers” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “search_suppliers” added an optional parameter “certification”

### 2026-10-26 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-24 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-21 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_suppliers` (~317 tokens)

Search CNC Compass suppliers

Search published CNC Compass supplier records with a natural-language sourcing brief.

        Returns the normalized brief, the fields the brief did not state, matched suppliers with
        match reasons and source evidence, the filters applied with record counts, and paging
        fields (offset, limit, has_more). A brief with no recognisable process, material, finish,
        certification, or location returns no records and a follow-up question instead of the whole
        index. A stated certification (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 13485, AS9100, ISO 14001, ISO 45001,
        RoHS) returns only suppliers whose listing shows it. `query` is 3 to 5000 characters, `limit`
        1 to 20, `offset` 0 to 1000. When you already know the buyer's material, process, finish,
        certification, or location, pass them as the optional fields: each overrides the parsed value
        (for example material="aluminum 6061", process="CNC turning", finish="anodizing",
        certification="IATF 16949", location="Dongguan"); a value the index cannot match is ignored
        and listed in `retrieval.ignored_fields`.

Input parameters:

- `certification`
- `finish`
- `limit` (integer)
- `location`
- `material`
- `offset` (integer)
- `process`
- `query` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `answer` (string)
- `brief`
- `filters` (array)
- `follow_up_question`
- `has_more` (boolean)
- `index_records` (integer)
- `limit` (integer)
- `missing` (array)
- `offset` (integer)
- `retrieval` (object)
- `suppliers` (array)
- `total_records` (integer)

### `get_supplier` (~297 tokens)

Get a CNC Compass supplier record

Return one published supplier record in full, by the `slug` from search_suppliers results.

        Includes identity (legal name, Chinese registered name when a registry lookup confirmed it, location, business type, founded year, employee range), the
        official website or source listing, the Made-in-China.com inquiry form when there is one,
        capabilities (processes, materials, certifications, equipment, industries, tolerance, maximum
        part size) and the facet keys search_suppliers matches, certificates, product families,
        facilities and news items with their own source pages, the listings the record was read from
        with permission basis and check date, and field-level evidence (the quote, page, extraction
        method, and review status behind each claim). `buyer_facts.checked` lists what CNC Compass confirmed (registry review,
        source factory, certificates on China's national register, a named third-party audit);
        `buyer_facts.profile` is what the supplier publishes about itself (tolerance, inspection, lead time,
        MOQ, Incoterms, payment terms, ...), each item with its quote and source page: present it as the
        supplier's statement, to be confirmed at quotation. `verification_status`, `factory_verification`
        ("Verified source factory" or empty) and `last_verified_at` report editorial review.
        An unknown slug is a tool error.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `business_type` (string)
- `buyer_facts` (object)
- `certificates` (array)
- `certifications` (array)
- `chinese_legal_name` (string)
- `country_code` (string)
- `employee_range` (string)
- `equipment` (array)
- `evidence` (array)
- `facets` (object)
- `facilities` (array)
- `factory_verification` (string)
- `founded_year`
- `industries` (array)
- `inquiry_url` (string)
- `last_verified_at` (string)
- `legal_name` (string)
- `location` (string)
- `materials` (array)
- `maximum_part_size` (string)
- `name` (string)
- `news` (array)
- `page_url` (string)
- `processes` (array)
- `products` (array)
- `slug` (string)
- `sources` (array)
- `summary` (string)
- `tolerance` (string)
- `verification_status` (string)
- `website_kind` (string)
- `website_url` (string)

### `list_facets` (~170 tokens)

List CNC Compass search filters

List the values search_suppliers can filter on, with how many published suppliers declare each.

        Fields are process, material, finish, and location; pass `field` for one of them. Each value has
        a stable `key`, a display `label`, a `records` count, and `implies` (broader keys a narrower one
        also matches, such as aluminum-6061 implying aluminum). Pass a label or key as the matching
        optional argument of search_suppliers. Locations are the city and province words that at least
        three supplier addresses share, most common first; `omitted_values` counts the rarer ones, which
        search_suppliers still matches. `index_records` is the number of published suppliers.

Input parameters:

- `field`

Output parameters:

- `fields` (array)
- `index_records` (integer)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 80
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 79
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 78
- 2026-10-31: 78
- 2026-10-30: 77
- 2026-10-29: 77
- 2026-10-28: 76
- 2026-10-27: 76
- 2026-10-26: 76
- 2026-10-25: 75
- 2026-10-24: 75
- 2026-10-23: 74
- 2026-10-22: 74
- 2026-10-21: 74
- 2026-10-20: 73
- 2026-10-19: 73
- 2026-10-18: 72
- 2026-10-17: 72
- 2026-10-16: 71
- 2026-10-15: 71
- 2026-10-14: 70
- 2026-10-13: 70
- 2026-10-12: 69
- 2026-10-10: 68
- 2026-10-09: 68

## Common questions

### What is the CNC Compass MCP server?

CNC Compass is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.cnccompass/suppliers. Search reviewed Chinese CNC machining suppliers, with each fact linked to its source page. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://cnccompass.com/mcp).

### Is the CNC Compass MCP server safe to use?

CNC Compass scores 80 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 CNC Compass MCP server expose?

CNC Compass exposes 3 tools: search_suppliers, get_supplier, list_facets. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 784 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the CNC Compass MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the CNC Compass MCP server still maintained?

CNC Compass 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://cnccompass.com/mcp
- Website: https://cnccompass.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cnccompass-suppliers/cnccompass.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cnccompass-suppliers/cnccompass.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cnccompass-suppliers/cnccompass