# Corporate Gift Picks (remote · corporategiftpicks.com)

Corporate gift ideas by budget and recipient, USPS holiday ship-by dates and a gift budget tool.

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

## Components

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

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://corporategiftpicks.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**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 713 tokens (~178/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 40/100
  - Stability observed for 12 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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 Corporate Gift Picks MCP server?

Corporate Gift Picks is a hosted endpoint at https://corporategiftpicks.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-corporategiftpicks-gift-picks 'https://corporategiftpicks.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-corporategiftpicks-gift-picks": {
      "url": "https://corporategiftpicks.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-corporategiftpicks-gift-picks]
url = "https://corporategiftpicks.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-corporategiftpicks-gift-picks:
    url: "https://corporategiftpicks.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-corporategiftpicks-gift-picks": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://corporategiftpicks.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 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.

### 2026-11-03 (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.

### 2026-11-01 (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.

### 2026-10-29 (score 73, +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.

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

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “find_gift_picks” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 149 → 178
- [cosmetic] “find_gift_picks” added an optional parameter “occasion”
- [cosmetic] “find_gift_picks” reworded the description of “budget_band”

### 2026-10-26 (score 72, +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.

### 2026-10-25 (score 71, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-24 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `get_holiday_ship_by_dates` (~136 tokens)

Holiday ship-by dates

Use when someone asks for the last day to ship a gift so it arrives before Christmas, or how many days are left. Returns USPS's published 2026 holiday ship-by dates for the lower 48 states by mail service, with the USPS source and the date we last checked. Each result includes the note "Carrier published dates, not a guarantee. Order a few days earlier, and earlier still for logo items." For UPS and FedEx, it says to check the carrier's own schedule for the route.

Input parameters:

- `service` (string): USPS mail service to look up. Leave it out to get every service.

### `find_gift_picks` (~235 tokens)

Find gift picks

Use when someone wants gift ideas for a given budget and recipient, such as employees, clients or a law firm's clients. Returns up to 5 picks, each with the item name, price band, a one-line reason it fits, who it suits, a direct affiliate link when we have one, and a link to the guide. It shows price bands rather than current prices. A budget from $75 to $150 spans 75_to_100 and 100_to_150: call this tool once for each band. When a result includes a disclosure, show this sentence word for word: "As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases."

Input parameters:

- `budget_band` (string, required): Per-person price band in US dollars. If the user gives an amount, pick the narrowest band that contains it, or call estimate_gift_budget first.
- `limit` (integer): How many picks to return.
- `occasion` (string): Optional moment, such as thank-you. Leave it out for every moment in the band.
- `recipient` (string): Who the gift is for. Leave it out for general picks.

### `estimate_gift_budget` (~114 tokens)

Estimate gift budget

Use when someone has a headcount and either a total or a per-person amount and wants to know what each person gets. Returns the per-person and total amounts, the matching price band, and a link to the guide for that band. This uses the same math as the Corporate Gift Picks budget tool.

Input parameters:

- `amount` (number, required): Budget in US dollars.
- `amount_type` (string, required): Whether amount is per person or the total for everyone.
- `headcount` (integer, required): Number of people receiving a gift.

### `list_gift_guides` (~98 tokens)

List gift guides

Use when someone wants to read a full guide or see what Corporate Gift Picks covers. Returns guides by recipient, budget or topic (such as gift cards or Christmas gifts for employees), each with its title, a one-line summary and its link.

Input parameters:

- `budget_band` (string): Filter by per-person price band.
- `recipient` (string): Filter by who the gift is for.
- `topic` (string): Filter by topic.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

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

## Common questions

### What is the Corporate Gift Picks MCP server?

Corporate Gift Picks is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.corporategiftpicks/gift-picks. Corporate gift ideas by budget and recipient, USPS holiday ship-by dates and a gift budget tool. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://corporategiftpicks.com/mcp).

### Is the Corporate Gift Picks MCP server safe to use?

Corporate Gift Picks 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 Corporate Gift Picks MCP server expose?

Corporate Gift Picks exposes 4 tools: get_holiday_ship_by_dates, find_gift_picks, estimate_gift_budget, list_gift_guides. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 583 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Corporate Gift Picks MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Corporate Gift Picks MCP server still maintained?

Corporate Gift Picks 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://corporategiftpicks.com/mcp
- Website: https://corporategiftpicks.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-corporategiftpicks-gift-picks/corporategiftpicks.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-corporategiftpicks-gift-picks/corporategiftpicks.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-corporategiftpicks-gift-picks/corporategiftpicks