# The Curator (remote · curatorapproved.com)

Search and explore taste-led finds in clothing, audio, designed objects and music.

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-23

## Components

- remote · `curatorapproved.com`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-curatorapproved-the-curator/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-curatorapproved-the-curator/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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 2026-10-23.

- **Endpoint Security**: 77/100
  - 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 is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 38/100
  - 0% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 349 tokens (~87/item across 4 items; 3 tools + 1 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 80/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 29% 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 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).
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the The Curator MCP server?

The Curator is a hosted endpoint at https://curatorapproved.com/api/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-curatorapproved-the-curator 'https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-curatorapproved-the-curator": {
      "url": "https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-curatorapproved-the-curator": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-curatorapproved-the-curator]
url = "https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-curatorapproved-the-curator --url 'https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-curatorapproved-the-curator:
    url: "https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-curatorapproved-the-curator": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-curatorapproved-the-curator -t streamable-http -u 'https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-curatorapproved-the-curator": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://curatorapproved.com/api/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.

### 2026-10-23 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-21 (score 65, +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.

### 2026-10-20 (score 64, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-19 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_curator` (~137 tokens)

Search The Curator

Find published Curator selections, newest first. Search literal words across public item facts; combine category and an optional USD price ceiling. Empty query browses the catalog. Returns complete public facts and stable IDs with pagination. Prices are recorded observations; unknown prices do not match maxPrice. To display chosen results as cards, next call render_curator_items.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `maxPrice` (number): Maximum recorded USD price, inclusive. Excludes unknown prices.
- `offset` (integer)
- `query` (string): Words in item name, maker, description or public details.

Output parameters:

- `categories` (array)
- `hasMore` (boolean)
- `items` (array)
- `offset` (integer)
- `total` (integer)

### `get_curator_item` (~56 tokens)

Get a Curator find

Retrieve one published Curator item by a stable ID returned from search_curator. Includes source links, dated prices, variants, media and referral disclosures. Does not verify live availability or render UI.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `categories` (array)
- `hasMore` (boolean)
- `items` (array)
- `offset` (integer)
- `total` (integer)

### `render_curator_items` (~85 tokens)

Show Curator finds

Display up to 12 Curator finds as interactive cards in chat. First call search_curator or get_curator_item and choose matching IDs. Pass only those IDs; the server supplies authoritative public facts. Preserves the requested order. Users can filter, inspect, select and discuss items; selections are temporary and are not a saved wishlist.

Input parameters:

- `ids` (array, required)

Output parameters:

- `categories` (array)
- `hasMore` (boolean)
- `items` (array)
- `offset` (integer)
- `total` (integer)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-23: 66
- 2026-10-22: 65
- 2026-10-21: 65
- 2026-10-20: 64
- 2026-10-19: 64

## Common questions

### What is the The Curator MCP server?

The Curator is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.curatorapproved/the-curator. Search and explore taste-led finds in clothing, audio, designed objects and music. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp).

### Is the The Curator MCP server safe to use?

The Curator scores 66 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 The Curator MCP server expose?

The Curator exposes 3 tools: search_curator, get_curator_item, render_curator_items. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 278 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the The Curator MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the The Curator MCP server still maintained?

The Curator is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 October 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://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp
- Website: https://curatorapproved.com/connect/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-curatorapproved-the-curator/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-curatorapproved-the-curator/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-curatorapproved-the-curator/api-mcp