# DocketTrail (remote · dockettrail.com)

Healthcare transaction reviews, CON projects and nonprofit facility notices, with agency sources.

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `dockettrail.com`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dockettrail-dockettrail/dockettrail.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dockettrail-dockettrail/dockettrail)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://dockettrail.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## 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 2026-11-05.

- **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**: 57/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2211 tokens (~442/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 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 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 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 DocketTrail MCP server?

DocketTrail is a hosted endpoint at https://dockettrail.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-dockettrail-dockettrail 'https://dockettrail.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-dockettrail-dockettrail": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://dockettrail.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 74, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “find_organization” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_proceeding” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_changes” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “review_stats” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_proceedings” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.1.0
- [cosmetic] “find_organization” reworded the description of “state”
- [cosmetic] “list_changes” reworded the description of “kind”
- [cosmetic] “list_changes” reworded the description of “program”
- [cosmetic] “list_changes” reworded the description of “state”
- [cosmetic] “review_stats” reworded the description of “program”
- [cosmetic] “review_stats” reworded the description of “state”
- [cosmetic] “search_proceedings” reworded the description of “program”
- [cosmetic] “search_proceedings” reworded the description of “state”

### 2026-11-04 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 73, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “find_organization” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_proceeding” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_changes” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “review_stats” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_proceedings” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 356 → 408
- [cosmetic] “list_changes” added an optional parameter “program”
- [cosmetic] “review_stats” added an optional parameter “program”
- [cosmetic] “search_proceedings” added an optional parameter “program”
- [cosmetic] “find_organization” reworded the description of “state”
- [cosmetic] “list_changes” reworded the description of “state”
- [cosmetic] “review_stats” reworded the description of “state”
- [cosmetic] “search_proceedings” reworded the description of “state”

### 2026-11-02 (score 73, +1)

- [cosmetic] “list_changes” reworded the description of “kind”

### 2026-10-31 (score 72, 0)

- [functional regression] Schema quality: 1473 → 1759
- [functional] New tool “review_stats”

### 2026-10-30 (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.

### 2026-10-29 (score 71, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-28 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_proceedings` (~517 tokens)

Search proceedings

List healthcare transaction reviews, certificate-of-need projects and nonprofit health facility notices (one row per state proceeding, newest development first): parties as filed, the agency and program, its status in its own words, stage, latest dated event, the agency page (source_url) and the DocketTrail page (url). Filter by state, program and status; a founding key adds org, agency, q (keyword) and since. Use get_proceeding for one transaction in full. Covers healthcare transaction reviews (OR, CA, MA), certificate-of-need projects (WA, IA, IL, FL) and nonprofit health facility notices (CA) only (see https://dockettrail.com/coverage for what is tracked and what was checked and not tracked). Every result is a public agency record, in the agency's own words, with source_url (the agency page it was read from) and the day DocketTrail observed it (observed_day, first_seen_at, last_checked_at; UTC). Nothing here is legal advice, and absence from the data is not a claim that no review exists.

Input parameters:

- `agency` (string): Founding key only. An agency slug: the agency's name, lower-case and hyphenated.
- `org` (string): Founding key only. An organization slug, from find_organization.
- `page` (integer): Page number, from 1.
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page. Default 25; 25 is the most without a founding key, 200 with one.
- `program` (string): A program id (or-hcmo, ca-ohca, ma-hpc, wa-con, ia-con, il-con, fl-con, ca-ag) or a record type (transaction-review, certificate-of-need, nonprofit-hospital-notice). Free, like state.
- `q` (string): Founding key only. A keyword, matched as a substring of the parties as filed, the agency title and status, and the agency name.
- `since` (string): Founding key only. A date, yyyy-mm-dd (UTC): only what DocketTrail observed changing on or after that day.
- `state` (string): Two-letter state code: OR, CA, MA, WA, IA, IL, FL.
- `status` (string): A status as DocketTrail maps it, for example OPEN, APPROVED, WITHDRAWN, COMPLETED. An unknown value is refused with the list.

### `get_proceeding` (~220 tokens)

Get a proceeding

One transaction by the slug of its DocketTrail page (the transaction_slug of a search result): every state proceeding in it with the agency's wording and source link, the full trail of dated events (as the agency published or printed them), documents, and the changes DocketTrail observed. Covers healthcare transaction reviews (OR, CA, MA), certificate-of-need projects (WA, IA, IL, FL) and nonprofit health facility notices (CA) only (see https://dockettrail.com/coverage for what is tracked and what was checked and not tracked). Every result is a public agency record, in the agency's own words, with source_url (the agency page it was read from) and the day DocketTrail observed it (observed_day, first_seen_at, last_checked_at; UTC). Nothing here is legal advice, and absence from the data is not a claim that no review exists.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): The transaction slug, the last part of https://dockettrail.com/transactions/{slug}.

### `list_changes` (~555 tokens)

List changes

What changed, newest first: new proceedings, the agency's wording changed (before and after, verbatim), new events, new documents. Dated by the day DocketTrail observed the change on a check of the agency's page, not the day it happened. Without a key: the last 30 days, filtered by state, program and kind. A founding key reads the full history and adds org, agency, q and since. Covers healthcare transaction reviews (OR, CA, MA), certificate-of-need projects (WA, IA, IL, FL) and nonprofit health facility notices (CA) only (see https://dockettrail.com/coverage for what is tracked and what was checked and not tracked). Every result is a public agency record, in the agency's own words, with source_url (the agency page it was read from) and the day DocketTrail observed it (observed_day, first_seen_at, last_checked_at; UTC). Nothing here is legal advice, and absence from the data is not a claim that no review exists.

Input parameters:

- `agency` (string): Founding key only. An agency slug: the agency's name, lower-case and hyphenated.
- `kind` (string): RECORD_ADDED, STATUS_CHANGED (the agency wording changed), EVENT_ADDED, DEADLINE_ADDED (a deadline or scheduled date the agency printed, such as a letter of intent expiry or a hearing date; listed on…
- `org` (string): Founding key only. An organization slug, from find_organization.
- `page` (integer): Page number, from 1.
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page. Default 25; 25 is the most without a founding key, 200 with one.
- `program` (string): A program id (or-hcmo, ca-ohca, ma-hpc, wa-con, ia-con, il-con, fl-con, ca-ag) or a record type (transaction-review, certificate-of-need, nonprofit-hospital-notice). Free, like state.
- `q` (string): Founding key only. A keyword, matched as a substring of the parties as filed, the agency title and status, and the agency name.
- `since` (string): Founding key only. A date, yyyy-mm-dd (UTC): only what DocketTrail observed changing on or after that day.
- `state` (string): Two-letter state code: OR, CA, MA, WA, IA, IL, FL.

### `find_organization` (~302 tokens)

Find an organization

Find an organization by name (its canonical name or any name it files under, as the agency printed it), or open one by slug to see its transactions, the names it files under in each state and how each was matched. Organizations are linked across states only from a reviewed list, never by a name that looks alike. Covers healthcare transaction reviews (OR, CA, MA), certificate-of-need projects (WA, IA, IL, FL) and nonprofit health facility notices (CA) only (see https://dockettrail.com/coverage for what is tracked and what was checked and not tracked). Every result is a public agency record, in the agency's own words, with source_url (the agency page it was read from) and the day DocketTrail observed it (observed_day, first_seen_at, last_checked_at; UTC). Nothing here is legal advice, and absence from the data is not a claim that no review exists.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string): Part of an organization name; at least two letters or digits.
- `page` (integer): Page number, from 1.
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page. Default 25; 25 is the most without a founding key, 200 with one.
- `slug` (string): An organization slug, to open that organization.
- `state` (string): Two-letter state code: OR, CA, MA, WA, IA, IL, FL.

### `review_stats` (~380 tokens)

How reviews go

How reviews end and how long they take, computed from the records: per program, outcomes in the agency's own words with counts, shares (waived, taken to a cost and market impact review, approved with conditions, follow-up reviews) and durations in days (median, 25th to 75th percentile, range, n) over proceedings carrying both agency dates; deals reviewed in more than one state; the organizations in the most proceedings. Where n is under 5 the cases are listed instead of a median. Each figure names the list (href) behind it; the method is at https://dockettrail.com/stats#method. Every result points at the records it was computed from (href), each of which carries its source_url. Nothing is estimated or predicted. Covers healthcare transaction reviews (OR, CA, MA), certificate-of-need projects (WA, IA, IL, FL) and nonprofit health facility notices (CA) only (see https://dockettrail.com/coverage for what is tracked and what was checked and not tracked). Every result is a public agency record, in the agency's own words, with source_url (the agency page it was read from) and the day DocketTrail observed it (observed_day, first_seen_at, last_checked_at; UTC). Nothing here is legal advice, and absence from the data is not a claim that no review exists.

Input parameters:

- `program` (string): A program id (or-hcmo, ca-ohca, ma-hpc, wa-con, ia-con, il-con, fl-con, ca-ag) or a record type (transaction-review, certificate-of-need, nonprofit-hospital-notice). Free, like state.
- `state` (string): Two-letter state code: OR, CA, MA, WA, IA, IL, FL.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 74
- 2026-11-04: 74
- 2026-11-03: 73
- 2026-11-02: 73
- 2026-11-01: 72
- 2026-10-31: 72
- 2026-10-30: 72
- 2026-10-29: 71
- 2026-10-28: 71

## Common questions

### What is the DocketTrail MCP server?

DocketTrail is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.dockettrail/dockettrail. Healthcare transaction reviews, CON projects and nonprofit facility notices, with agency sources. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://dockettrail.com/mcp).

### Is the DocketTrail MCP server safe to use?

DocketTrail scores 74 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 DocketTrail MCP server expose?

DocketTrail exposes 5 tools: search_proceedings, get_proceeding, list_changes, find_organization, review_stats. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,974 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the DocketTrail MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the DocketTrail MCP server still maintained?

DocketTrail 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://dockettrail.com/mcp
- Website: https://dockettrail.com/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dockettrail-dockettrail/dockettrail.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dockettrail-dockettrail/dockettrail.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dockettrail-dockettrail/dockettrail