# ElfHosted (remote · mcp.elfhosted.com)

Hosted AIOStreams, Immich, OpenClaw, Hermes and more open-source apps: prices, trial. No account.

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.elfhosted.com`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-elfhosted-public/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-elfhosted-public/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.elfhosted.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.2.4`

## 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**: 74/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1102 tokens (~110/item across 10 items; 10 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 95/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 85% 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 10 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 11 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 ElfHosted MCP server?

ElfHosted is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.elfhosted.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-elfhosted-public 'https://mcp.elfhosted.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-elfhosted-public": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.elfhosted.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 72, +1)

- [security] Tool “browse_apps” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “how_the_trial_works” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: pass → fail
- [functional] Server version: 0.2.9 → 0.2.12
- [cosmetic] “browse_apps” reworded the description of “query”

### 2026-11-04 (score 71, 0)

- [security] Tool “get_doc” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Server version: 0.2.5 → 0.2.9
- [cosmetic] Tool “browse_apps” changed its title: Browse apps
- [cosmetic] Tool “compare_apps” changed its title: Compare apps
- [cosmetic] Tool “connect_my_account” changed its title: Connect my account
- [cosmetic] Tool “find_my_setup” changed its title: Find my setup
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_doc” changed its title: Read a docs page
- [cosmetic] Tool “how_the_trial_works” changed its title: How the trial works
- [cosmetic] Tool “platform_status” changed its title: Platform status
- [cosmetic] Tool “save_me_money” changed its title: Save me money
- [cosmetic] Tool “search_docs” changed its title: Search the docs
- [cosmetic] Tool “second_breakfast” changed its title: Second breakfast: apps that pair well

### 2026-11-03 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `how_the_trial_works` (~60 tokens)

How the trial works

How ElfHosted's $1 trial works: how long it runs, what you get, which products are not on trial, what happens when it ends, and how to cancel. Read from the trial page of the docs, with its link.

### `save_me_money` (~111 tokens)

Save me money

Ways to pay less for an ElfHosted app: prepaying 3, 6 or 12 months, and paying with ElfBuckz bought with Bitcoin, which stacks with prepaying. Give a product (a name, search words or a store product id) to get its live monthly price and what each term costs; without one, it explains the savings with a worked example.

Input parameters:

- `product` (string): Optional: an app or bundle name, search words, or a store product id.

### `browse_apps` (~154 tokens)

Browse apps

Search ElfHosted's catalogue of apps and bundles by name or by what you want done, such as "photos" or "password manager". Returns each match's name, a short description, its live price and its store link. With no search words, AIOStreams, Immich, OpenClaw and Hermes come first.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many to return (1 to 20, default 10).
- `query` (string): An app name, such as "aiostreams", "immich" or "plex", or what it should do, such as "photos", "recipes" or "media server". Leave out to list the featured apps, then the first page of the catalogue.

### `compare_apps` (~58 tokens)

Compare apps

Compare 2 to 5 ElfHosted apps or bundles side by side: name, description, live price and store link for each. Give store product ids or names.

Input parameters:

- `products` (array, required): Product names, search words or store product ids.

### `search_docs` (~71 tokens)

Search the docs

Search ElfHosted's public documentation. Returns the best matching pages and sections, each with its title, link and a short snippet. get_doc reads a whole page.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many matches (1 to 10, default 5).
- `query` (string, required): What to look for.

### `get_doc` (~75 tokens)

Read a docs page

Read one page of the public ElfHosted docs as markdown. Give its path ("app/plex", "ai-agents") or its docs.elfhosted.com link, as search_docs returns. Long pages are cut short.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required): The page path, such as "app/plex", or its link.

### `platform_status` (~30 tokens)

Platform status

Whether ElfHosted's public services are up right now, from the status page, naming any that are down.

### `connect_my_account` (~59 tokens)

Connect my account

How an ElfHosted customer connects their agent to their own private MCP server, which sees their apps and can ask for changes, with the steps for claude.ai, ChatGPT, Claude Code and Cursor. Read from the docs, with the link.

### `find_my_setup` (~206 tokens)

Find my setup

Suggests which ElfHosted path fits how someone watches and what they want: Stremio with their own private AIOStreams, a Plex, Emby or Jellyfin library, or Flex for everyday apps such as photos, recipes and notes. Rules-based, with live store links and prices.

Input parameters:

- `already_use` (array): What they use today: Plex, Emby, Jellyfin, Stremio, or none.
- `budget_monthly_usd` (number)
- `household_size` (integer)
- `wants` (string): addons: Stremio with their own private AIOStreams and other addons; library: Plex, Emby or Jellyfin with the *arrs and their own provider accounts; apps: everyday apps such as notes, photos and recip…
- `watch_on` (array): Where they watch: Apple TV, Android TV or Google TV, Fire TV, Roku, LG or Samsung TV, phone, browser, Stremio.

### `second_breakfast` (~80 tokens)

Second breakfast: apps that pair well

For someone happy with their stack who wants more: suggests up to 5 ElfHosted apps that pair with the apps they list, never one they already run, each with why and a live store link. Rules-based.

Input parameters:

- `my_apps` (array): The apps they already run, such as Plex, Radarr, AIOStreams or Immich.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 72
- 2026-11-04: 71
- 2026-11-03: 71

## Common questions

### What is the ElfHosted MCP server?

ElfHosted is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.elfhosted/public. Hosted AIOStreams, Immich, OpenClaw, Hermes and more open-source apps: prices, trial. No account. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.elfhosted.com/mcp).

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

ElfHosted scores 72 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 ElfHosted MCP server expose?

ElfHosted exposes 10 tools: how_the_trial_works, save_me_money, browse_apps, compare_apps, search_docs, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 904 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ElfHosted MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the ElfHosted MCP server still maintained?

ElfHosted 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://mcp.elfhosted.com/mcp
- Website: https://docs.elfhosted.com/ai-agents/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-elfhosted-public/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-elfhosted-public/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-elfhosted-public/mcp