# Escape the Week (remote · escapetheweek.com)

Plan and price Friday-to-Monday city weekends in 42 cities, then get a booking plan.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `escapetheweek.com`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-escapetheweek-public/mcp-public.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-escapetheweek-public/mcp-public)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://escapetheweek.com/mcp/public`
- 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**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2319 tokens (~144/item across 16 items; 16 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 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.
  - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 17 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Escape the Week MCP server?

Escape the Week is a hosted endpoint at https://escapetheweek.com/mcp/public, 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-escapetheweek-public 'https://escapetheweek.com/mcp/public'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 70, +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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 69, 0)

- [security] Tool “booking_checklist” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “booking_manifest” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “estimate_all” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_cities” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_origins” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_pricing_tiers” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_published_itineraries” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “estimate_all” added an optional parameter “city”
- [cosmetic] “estimate_all” added an optional parameter “detail”
- [cosmetic] “estimate_all” added an optional parameter “persona”

### 2026-11-02 (score 69, −1)

- [functional regression] MCP protocol: pass → fail
- [functional] MCP protocol version: 2025-11-25 → 2025-06-18

### 2026-11-01 (score 70, +9)

- [security improvement] Authorization: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Destructive annotations: All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
- [cosmetic] Tool “booking_checklist” changed its title: Booking checklist
- [cosmetic] Tool “booking_manifest” changed its title: Booking plan
- [cosmetic] Tool “estimate_all” changed its title: Price every weekend for a city
- [cosmetic] Tool “estimate_itinerary” changed its title: Price a weekend
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_city” changed its title: Get a city
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_fare” changed its title: Get a flight fare
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_persona” changed its title: Get a traveller type
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_published_itinerary” changed its title: Get a weekend itinerary
- [cosmetic] Tool “itinerary_calendar” changed its title: Itinerary calendar file
- [cosmetic] Tool “list_cities” changed its title: List cities
- [cosmetic] Tool “list_origins” changed its title: List departure cities
- [cosmetic] Tool “list_personas” changed its title: List traveller types
- [cosmetic] Tool “list_pricing_multipliers” changed its title: List price multipliers
- [cosmetic] Tool “list_pricing_tiers” changed its title: List budget levels
- [cosmetic] Tool “list_published_itineraries” changed its title: List weekend itineraries
- [cosmetic] Tool “submit_tip” changed its title: Send a local tip

### 2026-10-31 (score 61)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (16)

### `list_cities` (~127 tokens)

List cities

List the cities that have published weekends, with their slug, IATA airport code, currency and the twelve monthly season factors (1.0 = shoulder season; higher is dearer). Paged.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Optional BCP 47 tag; name, tagline and description in that language when translated.
- `limit` (integer): Max items to return (default 100, max 1000).
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip for paging (default 0).
- `status` (string): Status filter (default published). Use all for every row.

### `get_city` (~73 tokens)

Get a city

Fetch one city by its slug (from list_cities): name, country, region, coordinates, IATA code, currency and the twelve monthly season factors.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Optional BCP 47 tag; name, tagline and description in that language when translated.
- `slug` (string, required): City slug.

### `list_personas` (~159 tokens)

List traveller types

List the personas (the kind of traveller an itinerary is written for, e.g. foodie or collector) with their slug and audience: party_shapes (solo, couple, friends, family, multigen), children (boolean) and pace (relaxed, steady, brisk). Persona slugs are used with city slugs to name an itinerary. Paged.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Optional BCP 47 tag; name, tagline and description in that language when translated.
- `limit` (integer): Max items to return (default 100, max 1000).
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip for paging (default 0).
- `status` (string): Status filter (default published). Use all for every row.

### `get_persona` (~58 tokens)

Get a traveller type

Fetch one persona by its slug (from list_personas), with its audience.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Optional BCP 47 tag; name, tagline and description in that language when translated.
- `slug` (string, required): Persona slug.

### `list_origins` (~34 tokens)

List departure cities

List the origins a trip can start from: slug (the origin parameter), name and IATA airport code. Unpaged.

### `list_pricing_tiers` (~38 tokens)

List budget levels

List the budget tiers in display order (cheap, modest, expensive, luxury, ultra); the name is the tier parameter's value.

### `list_pricing_multipliers` (~47 tokens)

List price multipliers

List every price multiplier: for each (tier, dimension) the factor applied to the modest-tier price. Dimensions are sight, culture, dining, lodging, transport and flight.

### `list_published_itineraries` (~90 tokens)

List weekend itineraries

The public index: every published itinerary with its city and persona slugs, title, summary, names, step counts and the sum of its steps' costs in integer cents (currency EUR unless the city says otherwise). It lists every (city, persona) weekend that exists.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Optional BCP 47 tag; city and persona names in that language when translated.

### `get_published_itinerary` (~130 tokens)

Get a weekend itinerary

The full published itinerary for one (city, persona): its days and steps with local times (HH:MM), kind, notes, cost_cents per person at the modest tier (integer cents), reserve_days (how many days ahead a hard step must be booked, or null), a fallback, and each step's venue with coordinates and offers. Day 0 is Friday.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): City slug.
- `lang` (string): Optional BCP 47 tag; collapses every *_i18n map into its field.
- `persona` (string, required): Persona slug.

### `itinerary_calendar` (~101 tokens)

Itinerary calendar file

The published itinerary as iCalendar text for one weekend (Friday = day 0): one event per step at floating local times, no time zone. friday is a YYYY-MM-DD date.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): City slug.
- `friday` (string, required): Friday of the weekend, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `lang` (string): Optional BCP 47 tag; titles and notes in that language when translated.
- `persona` (string, required): Persona slug.

### `estimate_itinerary` (~227 tokens)

Price a weekend

Budget estimate (integer cents) for a published itinerary: activities, lodging, transport and flights for a tier, a month or the year average, and a group.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): City slug from list_cities, e.g. lisbon.
- `friday` (string): The Friday of the weekend as a YYYY-MM-DD date (it must be a Friday); the weekend runs Friday to Monday. Enables a real fare.
- `lang` (string): BCP 47 language of the published text, e.g. es (default English).
- `month` (string): Month of travel, or the twelve-month mean (default).
- `origin` (string): Origin slug from list_origins, e.g. barcelona; adds flights.
- `persona` (string, required): Persona slug from list_personas, e.g. foodie.
- `tier` (string): Budget tier, cheapest to most lavish (default modest). Scales every price line.
- `travellers` (integer): Group size, 1-20 (default 2). Prices are for the whole group.

### `estimate_all` (~258 tokens)

Price every weekend for a city

Compare published weekends by price (integer cents) for a tier, a month or the year average, a group and an optional origin. By default (detail cities) one row per city: its cheapest persona, min_total_cents and min_per_person_cents. detail all adds a row per (city, persona) with total, per person, flights and the persona's party_shapes, which city and persona narrow. Estimates only, no fare lookups; cached for a minute per parameter set.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): City slug; keeps only that city's rows.
- `detail` (string): cities (default): one row per city, its cheapest persona. all: also a row per (city, persona).
- `friday` (string): Friday of the weekend, YYYY-MM-DD; echoed, not priced.
- `month` (string): Month of travel, or the twelve-month mean (default).
- `origin` (string): Origin slug; enables flights, travel hours and distance.
- `persona` (string): Persona slug; with detail all, keeps only that persona's rows.
- `tier` (string): Budget tier (default modest).
- `travellers` (integer): Group size, 1-20 (default 2).

### `get_fare` (~72 tokens)

Get a flight fare

Cheapest known return fare per person between two IATA codes for a Friday-to-Monday weekend (cached from Travelpayouts).

Input parameters:

- `friday` (string, required): Friday of the weekend, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `from` (string, required): Origin IATA code.
- `to` (string, required): Destination IATA code.

### `booking_checklist` (~262 tokens)

Booking checklist

Booking links and checklist for a weekend, ordered by scarcity: first the steps that must be booked ahead (longest lead time first, each with reserve_days, a book_by date YYYY-MM-DD and an easier fallback), then flights, the hotel and the other bookable steps. An item's alternatives [{provider, url}] are other sites that book the same thing (the hotel on Klook beside Booking.com), not additional items.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): City slug from list_cities, e.g. lisbon.
- `friday` (string, required): The Friday of the weekend as a YYYY-MM-DD date (it must be a Friday); the weekend runs Friday to Monday. Enables a real fare.
- `lang` (string): BCP 47 language of the published text, e.g. es (default English).
- `origin` (string): Origin slug from list_origins, e.g. barcelona; adds flights.
- `persona` (string, required): Persona slug from list_personas, e.g. foodie.
- `tier` (string): Budget tier, cheapest to most lavish (default modest). Scales every price line.
- `travellers` (integer): Group size, 1-20 (default 2). Prices are for the whole group.

### `booking_manifest` (~384 tokens)

Booking plan

The booking plan for one weekend, in booking order: items (flights, hotel and bookable steps; scarcest first) each with kind, title, when (date YYYY-MM-DD and local time HH:MM), the affiliate-tracked partner url with dates, party size and time prefilled where the partner supports it, provider, estimated_cost {cents, currency} for the whole party, reserve_days, book_by (YYYY-MM-DD), fallback and alternatives [{provider, url}]: other sites that book the same item (the hotel on Klook beside Booking.com), not additional items; plus needs_from_user (traveller names, contact, payment approval), a sequence_note, the total estimate in integer cents, cancellation_advice and a disclosure that the links are affiliate links. Escape the Week takes no payment: every booking and payment is made on the partner's site. Prices are estimates, not quotes.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): City slug from list_cities, e.g. lisbon.
- `friday` (string, required): The Friday of the weekend as a YYYY-MM-DD date (it must be a Friday); the weekend runs Friday to Monday. Enables a real fare.
- `lang` (string): BCP 47 language of the published text, e.g. es (default English).
- `origin` (string): Origin slug from list_origins, e.g. barcelona; adds flights.
- `party` (string): Who is travelling, to check the persona fits (optional); never changes a price.
- `persona` (string, required): Persona slug from list_personas, e.g. foodie.
- `tier` (string): Budget tier, cheapest to most lavish (default modest). Scales every price line.
- `travellers` (integer): Group size, 1-20 (default 2). Prices are for the whole group.

### `submit_tip` (~179 tokens)

Send a local tip

Send a tip about a city: a place to add, a closed place, somewhere nearly impossible to book, or a wrong fact. Public. A tip is never published; an editor reviews it first. Rate limited per sender.

Input parameters:

- `body` (string, required): The tip, 10 to 1000 characters.
- `city` (string, required): City slug.
- `contact` (string): How to reach the sender, at most 200 characters (optional).
- `kind` (string, required): What the tip is.
- `locale` (string): Language the tip is written in, a BCP 47 tag (default en).
- `persona` (string): Persona slug the tip is about, if any.
- `step_ref` (string): What the tip is about: '<day index>/<step index>' of the itinerary, or a venue id.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 70
- 2026-11-04: 70
- 2026-11-03: 69
- 2026-11-02: 69
- 2026-11-01: 70
- 2026-10-31: 61

## Common questions

### What is the Escape the Week MCP server?

Escape the Week is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.escapetheweek/public. Plan and price Friday-to-Monday city weekends in 42 cities, then get a booking plan. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://escapetheweek.com/mcp/public).

### Is the Escape the Week MCP server safe to use?

Escape the Week scores 70 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 Escape the Week MCP server expose?

Escape the Week exposes 16 tools: list_cities, get_city, list_personas, get_persona, list_origins, and 11 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,239 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Escape the Week MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Escape the Week MCP server still maintained?

Escape the Week 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://escapetheweek.com/mcp/public
- Website: https://escapetheweek.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-escapetheweek-public/mcp-public.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-escapetheweek-public/mcp-public.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-escapetheweek-public/mcp-public