# Essentially Amsterdam (remote · essentiallyamsterdam.com)

Amsterdam events, jobs, businesses, markets, guides, news, salary, rent and city tools

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

## Components

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

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://essentiallyamsterdam.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.2.0`

## 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. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation.
  - 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**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1970 tokens (~151/item across 13 items; 13 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - 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**: 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 13 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 14 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 Essentially Amsterdam MCP server?

Essentially Amsterdam is a hosted endpoint at https://essentiallyamsterdam.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-essentiallyamsterdam-amsterdam 'https://essentiallyamsterdam.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-essentiallyamsterdam-amsterdam": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://essentiallyamsterdam.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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 74, +49)

- [security improvement] Authorization: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Injection markers: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Transport: fail → pass
- [security] Tool “bike_theft” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “conferences” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “directory_search” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “guide_search” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “jobs” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “markets_today” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “meet_in_the_middle” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “museumkaart” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “nearest” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “net_salary” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “recent_news” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “rent_points” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “whats_on” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Endpoint reachability: not serving MCP → reachable
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: 214 → 151
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.10
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “bath_plus_shower”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “bathroom_cupboard”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “bathroom_meets_extras_requirements”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “bathroom_single_lever_taps”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “bathroom_sockets”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “bathroom_thermostatic_taps”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “bubble_baths”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “double_washbasins_bathroom”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “double_washbasins_other”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “energy_performance_fee”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “extra_cupboard_units”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “heated_hallways”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “heated_open_kitchen”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “kitchen_basic_level”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “new_build_2015_2019”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “official_check_extra_points”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “shower_enclosures”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “small_home_2018_2022”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “toilets_in_bathroom”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “towel_radiators”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “vanity_units”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “video_door_entry”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “wall_hung_bathroom”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “wall_hung_separate”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “washbasins_other”
- [cosmetic] “rent_points” dropped the optional parameter “woz_valuation_date”

### 2026-11-03 (score 25, −45)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: reachable → not serving MCP
- [security regression] Authorization: partial → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Stability: 0.03 → unverified
- [security regression] Transport: pass → fail
- [security improvement] HSTS header: fail → pass
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-11-02 (score 70, −2)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: pass → fail
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Server version: 1.1.0 → 1.2.0
- [functional] New tool “bike_theft”
- [functional] New tool “meet_in_the_middle”
- [functional] New tool “museumkaart”
- [functional] New tool “nearest”
- [functional] New tool “net_salary”
- [functional] New tool “rent_points”

### 2026-11-01 (score 72)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (13)

### `whats_on` (~131 tokens)

What's on in Amsterdam

Events in Amsterdam on one day, today to six days ahead, from our What's On calendar: up to 10, best first, with time, venue and link. Example: date='2026-11-07', category='music'.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Optional: music (Music), stage-screen (Stage and screen), art (Art and exhibitions), comedy (Comedy), learn-make (Talks, workshops and making), food-drink (Food and drink), out-about (Out and about)
- `date` (string): Day in YYYY-MM-DD (Amsterdam time). Defaults to today.

### `jobs` (~75 tokens)

English-language jobs in Amsterdam

Newest English-language jobs in the Amsterdam area from our job board: up to 10 with company, area, salary when published, and link. Example: keyword='data engineer'.

Input parameters:

- `keyword` (string): Optional words to match in the title, company, area or ad, e.g. "data engineer" or "marketing"

### `directory_search` (~72 tokens)

Amsterdam business directory

Search local businesses in our Amsterdam directory by name, type or area: up to 10 listings with category, area and link. Example: query='bakery Jordaan'.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): What to look for, e.g. "yoga", "bakery Jordaan" or "dentist"

### `markets_today` (~62 tokens)

Amsterdam markets open today

Street and food markets in Amsterdam open on a day (default today), with hours and a link to our market guide. Example: date='2026-11-07'.

Input parameters:

- `date` (string): Day in YYYY-MM-DD (Amsterdam time). Defaults to today.

### `conferences` (~121 tokens)

Conferences in Amsterdam

Upcoming Amsterdam conferences, each date checked on the conference's own page: up to 10, soonest first, with venue, field and links. Example: month='2026-12'.

Input parameters:

- `field` (string): Optional: tech (Tech & AI), medical (Medical & health), science (Science & engineering), business (Business & finance), environment (Environment & energy), education (Education & society), other (Oth…
- `month` (string): Optional month in YYYY-MM, e.g. 2026-12. Default: from today on.

### `guide_search` (~89 tokens)

Amsterdam guides and tools

Find our guide, free tool or best-of list for a question about living in or visiting Amsterdam, in English or Dutch: up to 10 pages with summary and link. Example: query='how do I get a BSN'.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): The question or a few words, e.g. "how do I get a BSN" or "cafes in the Jordaan"

### `recent_news` (~65 tokens)

Recent Amsterdam news

Newest Amsterdam news on essentiallyamsterdam.com, optionally by keyword: up to 10 with headline, date, summary and link. Example: query='Schiphol'.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string): Optional keyword(s), e.g. "housing" or "Schiphol"

### `net_salary` (~208 tokens)

Dutch net salary calculator 2026

Dutch gross-to-net pay for 2026 (Belastingdienst tables), with or without the 30% ruling, as on our net salary calculator: net per month and year plus the tax breakdown. Example: gross=60000, period='yearly', ruling_30=true.

Input parameters:

- `gross` (number, required): Gross salary in euros, e.g. 60000 a year or 4500 a month
- `includes_holiday_allowance` (boolean): The amount already includes the 8% holiday allowance (vakantiegeld). Default false, as most Dutch job ads quote salary without it.
- `period` (string, required): Whether the gross amount is per year or per month
- `ruling_30` (boolean): Has the 30% ruling (expat scheme). Default false.
- `under_30_with_masters` (boolean): With the 30% ruling: under 30 with a Dutch (or equivalent) master's degree (lower salary minimum). Default false.

### `rent_points` (~586 tokens)

Dutch rent points calculator (WWS)

Dutch rent points (WWS, independent homes) and the maximum legal basic rent, as on our rent points calculator: total, sector, maximum rent and points per category. Every input is optional; defaults are the page example. Example: rooms=[{area_m2:24},{area_m2:11}].

Input parameters:

- `baths` (number): Baths (default 0)
- `build_year` (number): Build year, when energy_source is "year" (no valid label)
- `cooling_rooms` (string): Rooms with fixed cooling that also heats: 0, 1 or 2 (2 or more)
- `energy_index` (number): Energy index (EI), when energy_source is "ei"
- `energy_label` (string): Energy label A++++ to G (default C)
- `energy_source` (string): label (default), ei (energy index) or year (no valid label: build year)
- `home_type` (string): apartment (homes above or below it, default) or house (single-family)
- `kitchen_appliances` (array): Built-in kitchen extras present. Default: extractor_hood, fridge, electric_oven, single_lever_tap.
- `kitchen_countertop` (string): Countertop length incl. sink and hob: under_1m, 1_to_2m or 2m_or_more (default)
- `newly_built_after_july_2024` (boolean): First lived in after 1 July 2024, construction started before 2028 (default false)
- `other_spaces` (array): Other spaces (storage, attic, utility room) with area in m2; heated defaults to false. Default: one 4 m2 storage.
- `private_outdoor_m2` (number): Private outdoor space in m2: garden, balcony, roof terrace (default 0)
- `protected_status` (string): none (default), national_monument, municipal_or_provincial_monument or protected_townscape_pre_1965
- `rooms` (array): Rooms (living room, bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom...) with their floor area in m2; heated defaults to true. Default: the page example 24, 11, 7 and 4 m2.
- `shared_outdoor_addresses` (number): Number of addresses sharing it (default 1)
- `shared_outdoor_m2` (number): Shared outdoor space in m2 (default 0)
- `showers` (number): Showers (default 1)
- `toilets_separate_room` (number): Toilets in a separate toilet room (default 1)
- `washbasins_bathroom` (number): Washbasins in the bathroom (default 1)
- `woz_value` (number): WOZ value in EUR (page default 400000)

### `museumkaart` (~144 tokens)

Museumkaart: is it worth it?

Whether a Museumkaart pays off for the Amsterdam museums you plan to visit, using ticket prices for 32 museums: ticket total, card price and the saving. Example: museums=['Rijksmuseum','Van Gogh Museum','Stedelijk'].

Input parameters:

- `age` (string): adult (19 or over, default) or youth (up to 18)
- `museums` (array, required): Museums you plan to visit, e.g. ["Rijksmuseum", "Van Gogh Museum", "Stedelijk", "Anne Frank Huis"]
- `visits_per_year` (integer): How often you visit each: 1, 2 or 3 times a year. Default 1.

### `meet_in_the_middle` (~129 tokens)

Meet in the middle in Amsterdam

The point halfway between two or three Amsterdam addresses or postcodes and the nearest cafes, restaurants and bars from our directory: up to 10 with links. Example: address_a='1091 GH', address_b='Dam 1, Amsterdam'.

Input parameters:

- `address_a` (string, required): First location: postcode or address, e.g. "1091 GH" or "Dam 1, Amsterdam"
- `address_b` (string, required): Second location
- `address_c` (string): Optional third location
- `kind` (string): Optional: only cafes, restaurants or bars. Default all three.

### `nearest` (~96 tokens)

Nearest public toilet or playground in Amsterdam

Nearest public toilets or playgrounds to an Amsterdam neighbourhood, postcode or address, from city open data: up to 10 with distance and opening times or equipment. Example: kind='toilet', near='Jordaan'.

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string, required): toilet or playground
- `near` (string, required): A neighbourhood, postcode or address in Amsterdam, e.g. "Jordaan", "1017" or "Dam 1"

### `bike_theft` (~94 tokens)

Bike theft in Amsterdam by neighbourhood

Bicycle and moped thefts per Amsterdam neighbourhood (police open data), latest year against the year before, per 1,000 residents and ranked; no input gives the top 10. Example: neighbourhood='Oude Pijp'.

Input parameters:

- `neighbourhood` (string): Optional neighbourhood (e.g. "Jordaan", "Oude Pijp") or district (e.g. "Centrum", "Noord")

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 74
- 2026-11-04: 74
- 2026-11-03: 25
- 2026-11-02: 70
- 2026-11-01: 72

## Common questions

### What is the Essentially Amsterdam MCP server?

Essentially Amsterdam is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.essentiallyamsterdam/amsterdam. Amsterdam events, jobs, businesses, markets, guides, news, salary, rent and city tools. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://essentiallyamsterdam.com/mcp).

### Is the Essentially Amsterdam MCP server safe to use?

Essentially Amsterdam 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 Essentially Amsterdam MCP server expose?

Essentially Amsterdam exposes 13 tools: whats_on, jobs, directory_search, markets_today, conferences, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,872 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Essentially Amsterdam MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Essentially Amsterdam MCP server still maintained?

Essentially Amsterdam 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.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Essentially Amsterdam MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on Essentially Amsterdam, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://essentiallyamsterdam.com/mcp
- Website: https://essentiallyamsterdam.com/mcp-server/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentiallyamsterdam-amsterdam/essentiallyamsterdam.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentiallyamsterdam-amsterdam/essentiallyamsterdam/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentiallyamsterdam-amsterdam/essentiallyamsterdam.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentiallyamsterdam-amsterdam/essentiallyamsterdam