# com.essentras/placements (remote · essentras.com)

Buy press coverage in 3,800+ vetted media outlets. Price a basket, get a checkout link.

- Trust score: 87/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `essentras.com`: 87/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentras-placements/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentras-placements/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://essentras.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.1`

## 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**: 72/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 4519 tokens (~451/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**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 99/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 98% 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 com.essentras/placements MCP server?

com.essentras/placements is a hosted endpoint at https://essentras.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-essentras-placements 'https://essentras.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-essentras-placements": {
      "url": "https://essentras.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-essentras-placements]
url = "https://essentras.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-essentras-placements:
    url: "https://essentras.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-essentras-placements": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://essentras.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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 87, +1)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-11-04 (score 86, 0)

- [functional] New prompt “ai-visibility”
- [functional] New prompt “business-insider-article”
- [functional] New prompt “crypto-news-coverage”
- [functional] New prompt “high-authority-placements”
- [functional] New prompt “imdb-page”
- [functional] New prompt “instagram-username”
- [functional] New prompt “instagram-verification”
- [functional] New prompt “press-plan-or-per-placement”

### 2026-11-03 (score 86, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 85, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 83, 0)

- [cosmetic] “search_outlets” reworded the description of “max_turnaround_days”

### 2026-10-27 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (10)

### `check_instagram_recovery_path` (~235 tokens)

Find the official Instagram recovery route

Free and read-only. For the legitimate owner of an Instagram account that was hacked, disabled, locked at a checkpoint, locked by lost 2-factor, or whose email and phone are no longer reachable, returns the official recovery route, the same one as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask only what happened; never the handle, email, phone, password or a code. Returns the route, the owner’s own first step, Instagram’s official help pages with the date they were read, Meta’s position on timing, scam warning signs, and the Essentras recovery service with its current price. Official channels only: no hacking and no account access. Meta decides, and nobody can promise a recovery or a timeline.

Input parameters:

- `situation` (string, required): What happened to the account? hacked = Hacked (password, email, or phone changed by someone else); noemailphone = Cannot access the old email or phone number; disabled = Disabled by Meta (policy deci…

### `check_knowledge_panel_readiness` (~839 tokens)

Score Google Knowledge Panel readiness

Free and read-only. Scores how ready a person or business is for a Google Knowledge Panel, the same score as the free Entity Readiness Check on essentras.com. Ask the person 11 multiple-choice questions about their sources and what Google shows today (never their name or links): the subject, the panel state, and coverage, quality, wikipedia, wikidata, home, profiles, records, demand, unique. With every answer it returns the score out of 100, the band, each gap with points to gain and the next action, the right next step (claim, edit or fix an existing panel for free, build sources, or the Essentras service with its current price for a strong candidate), and Google sources with read dates. With answers missing it returns the questions still to ask. The score is an Essentras rule of thumb, not a Google metric. Google decides whether to show a panel, and paid placements are paid editorial, not independent coverage.

Input parameters:

- `coverage` (string): How many independent articles are mainly about you, on sites you do not control? Count articles where you are the main subject. Leave out your own site, your profiles, press releases and anything you…
- `demand` (string): Do people search for your name? Check Search Console for queries that contain your name, or see whether Google suggests your name as you type it. s2 = Yes, regularly; s1 = A little; s0 = No, or I do…
- `home` (string): Do you have an official page that is only about you, with Person or Organization structured data? h2 = Yes, with structured data and sameAs links to my profiles; h1 = A page exists, but without struc…
- `profiles` (string): Do your main profiles use the same name, title and description, and link to that page? LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Crunchbase, author or artist profiles. p2 = Yes, all of them; p1 = So…
- `quality` (string): What is the strongest coverage you have? q0 = Nothing yet; q1 = Press releases, sponsored or paid articles, or my own posts; q2 = Trade, local or niche outlets with editorial staff; q3 = National or…
- `records` (string): Are you listed in the reference databases of your field? Business: company registry, Crunchbase. Author: ISBN or library records. Musician: MusicBrainz, Discogs. Film: IMDb. Researcher: ORCID, Google…
- `state` (string): What does Google show today when you search your exact name? none = No panel for me; unclaimed = A panel about me that I have not claimed; claimed = A panel I already manage; wrong = A panel with wro…
- `subject` (string): Who is the panel for? person = A person (Founder, executive, author, creator, artist or expert); business = A business or organization (Company, brand, nonprofit or product).
- `unique` (string): When you search your exact name, whose results dominate? u2 = Mostly mine; u1 = Mixed with other people or things; u0 = Mostly someone or something else.
- `wikidata` (string): Is there a Wikidata item about you? d2 = Yes, with references to independent sources; d1 = Yes, but with few or no references; d0 = No, or I do not know.
- `wikipedia` (string): Is there a Wikipedia article about you? w1 = Yes; w0 = No.

### `check_review_removability` (~876 tokens)

Check whether a Google review is removable

Free and read-only. Tells a business owner whether a Google review matches one of Google’s named review rules, the same verdict as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask the person for facts only, never the review text, a name or a link: whose review it is, whether the reviewer was a real customer, what the review contains, whether they can show it, and where they are in Google’s process. Returns the verdict (strong match, arguable, or no policy match), Google’s rule with its policy link and the date it was read, where to report, the evidence to attach, Google’s stated timing, the appeal path, report and reply templates, and the Essentras service with its current price only when the page offers it. A genuine negative review gets “No policy match”: Google does not remove a review for being negative, and the tool says so. Google decides every removal.

Input parameters:

- `contains` (array): When ownership is business. What does the review contain? Select all that apply. Not a genuine experience: conflict = Written by a competitor, a current or former employee, a relative, or someone els…
- `customer` (string): When ownership is business. Was the reviewer a real customer? Search bookings, orders, invoices and your CRM by name, email, phone and the dates the review mentions. yes = Yes, I can match them to a…
- `evidence` (object): Can you show it? Only for selected items that need proof: yes = the owner has it now, not-yet = not yet. A missing answer counts as not-yet. Items whose proof is the review text itself need no answer.
- `false_facts` (string): Does it state specific facts about your business that are false? no = No, it is opinion or a real experience; docs = Yes, and I have documents that prove it; no-docs = Yes, but no documents yet.
- `ownership` (string, required): Whose review is it? mine = I wrote it; business = It is about my business; other = It is about another business.
- `status` (string): Where are you in the process? not-reported = Not reported yet; pending = Decision pending; no-violation = Report reviewed - no policy violation; escalated = Escalated - check your email for updates;…

### `check_wikipedia_notability` (~637 tokens)

Check Wikipedia notability, source by source

Free and read-only. Tests a subject’s sources against Wikipedia’s notability guidelines (WP:GNG, WP:NCORP, WP:BASIC, WP:CREATIVE), the same verdicts as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask the person what the article would be about, their connection to it, and for each source its type and 5 yes, no or unsure answers (never the outlet, headline, link or the person’s name). Returns a verdict per source (counts, supports facts only, does not count, unclear, counts once) with the Wikipedia rule, its link and the date it was read, an overall band, disclosure duties for a conflict of interest or paid editing, and the Essentras service with its current price only when the band is "Reviewer judgment applies". Press releases, sponsored articles and paid placements, Essentras placements included, never count toward notability. The bands are an Essentras rule of thumb, and volunteer reviewers decide.

Input parameters:

- `connection` (string): What is your connection to it? none = No connection; coi = It is me, my employer or someone close to me; paid = I am paid or rewarded to work on it; client = I am hiring someone to do it.
- `criteria` (array): People and creative professionals only. Does any of these apply? Alternative routes for people (WP:ANYBIO): nbio:0 = A well-known and significant award or honor, or several nominations for one; nbio:…
- `single_event` (string): People and creative professionals only. Is almost all of the coverage about a single event?
- `sources` (array): Your sources, up to 25. Start with your strongest. Each source is judged on its own, then the list is judged as a whole. Give each source its type and, for the types that can count, the answers to th…
- `subject` (string, required): What is the article about? person = A person (WP:BASIC); org = A company or organization (WP:NCORP); creative = An author, artist, journalist or other creative professional (WP:CREATIVE); other = Som…

### `find_removal_route` (~692 tokens)

Find the route to remove something from Google

Free and read-only. For something about a person that shows in Google (contact details, an ID number, intimate images, doxxing, a false article, old news, a mugshot, a court record, a review, a post, a data broker profile, their own old content, an outdated page, copied work), returns the same plan as the free route finder on essentras.com. Ask only what it is and, where it matters, where the person lives (US, EU, EEA or UK, or elsewhere); never their name or the page address. Returns the route (source, Google policy, law or suppression) and who decides, the steps, the official Google links with the date they were read, the evidence to prepare, a timeline marked official or not, a fit label from Google’s own criteria (not a success rate), letters to send, what the route will not do, a link to the same plan on the website, and the matching Essentras service with its current price. Official channels only. Google, the publisher or the platform decides, and a refund is never a promise of removal.

Input parameters:

- `region` (string): Where do you live? This changes which laws and Google features apply to you. us = United States; eu = EU, EEA or UK; other = Somewhere else. Needed only for: contact-info, gov-id, defamatory-article,…
- `situation` (string, required): What do you want gone from Google? Personal details and safety: contact-info = My phone number, home address or email (On any website: a directory, a forum, an old listing); gov-id = A government ID,…

### `get_outlet` (~47 tokens)

Get one outlet

Full detail for a single outlet by its id (from a search result), including price, turnaround, authority and audience.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Outlet id returned by search_outlets.

### `list_services` (~88 tokens)

List services and prices

Every Essentras service beyond single placements (Knowledge Panels, Google review removal, removal from Google, Wikipedia, account recovery and unbans, verification, press plans, AI visibility) with its current USD price or the words "priced per case", refund terms, who decides, and the free checker to run first. Optional category filter.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Only services in this category.

### `quote_placements` (~102 tokens)

Price a basket and get a checkout link

Prices a set of outlets and returns line items, any volume discount, the final total, and a checkout_url. The total matches what the buyer is charged, volume tiers included. It charges nothing and creates no order. checkout_url is the page where the buyer confirms the basket and pays; the card is charged at checkout and refunded if the placement is not published or the turnaround is missed.

Input parameters:

- `items` (array, required): Outlets to price, max 30.

### `quote_service` (~130 tokens)

Price one service

The current price of 1 service (and of a tier, when it has tiers), its refund terms, who makes the final decision, and start_url: the page where the buyer reviews and pays. It charges nothing. Services priced per case return the free assessment page instead. Never promise the outcome: the platform decides.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Service id from list_services, e.g. "google-knowledge-panel" or "google-review-removal".
- `tier` (string): Optional tier id from the service options, e.g. "business" or "bundle" for the Knowledge Panel.

### `search_outlets` (~396 tokens)

Search media outlets

Searches buyable media placements by budget, authority, geography, topic and link policy. Returns offers with a fixed USD price, turnaround, link disclosure and a stable id that quote_placements accepts. max_price filters the catalogue to a budget.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): City, e.g. "Miami". Also matches the outlet name, since most listings carry no city field.
- `country` (string): Country name or ISO code, e.g. "US".
- `dofollow` (boolean): Only outlets giving dofollow links.
- `indexed` (boolean): Only outlets whose placements are confirmed indexed by Google.
- `language` (string): BCP-47 language code, e.g. "en".
- `limit` (integer): Results per page, max 100. Default 20.
- `max_price` (integer): Maximum USD price per placement. Use the buyer budget.
- `max_turnaround_days` (integer): Only outlets whose stated turnaround fits within this many days. A window stated in weeks counts 7 days a week (1-2 weeks = 14), so send 7 for "this week" and 14 for "within 2 weeks".
- `min_da` (integer): Minimum Domain Authority.
- `min_dr` (integer): Minimum Domain Rating (Ahrefs).
- `min_price` (integer): Minimum USD price per placement.
- `offset` (integer): Page offset.
- `q` (string): Publication name to match, e.g. "Forbes".
- `region` (string): North America, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Africa, Oceania or Global.
- `sort` (string)
- `state` (string): State or region inside the country, e.g. "California" or the US postal code "CA".
- `topic` (string): Topic or genre, e.g. "fintech", "crypto", "health".

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 87
- 2026-11-04: 86
- 2026-11-03: 86
- 2026-11-02: 85
- 2026-11-01: 85
- 2026-10-31: 85
- 2026-10-30: 84
- 2026-10-29: 84
- 2026-10-28: 83
- 2026-10-27: 83
- 2026-10-26: 82
- 2026-10-25: 82
- 2026-10-24: 81
- 2026-10-23: 81
- 2026-10-22: 80
- 2026-10-21: 80
- 2026-10-20: 79
- 2026-10-19: 79
- 2026-10-18: 78
- 2026-10-17: 77
- 2026-10-16: 77
- 2026-10-15: 76
- 2026-10-14: 75
- 2026-10-13: 75
- 2026-10-12: 75
- 2026-10-10: 74
- 2026-10-07: 73

## Common questions

### What is the com.essentras/placements MCP server?

com.essentras/placements is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.essentras/placements. Buy press coverage in 3,800+ vetted media outlets. Price a basket, get a checkout link. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://essentras.com/api/mcp).

### Is the com.essentras/placements MCP server safe to use?

com.essentras/placements scores 87 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 com.essentras/placements MCP server expose?

com.essentras/placements exposes 10 tools: check_instagram_recovery_path, check_knowledge_panel_readiness, check_review_removability, check_wikipedia_notability, find_removal_route, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 4,042 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the com.essentras/placements MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the com.essentras/placements MCP server still maintained?

com.essentras/placements 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 com.essentras/placements MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on com.essentras/placements, 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://essentras.com/api/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/ltv-so/essentras-mcp
- Website: https://essentras.com/agents
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentras-placements/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentras-placements/api-mcp/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentras-placements/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-essentras-placements/api-mcp