# exNiche (remote · exniche.com)

Retail product search for agents, plus products shoppers asked for and could not buy.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `exniche.com`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exniche-search/exniche.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exniche-search/exniche)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://exniche.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.7.0`

## 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**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 610 tokens (~152/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability check failed: schema churn in the 4 days we've observed: 3 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 0 additions.
- **Tool Coverage**: 93/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 75% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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 exNiche MCP server?

exNiche is a hosted endpoint at https://exniche.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-exniche-search 'https://exniche.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-exniche-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://exniche.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 71, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “list_gaps” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-11-04 (score 71, −1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_setup_and_upgrade_links” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “report_not_found” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_products” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 138 → 154
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: 67% → 75%
- [functional improvement] Tool “get_setup_and_upgrade_links” now declares an output schema
- [functional improvement] Tool “report_not_found” now declares an output schema
- [functional improvement] Tool “search_products” now declares an output schema
- [functional] Server version: 0.5.0 → 0.7.0
- [functional] New tool “list_gaps”

### 2026-11-03 (score 72, +1)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.03 → fail
- [security regression] Tool “list_gaps” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “check_demand” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “get_dossier” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “get_gap” was removed
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_setup_and_upgrade_links” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “report_not_found” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_products” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Tool “get_setup_and_upgrade_links” dropped its output schema
- [functional regression] Tool “report_not_found” dropped its output schema
- [functional regression] Tool “search_products” dropped its output schema
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: 1075 → 414
- [functional] Server version: 0.6.0 → 0.5.0

### 2026-11-02 (score 71, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-01 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_gaps` (~137 tokens)

List product gaps

Products people asked for that none of the closest products checked offer, with the original ask, requirements and products checked, plus agent-search misses repeated by 3+ requests from 2+ agents. No key: free 10-gap preview. Workspace key: full rows, paged by cursor, 1 credit per call. A gap is worth a closer look, never verified demand.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): next_cursor from the previous call. Workspace key only.
- `limit` (integer): Workspace key only.
- `q` (string): Filter by words in the gap or its requirements, e.g. 'wide fit boots'.

Output parameters:

- `agent_gaps` (array)
- `code` (string)
- `credits_charged` (integer)
- `gaps` (array)
- `human_message` (string)
- `next_cursor` (string|null)
- `upgrade_url` (string)

### `search_products` (~182 tokens)

Search retail products

Search recorded retail listings across stores using explicit budget, currency, size, color and stock filters. 1 credit. Returns ranked purchase links with observed availability; unknown facts stay unknown. Misses may be saved as agent observations, never verified human demand.

Input parameters:

- `color` (string): Required recorded color, e.g. black.
- `currency` (string): Three-letter currency code, e.g. AUD.
- `in_stock` (boolean): Filter recorded availability. Availability must be checked at retailer.
- `limit` (integer)
- `max_price` (number): Maximum recorded price. Supply currency too; no currency conversion.
- `query` (string, required): Short product category or name, e.g. keyboards, shoes or coffee. Put constraints in separate fields.
- `size` (string): Required recorded size, e.g. M.
- `sort` (string)

Output parameters:

- `code` (string)
- `found` (boolean)
- `human_message` (string)
- `results` (array)
- `upgrade_url` (string)

### `report_not_found` (~52 tokens)

Report unsatisfied shopping request

Free. Report a genuine shopper mismatch after a search. Do not send synthetic reports or personal details. Response states whether the agent observation was saved; it is not verified human demand.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `code` (string)
- `evidence` (string)
- `note` (string)
- `saved` (boolean)

### `get_setup_and_upgrade_links` (~69 tokens)

Get setup and upgrade links

Free. Return exNiche install commands for MCP clients, the agent guide, and the signup and prepaid-credit links to hand the user when free credits run out. Free: 1,000 credits a month. Credits: A$10 = 10,000. No automatic charges.

Output parameters:

- `credits_checkout_url` (string)
- `install` (object)
- `mcp_url` (string)
- `signup_url` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 71
- 2026-11-04: 71
- 2026-11-03: 72
- 2026-11-02: 71
- 2026-11-01: 71

## Common questions

### What is the exNiche MCP server?

exNiche is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.exniche/search. Retail product search for agents, plus products shoppers asked for and could not buy. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://exniche.com/mcp).

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

exNiche scores 71 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 exNiche MCP server expose?

exNiche exposes 4 tools: list_gaps, search_products, report_not_found, get_setup_and_upgrade_links. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 440 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the exNiche MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the exNiche MCP server still maintained?

exNiche 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://exniche.com/mcp
- Website: https://exniche.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exniche-search/exniche.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exniche-search/exniche.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exniche-search/exniche