# Handsome Local (remote · handsomelocal.com)

Search hand-picked websites for plumbers, electricians, roofers and other trades, with screenshots.

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `handsomelocal.com`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-handsomelocal-handsome-local/handsomelocal.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-handsomelocal-handsome-local/handsomelocal)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://handsomelocal.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## 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**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 574 tokens (~191/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 70/100
  - Stability observed for 21 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.
  - 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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 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 Handsome Local MCP server?

Handsome Local is a hosted endpoint at https://handsomelocal.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-handsomelocal-handsome-local 'https://handsomelocal.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-handsomelocal-handsome-local": {
      "url": "https://handsomelocal.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-handsomelocal-handsome-local": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://handsomelocal.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-handsomelocal-handsome-local]
url = "https://handsomelocal.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-handsomelocal-handsome-local --url 'https://handsomelocal.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-handsomelocal-handsome-local:
    url: "https://handsomelocal.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-handsomelocal-handsome-local": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://handsomelocal.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-handsomelocal-handsome-local -t streamable-http -u 'https://handsomelocal.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-handsomelocal-handsome-local": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://handsomelocal.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 81, +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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 80, +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.

### 2026-11-01 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-26 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-23 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-21 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_websites` (~423 tokens)

Search trade websites

Search Handsome Local, a hand-picked gallery of real websites for trades and home services businesses (plumbers, electricians, roofers, builders, heating and HVAC firms, landscapers) in the UK and US. Every entry is a live site chosen by an editor because it is well built and wins work; each comes with a screenshot of the top of the page, a one-sentence summary, its tags and a credit for whoever built it. Filter by trade, region, style, colour, platform, conversion features or typeface, or search free text. Returns the newest matches first. Use it for visual references when designing or building a website for a tradesperson. It does not rate or rank sites and it covers the trades listed only.

Input parameters:

- `colour` (string): Dominant colour tag, e.g. navy, green, orange, black.
- `features` (array): Conversion features the site must have, all of them, e.g. click-to-call, phone-in-header, review-count, quote-form, licence-number, van-photo.
- `limit` (integer): How many results to return, 1 to 8.
- `platform` (string): What the site is built on, e.g. wordpress, webflow, wix, squarespace, custom.
- `query` (string): Free text matched against the business name, town, review and tech tags. Use for a place ("Manchester", "Texas") or a thing the review mentions ("Checkatrade", "emergency").
- `region` (string): uk or us.
- `screenshots` (boolean): Include each result's screenshot as an image block. Set false for text only.
- `style` (string): Visual style tag, e.g. minimal, bold, photographic, dark, traditional.
- `trade` (string): Primary trade of the business, e.g. plumbers, electricians, roofers, construction, hvac, landscapers.
- `typeface` (string): A typeface name to match, e.g. Inter, Poppins, DM Sans.

Output parameters:

- `results` (array)
- `returned` (number)
- `total_matches` (number)

### `get_website` (~99 tokens)

Get one website entry

One entry from Handsome Local by its slug (the last part of an entry URL, e.g. gk-plumbing): the whole review paragraph, every tag, the credit, the live site, the entry page and the screenshots. Use after search_websites when the full review matters.

Input parameters:

- `screenshot` (boolean): Include the card screenshot as an image block.
- `slug` (string, required): Entry slug, lower case with hyphens.

Output parameters:

- `captured_at` (string)
- `colour` (array)
- `credit` (string)
- `features` (array)
- `full_page_screenshot` (string)
- `name` (string)
- `page` (string)
- `platform` (string)
- `published_at` (string)
- `region` (string)
- `review` (string)
- `screenshot` (string)
- `slug` (string)
- `style` (array)
- `summary` (string)
- `tech` (array)
- `town` (string)
- `trade` (string)
- `typeface` (array)
- `website` (string)

### `list_filters` (~52 tokens)

List trades and tags

The trades and tags that have published entries on Handsome Local, each with a count, so a search can be built from filters that exist. Cheap; call it before search_websites when unsure what to filter on.

Output parameters:

- `facets` (object)
- `generated` (string)
- `total` (number)
- `trades` (array)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 80
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 78
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 77
- 2026-10-28: 77
- 2026-10-27: 76
- 2026-10-26: 76
- 2026-10-25: 75
- 2026-10-24: 75
- 2026-10-23: 75
- 2026-10-22: 74
- 2026-10-21: 74
- 2026-10-20: 73
- 2026-10-19: 73
- 2026-10-18: 72
- 2026-10-17: 72
- 2026-10-16: 71
- 2026-10-15: 71

## Common questions

### What is the Handsome Local MCP server?

Handsome Local is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.handsomelocal/handsome-local. Search hand-picked websites for plumbers, electricians, roofers and other trades, with screenshots. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://handsomelocal.com/mcp).

### Is the Handsome Local MCP server safe to use?

Handsome Local scores 81 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 Handsome Local MCP server expose?

Handsome Local exposes 3 tools: search_websites, get_website, list_filters. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 574 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Handsome Local MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Handsome Local MCP server still maintained?

Handsome Local 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://handsomelocal.com/mcp
- Website: https://handsomelocal.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-handsomelocal-handsome-local/handsomelocal.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-handsomelocal-handsome-local/handsomelocal.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-handsomelocal-handsome-local/handsomelocal