# IIS Rescue (remote · iisrescue.com)

Legacy IIS, classic ASP and SQL Server migration: paths, FAQ, end-of-support dates, fit assessment.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `iisrescue.com`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-iisrescue-iis-rescue/iisrescue.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-iisrescue-iis-rescue/iisrescue)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://iisrescue.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.1`

## 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 2026-09-28.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 8 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - 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
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1270 tokens (~158/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 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 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 9 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 IIS Rescue MCP server?

IIS Rescue is a hosted endpoint at https://iisrescue.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-iisrescue-iis-rescue 'https://iisrescue.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-iisrescue-iis-rescue": {
      "url": "https://iisrescue.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-iisrescue-iis-rescue": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://iisrescue.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-iisrescue-iis-rescue]
url = "https://iisrescue.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-iisrescue-iis-rescue --url 'https://iisrescue.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-iisrescue-iis-rescue:
    url: "https://iisrescue.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-iisrescue-iis-rescue": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://iisrescue.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-iisrescue-iis-rescue -t streamable-http -u 'https://iisrescue.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-iisrescue-iis-rescue": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://iisrescue.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.

### 2026-09-28 (score 68, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-26 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-25 (score 66, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-23 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-22 (score 65, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-21 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `get_offering` (~39 tokens)

The public offering of IIS Rescue: the three migration paths, the promises made on every project, the pricing model, and who the service is for.

### `get_faq` (~64 tokens)

Published questions and answers about legacy IIS, classic ASP and SQL Server website migration, reproduced verbatim from the website.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum entries to return (default 10).
- `query` (string): Optional case-insensitive substring to filter questions and answers.

### `get_eol_facts` (~58 tokens)

Microsoft end-of-support dates for Windows Server and SQL Server versions, with the source URL for each, plus the Extended Security Updates cutoff.

Input parameters:

- `product` (string): Optional substring, e.g. "2012" or "SQL".

### `get_migration_paths` (~39 tokens)

The three routes off a legacy IIS server — Rehost, Rebuild, Replace — each with what it involves and the situation it best fits.

### `get_contact` (~41 tokens)

How to start an engagement with IIS Rescue: the consultation URL and how the process works. Returns a pointer only — it never books anything or collects any personal data.

### `get_partner_channel` (~163 tokens)

How IIS Rescue works with MSPs and independent IT contractors: MSPs bringing it in for legacy IIS, classic ASP and SQL Server migrations they would rather not own, and contractors subcontracting a migration or referring it. Covers the arrangements, what stays with the partner — the client, the brand, anything outside the migration scope — and the published FAQ for each audience. Carries no price: a partner migration is quoted at a fixed price exactly like a direct one. Use this for questions about white-label delivery, subcontracting or referring a legacy Windows Server migration, or whether IIS Rescue works with MSPs or contractors.

Input parameters:

- `audience` (string): Which partner audience to return. Default "all".
- `section` (string): Which part to return. Default "all".

### `get_pathfinder_questions` (~65 tokens)

The questions the IIS Rescue two-minute assessment asks in order to recommend a migration path, with the allowed answers for each. Ask these of the user, then pass the answers to run_pathfinder. "unknown" is a valid answer to every question and never breaks the result.

### `run_pathfinder` (~663 tokens)

Recommend a migration path — Rehost, Rebuild or Replace — for a specific legacy IIS website, from answers to the two-minute assessment questions. Returns the recommendation, a confidence level, the alternatives and when they would apply, what pushes the price up or down, the specific risks these answers imply, and the reasoning behind the call. This is the same deterministic engine, over the same data, that iisrescue.com/two-minute-assessment runs for a human visitor: identical answers give an identical result. It is an estimate and not a quote, and it returns no price figure — IIS Rescue publishes no rate card.

Input parameters:

- `app` (string): What is the website built with? "classic-asp" = Classic ASP — .asp pages, VBScript; "webforms" = ASP.NET Web Forms — .aspx pages; "mvc" = ASP.NET MVC, or a newer .NET application; "brochure" = Mostly…
- `components` (string): Are there COM objects, custom IIS modules, ISAPI filters or scheduled tasks? "none" = No — it is a plain site; "some" = One or two we know about; "many" = Several, or nobody is sure what they all do;…
- `db` (string): What holds the data? "sqlold" = SQL Server 2012 or older; "sqlmid" = SQL Server 2014 or 2016; "sqlnew" = SQL Server 2017 or newer; "files" = Access, flat files, or something homegrown; "none" = No da…
- `goal` (string): What do you need from the site going forward? "asis" = Just get it off the dying server — it does its job; "improve" = Keep it working, but we will want to change things; "modern" = It needs to be a…
- `mode` (string): Voice of the result. "direct" addresses the site owner; "referral" returns the same finding phrased as third-person talking points for an MSP or IT provider assessing a client site. Default "direct".
- `server` (string): What is it running on? "older" = Something older than Windows Server 2012; "ws2012" = Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2; "ws2016" = Windows Server 2016; "ws2019" = Windows Server 2019 or newer; "unknown…
- `source` (string): Do you have the source code? "full" = Yes — source code and some documentation; "codeonly" = Source code, but no documentation; "partial" = Some of it, we think; "none" = No — whatever is on the serv…

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 68
- 2026-09-27: 67
- 2026-09-26: 67
- 2026-09-25: 66
- 2026-09-24: 66
- 2026-09-23: 66
- 2026-09-22: 65
- 2026-09-21: 65

## Common questions

### What is the IIS Rescue MCP server?

IIS Rescue is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.iisrescue/iis-rescue. Legacy IIS, classic ASP and SQL Server migration: paths, FAQ, end-of-support dates, fit assessment. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://iisrescue.com/mcp).

### Is the IIS Rescue MCP server safe to use?

IIS Rescue scores 68 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 IIS Rescue MCP server expose?

IIS Rescue exposes 8 tools: get_offering, get_faq, get_eol_facts, get_migration_paths, get_contact, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,132 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the IIS Rescue MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the IIS Rescue MCP server still maintained?

IIS Rescue is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 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://iisrescue.com/mcp
- Website: https://iisrescue.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-iisrescue-iis-rescue/iisrescue.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-iisrescue-iis-rescue/iisrescue.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-iisrescue-iis-rescue/iisrescue