# INDICIA DESK (remote · mcp.indiciadesk.com)

BTC/ETH options research: tested hypotheses, max pain track record, gamma regime, trade journal.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.indiciadesk.com`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-indiciadesk-desk/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-indiciadesk-desk/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.indiciadesk.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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**: 63/100
  - 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 enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - 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**: 63/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 635 tokens (~127/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 40/100
  - Stability observed for 12 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 91/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 70% 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 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 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 INDICIA DESK MCP server?

INDICIA DESK is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.indiciadesk.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-indiciadesk-desk 'https://mcp.indiciadesk.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-indiciadesk-desk": {
      "url": "https://mcp.indiciadesk.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-indiciadesk-desk]
url = "https://mcp.indiciadesk.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-indiciadesk-desk:
    url: "https://mcp.indiciadesk.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-indiciadesk-desk": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.indiciadesk.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 69, +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.

### 2026-11-01 (score 68, +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.

### 2026-10-30 (score 67, +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.

### 2026-10-28 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-26 (score 65, +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.

### 2026-10-25 (score 64, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-24 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `hypothesis_ledger` (~144 tokens)

Tested market hypotheses (confirmed and rejected)

Search INDICIA DESK's public registry of BTC/ETH market beliefs tested on its own data, including the rejected ones. Use when someone asks whether a popular crypto trading belief holds, e.g. "does max pain attract price?", "do whales lead the move?", "is selling volatility after a fear spike profitable?". Returns verdict status and a plain-language teaser; exact thresholds are not public.

Input parameters:

- `asset` (string): Underlying asset.
- `group` (string): Filter by verdict group.
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string): Keywords, e.g. "max pain", "whales", "skew", "funding".

Output parameters:

- `as_of` (string|null): UTC time the underlying data was computed.
- `caveat` (string|null)
- `disclaimer` (string)
- `link` (string)
- `source` (string)
- `stale` (boolean): True when the data is older than its normal refresh cycle.
- `summary` (string)

### `market_state` (~111 tokens)

BTC/ETH options market state with history context

Current dealer gamma regime (positive = hedging dampens moves, negative = amplifies), zero-gamma flip, call/put walls, DVOL and its 1-year rank, implied-minus-realized volatility, IV term structure and the INDICIA Fear & Greed index, with how long the regime has lasted in our daily archive. Descriptive context, not a direction call. Data refreshes about every 2 hours; the result carries as_of.

Input parameters:

- `asset` (string, required): Underlying asset.

Output parameters:

- `as_of` (string|null): UTC time the underlying data was computed.
- `caveat` (string|null)
- `disclaimer` (string)
- `link` (string)
- `source` (string)
- `stale` (boolean): True when the data is older than its normal refresh cycle.
- `summary` (string)

### `expiry_record` (~116 tokens)

Max pain and corridor track record per expiry

How often BTC/ETH Deribit options settled at max pain, inside the market-maker breakeven corridor, and whether OI walls held, over hundreds of expiries — plus the most recent settled expiries (Deribit and Bybit max pain side by side) and the current max pain of upcoming expiries. Use for "will price pin to max pain on Friday?" type questions: it answers with the historical hit rate, not a prediction.

Input parameters:

- `asset` (string, required): Underlying asset.
- `limit` (integer)

Output parameters:

- `as_of` (string|null): UTC time the underlying data was computed.
- `caveat` (string|null)
- `disclaimer` (string)
- `link` (string)
- `source` (string)
- `stale` (boolean): True when the data is older than its normal refresh cycle.
- `summary` (string)

### `decision_journal` (~129 tokens)

Proving Ground: closed trades, wins and losses

INDICIA DESK's decision journal: options strategies tracked at real Deribit bid/ask prices (paper account), with every closed trade, wins and losses. Returns per-strategy trade counts, win rate and average result, and the latest closed trades. Use to show how rule-based options strategies actually performed. Live entry signals and exact structures are not available here.

Input parameters:

- `asset` (string): Underlying asset.
- `limit` (integer)
- `strategy` (string): Part of a strategy name, e.g. "Skew", "Fear Spike". Omit to list all.

Output parameters:

- `as_of` (string|null): UTC time the underlying data was computed.
- `caveat` (string|null)
- `disclaimer` (string)
- `link` (string)
- `source` (string)
- `stale` (boolean): True when the data is older than its normal refresh cycle.
- `summary` (string)

### `about_indicia` (~35 tokens)

About INDICIA DESK and this server

What INDICIA DESK is, what each tool returns, data freshness, what is deliberately not available here, and plans.

Output parameters:

- `as_of` (string|null): UTC time the underlying data was computed.
- `caveat` (string|null)
- `disclaimer` (string)
- `link` (string)
- `source` (string)
- `stale` (boolean): True when the data is older than its normal refresh cycle.
- `summary` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 69
- 2026-11-04: 69
- 2026-11-03: 68
- 2026-11-02: 68
- 2026-11-01: 68
- 2026-10-31: 67
- 2026-10-30: 67
- 2026-10-29: 66
- 2026-10-28: 66
- 2026-10-27: 65
- 2026-10-26: 65
- 2026-10-25: 64
- 2026-10-24: 64

## Common questions

### What is the INDICIA DESK MCP server?

INDICIA DESK is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.indiciadesk/desk. BTC/ETH options research: tested hypotheses, max pain track record, gamma regime, trade journal. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.indiciadesk.com/mcp).

### Is the INDICIA DESK MCP server safe to use?

INDICIA DESK scores 69 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 INDICIA DESK MCP server expose?

INDICIA DESK exposes 5 tools: hypothesis_ledger, market_state, expiry_record, decision_journal, about_indicia. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 535 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the INDICIA DESK MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the INDICIA DESK MCP server still maintained?

INDICIA DESK 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://mcp.indiciadesk.com/mcp
- Website: https://indiciadesk.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-indiciadesk-desk/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-indiciadesk-desk/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-indiciadesk-desk/mcp