# ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data (remote · shearquery.com)

Barber & cosmetology exam pass rates, booth rent with open chairs, and Texas licensee counts

- Trust score: 80/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +2
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-23

## Components

- remote · `shearquery.com`: 80/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-innergcomplete-shearquery/shearquery.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-innergcomplete-shearquery/shearquery)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://shearquery.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.2.0`

## 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 2026-09-23.

- **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 6 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**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1171 tokens (~195/item across 6 items; 6 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**: 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 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 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 ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data MCP server?

ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data is a hosted endpoint at https://shearquery.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-innergcomplete-shearquery 'https://shearquery.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-innergcomplete-shearquery": {
      "url": "https://shearquery.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-innergcomplete-shearquery]
url = "https://shearquery.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-innergcomplete-shearquery:
    url: "https://shearquery.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-innergcomplete-shearquery": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shearquery.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.

### 2026-09-23 (score 80, +2)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 608 → 1171
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: fail → pass
- [functional] MCP protocol version: 2025-06-18 → 2026-07-28
- [functional] Server version: 0.1.0 → 0.4.0
- [functional] New tool “verify_texas_license”
- [functional] New tool “audit_google_business_profile”
- [functional] New tool “booth_rent_for_city”

### 2026-09-05 (score 78, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-09-04 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-02 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-31 (score 76, +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.

### 2026-08-29 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-08-26 (score 74, +2)

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

### 2026-08-11 (score 0)

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

## MCP tools (6)

### `compare_barber_cosmetology_schools` (~183 tokens)

Compare barber & cosmetology schools by exam pass rate

Rank barber or cosmetology schools by real 2026 state licensing exam outcomes — written and practical pass rates, first-attempt rate, average attempts to pass, students tested, and tuition. Optionally filter to one city. This data is not published by Google, school websites, or review sites. Schools with fewer than 5 recorded test-takers are excluded because a percentage from a handful of students is not meaningful.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): Optional city filter, e.g. "Houston". Matched case-insensitively.
- `license` (string, required): Which exam's outcomes to rank on. Barber and Cosmetology are separate licences with separate exams; a school running both appears under both with its own results for each.
- `limit` (integer): How many schools to return (1-50, default 10).

### `compare_barbershops_salons` (~202 tokens)

Compare barbershops & salons by booth rent and chair availability

Find barbershops and salons ranked by weekly booth rent, with chairs available, Google rating, review count and hiring status. Answers what a chair costs in a given city and which shops have one free. Booth rent is quoted directly by shops rather than scraped, so coverage is partial — the response states how many listings actually publish a rate.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): City to search, e.g. "Houston". Combine with state for accuracy.
- `limit` (integer): How many to return (1-50, default 10).
- `open_chairs_only` (boolean): Only listings with at least one chair currently available. Default false.
- `state` (string): Two-letter state code, e.g. "TX".
- `type` (string): Barbershops, salons, or both. Default all.
- `verified_rent_only` (boolean): Only listings that publish a booth rent figure. Default false.

### `texas_licensee_counts` (~157 tokens)

Count Texas barber & cosmetology licensees

Count active Texas licensees from the TDLR public record by licence type, optionally limited to those whose licence expires before a given date. Answers how many people a rule change, CE requirement or fee change actually affects — the number is not published anywhere in this form.

Input parameters:

- `expiring_before` (string): Optional ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD). Counts only licences expiring before it — use to size who is affected by a change taking effect on that date.
- `license_type` (string): Optional exact TDLR licence type, e.g. "Class A Barber", "Cosmetology Operator", "Cosmetology Manicurist", "Cosmetology Esthetician". Omit for a breakdown across all types.

### `audit_google_business_profile` (~158 tokens)

Score a barbershop, salon, school or supply store's Google listing

Score a named barbershop, salon, barber/cosmetology school or beauty supply store's public Google Business Profile and return what is missing, ranked. Compares photos, reviews, rating, hours, website and phone against other listings in the same city — the local median is computed from our own directory and is not published anywhere. Returns a coverage figure with the score because the public tier can only see part of the full audit; never present the score as a complete audit.

Input parameters:

- `business_name` (string, required): The business name as it appears on Google, e.g. "Buzzard's Barbershop". At least two characters.
- `city` (string): Optional city to narrow the match, e.g. "Houston".

### `verify_texas_license` (~189 tokens)

Check a Texas barber or cosmetology licence against the TDLR record

Look up a Texas barber, cosmetology, school or establishment licence in the state regulator's own licensee record — by licence number, or by name with an optional city. Returns the licence type, number, expiry and whether it had expired as of the data snapshot. Texas only. This reports what TDLR published on the snapshot date; it is not a live check and it does not report disciplinary action or continuing-education status.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): Optional city to narrow a name search.
- `license_number` (string): The licence number, if known. Exact match. Fastest and least ambiguous.
- `limit` (integer): How many matches to return (1-25, default 10).
- `name` (string): Person or business name, e.g. "Smith" or "Baytown Beauty". TDLR stores people as "LAST, FIRST".

### `booth_rent_for_city` (~205 tokens)

What a chair actually rents for in a given city

Return what barbershops and salons in a city actually charge for a chair or suite — median weekly rent, the range, how many venues report a rate, how many chairs they hold, and how many are hiring. Built from rents collected per venue in the ShearQuery directory — deepest in Houston, thinner elsewhere; no public source publishes this. Omit the city to get the overall picture and the cities with the most reported rates. Cities with fewer than 5 reported rates return the count without a median, because a rate from a handful of shops is an anecdote, not a benchmark.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): City to report on, e.g. "Houston". Omit for the overall picture across every city we hold.
- `examples` (integer): How many example venues with a published rate to list (0-15, default 5).
- `type` (string): Barbershops, salons, or both (default both).

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-23: 80
- 2026-09-22: 78
- 2026-09-21: 78
- 2026-09-20: 78
- 2026-09-19: 78
- 2026-09-18: 78
- 2026-09-17: 78
- 2026-09-16: 78
- 2026-09-15: 78
- 2026-09-14: 78
- 2026-09-13: 78
- 2026-09-12: 78
- 2026-09-11: 78
- 2026-09-10: 78
- 2026-09-09: 78
- 2026-09-08: 78
- 2026-09-07: 78
- 2026-09-06: 78
- 2026-09-05: 78
- 2026-09-04: 78
- 2026-09-03: 77
- 2026-09-02: 77
- 2026-09-01: 76
- 2026-08-31: 76
- 2026-08-30: 75
- 2026-08-29: 75
- 2026-08-28: 74
- 2026-08-27: 74
- 2026-08-26: 74
- 2026-08-25: 72

## Common questions

### What is the ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data MCP server?

ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.innergcomplete/shearquery. Barber & cosmetology exam pass rates, booth rent with open chairs, and Texas licensee counts. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://shearquery.com/mcp).

### Is the ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data MCP server safe to use?

ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data scores 80 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 ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data MCP server expose?

ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data exposes 6 tools: compare_barber_cosmetology_schools, compare_barbershops_salons, texas_licensee_counts, audit_google_business_profile, verify_texas_license, booth_rent_for_city. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,094 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data MCP server still maintained?

ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 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://shearquery.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/lamont703/Project_InnerG_Complete_Agency
- Website: https://shearquery.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-innergcomplete-shearquery/shearquery.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-innergcomplete-shearquery/shearquery.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-innergcomplete-shearquery/shearquery