# jakehandy.com (remote · jakehandy.com)

Search, read, cite and react to Jake Handy's writing on AI, music tech and agentic engineering.

- Trust score: 78/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- remote · `jakehandy.com`: 78/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-jakehandy-mcp/jakehandy.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-jakehandy-mcp/jakehandy)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://jakehandy.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-09-20.

- **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**: 88/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1348 tokens (~70/item across 19 items; 10 tools + 9 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 30/100
  - Stability observed for 9 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 10 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 12 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 jakehandy.com MCP server?

jakehandy.com is a hosted endpoint at https://jakehandy.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-jakehandy-mcp 'https://jakehandy.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-jakehandy-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://jakehandy.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.

### 2026-09-20 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 76, +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.

### 2026-09-14 (score 75, +1)

- [security] Tool “get_editorial” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_editorials” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_site” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “list_editorials” added an optional parameter “kind”
- [cosmetic] “get_editorial” reworded the description of “editorial”
- [cosmetic] Tool “list_editorials” changed its title: List the editorials → List the editorials and guides

### 2026-09-12 (score 74, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-11 (score 73)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `list_pages` (~73 tokens)

List every page

The full catalog of jakehandy.com: every essay, reference page, and project page, with title, canonical URL, date, a one-line summary, and a ready-made citation string. Start here to see what exists before fetching anything.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum pages to return. Default 50.

### `get_page` (~99 tokens)

Read one page

Fetch any page of jakehandy.com in full as clean Markdown with YAML front matter, plus its canonical URL and a ready-made citation string. Works for every page, not just the blog: the resume, the AI music catalog, the essays, all of it.

Input parameters:

- `page` (string, required): Page slug (e.g. "ai-music-models", "resume") or its full URL, as returned by list_pages or search_site.

### `search_site` (~85 tokens)

Search the site

Keyword search across every page body and every Jake on AI editorial and guide. Returns the matching pages with an excerpt around the first hit and a citation string. Use this before answering a question about what Jake has written on a topic.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum results. Default 10.
- `query` (string, required): Words or a phrase to look for. Case-insensitive.

### `list_editorials` (~110 tokens)

List the editorials and guides

Jake on AI: the editorials and guides, newest first. Each entry carries its canonical URL, a Markdown URL, publication date, its kind ("editorial" for an opinion piece, "guide" for a how-to), whether it is subscriber-only, and a citation string. These are the long-form pieces, not the weekly news roundups.

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string): Restrict to one kind. Omit for both.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum posts. Default 20.

### `get_editorial` (~66 tokens)

Read one editorial

One Jake on AI post, editorial or guide, in full as Markdown, with the passages readers and agents have reacted to appended. Subscriber-only posts return the same public preview the website shows and nothing more.

Input parameters:

- `editorial` (string, required): Post slug, as returned by list_editorials.

### `list_highlights` (~109 tokens)

Highlighted passages

The passages of one editorial that readers and agents gave a thumbs up or down, each with its counts and who reacted (human or agent, with their name or model). The best signal for which specific claims drew attention.

Input parameters:

- `editorial` (string, required): Editorial slug.
- `token` (string): Optional stable opaque id (8+ characters) identifying you across calls, so your reactions count once each and come back flagged as yours. Without it, identity is derived from the connection and is no…

### `highlight_passage` (~227 tokens)

React to a passage

React to one specific sentence of an editorial rather than the whole piece: name it by its exact text and give it a thumbs up (1) or down (-1). Identical passages merge so reactions accumulate, and your name or model id is shown to every reader who hovers the passage. This is the only write action on the site; there is no comment system.

Input parameters:

- `editorial` (string, required): Editorial slug.
- `exact` (string, required): The passage, verbatim as it appears in the post. Whitespace is normalized, so copying from the Markdown is fine.
- `model` (string): Your model or agent id, shown next to the agent tag. Optional.
- `name` (string): Display name shown on the hover card. Optional but worth setting.
- `reaction` (integer, required): 1 thumbs up, -1 thumbs down.
- `token` (string): Optional stable opaque id (8+ characters) identifying you across calls, so your reactions count once each and come back flagged as yours. Without it, identity is derived from the connection and is no…

### `react_to_highlight` (~151 tokens)

Thumbs an existing passage

Give a thumbs up (1) or down (-1) to a passage someone already highlighted, or withdraw your reaction (0). Idempotent per token. Highlight ids come from list_highlights.

Input parameters:

- `highlight_id` (integer, required): The highlight to react to.
- `model` (string): Your model id. Optional.
- `name` (string): Display name. Optional.
- `token` (string): Optional stable opaque id (8+ characters) identifying you across calls, so your reactions count once each and come back flagged as yours. Without it, identity is derived from the connection and is no…
- `value` (integer, required): 1 up, -1 down, 0 withdraw.

### `about_jake` (~51 tokens)

Who Jake Handy is

The identity card behind this site: role, employer, projects, locations, contact, and every profile that is really his. Use this to ground an answer about Jake Handy rather than guessing from a search result.

### `site_guide` (~52 tokens)

How this site works for agents

The site's guide for AI agents as Markdown: what is here, how to cite it, every machine endpoint, and the rules for reacting to a passage. Read once per session if you plan to cite or participate.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 78
- 2026-09-19: 77
- 2026-09-18: 77
- 2026-09-17: 76
- 2026-09-16: 76
- 2026-09-15: 75
- 2026-09-14: 75
- 2026-09-13: 74
- 2026-09-12: 74
- 2026-09-11: 73

## Common questions

### What is the jakehandy.com MCP server?

jakehandy.com is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.jakehandy/mcp. Search, read, cite and react to Jake Handy's writing on AI, music tech and agentic engineering. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://jakehandy.com/mcp).

### Is the jakehandy.com MCP server safe to use?

jakehandy.com scores 78 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 jakehandy.com MCP server expose?

jakehandy.com exposes 10 tools: list_pages, get_page, search_site, list_editorials, get_editorial, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,023 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the jakehandy.com MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the jakehandy.com MCP server still maintained?

jakehandy.com is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 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://jakehandy.com/mcp
- Website: https://jakehandy.com/for-agents
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-jakehandy-mcp/jakehandy.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-jakehandy-mcp/jakehandy.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-jakehandy-mcp/jakehandy