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com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check

REMOTE · JUSTINMCKELVEY.COM · SCANNED SEP 20

Free AI visibility check: is your business cited when customers ask AI? Score plus competitors.

+3 this week 84 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Endpoint Security80
Transport & Reachability100
Schema Quality & AI Usability67
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 306 tokens (~306/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management97
  • Stability observed for 29 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
  • Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Install

How do I install the com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check MCP server?

com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check is a hosted endpoint at https://justinmckelvey.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.

remote · justinmckelvey.com

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check 'https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp'
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check": {
      "url": "https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check]
url = "https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check --url 'https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check:
    url: "https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp"
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check -t streamable-http -u 'https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp'
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-justinmckelvey-ai-visibility-check": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 20 Sept 26 +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.

  • 17 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 15 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 13 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 11 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 9 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 7 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 5 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Probed https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=justinmckelvey.com CN=YR2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US 19 Sept 2026 18 Dec 2026 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA 618732446544383dd4a31b3e60a9186a057
SANs: justinmckelvey.com
CN=YR2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US 3 Sept 2025 2 Sept 2028 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA 4ebd24947e24d394802d84a52fd5b319
CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US 13 May 2026 2 Sept 2032 RSA 4096 SHA256-RSA f24b6d17f9d9ad7cb1c9fea78782699f

Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →

DNSSEC insecure

Validation of justinmckelvey.com. Not signed

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
com. present 19718 13 Verified
justinmckelvey.com. absent Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation
Authentication No authorisation required

The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.

Result No authorisation required
HTTP status 200
Header Value
strict-transport-security max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains
x-content-type-options nosniff
x-frame-options SAMEORIGIN
referrer-policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin

Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →

Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp Verified 200
http (plaintext) http://justinmckelvey.com/mcp HTTPS enforced 301 https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp
MCP tools · 1 exposed · ~261 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
check_ai_visibility ~261

Check whether a business is visible to AI answer engines. Runs each query through a live AI search (Perplexity) and reports whether the business's site is cited, at what rank, and who gets cited instead. Pass 1-5 realistic customer-intent questions — what a potential customer would actually ask an AI (e.g. "best kitchen remodeler in Clearwater FL"). Never include the business's own name in a query. Returns a 0-100 visibility score, a tier, per-query results, the competing sources AI cited, and a shareable branded scorecard link.

NameTypeReqDescription
business_namestringBusiness name as customers say it (improves mention detection)
domainstringyesBusiness website domain, e.g. acme-plumbing.com
emailstringOptional. Justin also offers a free human-run deep-dive fix report (wider query set, drafted the minute they ask, reviewed by Justin, delivered same day). If the user says they want it, ask for their…
queriesarrayyes1-5 customer-intent questions to test (without the business name)
NameTypeReqDescription
queries_checkedintegeryesQueries that completed (errored queries are excluded from scoring).
queries_citedintegeryesQueries where the business was cited or named.
resultsarrayyesPer-query outcome, in the order the queries were checked.
scoreintegeryes0-100 visibility score: the share of checked queries where the business was cited.
scorecard_urlstringyesShareable branded scorecard page for this result.
tierstringyesPlain-language band for the score.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check MCP server?

com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check. Free AI visibility check: is your business cited when customers ask AI? Score plus competitors. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://justinmckelvey.com/mcp).

Is the com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check MCP server safe to use?

com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check scores 84 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 com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check MCP server expose?

com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check exposes 1 tool: check_ai_visibility. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 261 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Does the com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

Is the com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check MCP server still maintained?

com.justinmckelvey/ai-visibility-check 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.