# KnowNottingHill (remote · knownottinghill.com)

Curated places in Notting Hill, London: restaurants, coffee, pubs, parks and shops.

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `knownottinghill.com`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knownottinghill-places/knownottinghill.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knownottinghill-places/knownottinghill)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://knownottinghill.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.2.0`

## 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 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 74/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 746 tokens (~106/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 87/100
  - Stability observed for 26 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 95/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 85% 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 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 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 KnowNottingHill MCP server?

KnowNottingHill is a hosted endpoint at https://knownottinghill.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-knownottinghill-places 'https://knownottinghill.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-knownottinghill-places": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://knownottinghill.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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 84, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads

### 2026-11-03 (score 83, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_guide” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_place” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_guides” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “list_places” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_places” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional] Server version: 1.1.0 → 1.2.0
- [cosmetic] “search_places” reworded the description of “query”

### 2026-11-02 (score 82, +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.

### 2026-11-01 (score 81, 0)

- [cosmetic] “compare_places” reworded the description of “slugs”
- [cosmetic] “get_place” reworded the description of “slug”

### 2026-10-30 (score 81, +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.

### 2026-10-28 (score 80, +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.

### 2026-10-26 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 78, +1)

- [functional improvement] Schema quality: 128 → 107
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: 70% → 85%
- [functional] New tool “compare_places”
- [functional] New tool “get_guide”
- [functional] New tool “list_guides”
- [functional] New tool “search_places”

## MCP tools (7)

### `list_places` (~124 tokens)

List Notting Hill places

Curated places in Notting Hill, optionally filtered by category, use-case tag or featured picks. Each result links to its https://knownottinghill.com/place/{slug} page; ranked pages live at https://knownottinghill.com/best/{category}.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Place category, for example coffee or restaurant
- `featured` (boolean): When true, only return featured picks
- `limit` (integer): Max places to return (default 25)
- `tag` (string): Use-case tag, for example brunch or with-kids

### `get_place` (~48 tokens)

Get a Notting Hill place

Full editorial record for one Notting Hill place by slug, including the guide's description and the public /place URL.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): URL slug, for example lytte-coffee

### `nearby_places` (~82 tokens)

Find nearby Notting Hill places

Nearest curated Notting Hill places to a WGS84 coordinate supplied in the request, with distance in metres.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `latitude` (number, required)
- `limit` (integer): Max places to return (default 10)
- `longitude` (number, required)
- `radius` (integer): Search radius in metres (default 500)

### `search_places` (~204 tokens)

Search Notting Hill places

Filter curated Notting Hill places by category, sub-zone, tags, featured picks or text, ranked like https://knownottinghill.com/best/{category}. Every field carries its source; addresses, coordinates, hours, websites and photos are not included, so follow each place url for them. open_now only matches owner-supplied or official-site hours, and none are recorded yet.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Place category, for example coffee or restaurant
- `featured` (boolean): When true, only return featured picks
- `limit` (integer): Max places to return (default 25)
- `open_now` (boolean): When true, only places open now by owner-supplied or official-site hours
- `query` (string): Text matched against names and the guide's descriptions and tips
- `sub_zone` (string): Part of Notting Hill
- `tags` (array): Use-case tags; a place must carry every tag given

### `compare_places` (~61 tokens)

Compare Notting Hill places

Side-by-side sourced records for 2 to 4 Notting Hill places by slug, with the tags they share.

Input parameters:

- `slugs` (array, required): Distinct place slugs, for example ["lytte-coffee", "the-harwood-arms"]

### `list_guides` (~38 tokens)

List Notting Hill guides

Published Notting Hill themed guides (https://knownottinghill.com/guides/{slug}), with sourced titles, summaries and place counts.

### `get_guide` (~61 tokens)

Get a Notting Hill guide

One published Notting Hill guide by slug: its introduction and its ranked places, every field sourced.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max places to return (default 25)
- `slug` (string, required): Guide slug from list_guides, for example brunch

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 84
- 2026-11-04: 83
- 2026-11-03: 83
- 2026-11-02: 82
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 81
- 2026-10-30: 81
- 2026-10-29: 80
- 2026-10-28: 80
- 2026-10-27: 79
- 2026-10-26: 79
- 2026-10-25: 78
- 2026-10-24: 78
- 2026-10-23: 77
- 2026-10-22: 76
- 2026-10-21: 76
- 2026-10-20: 75
- 2026-10-19: 75
- 2026-10-18: 74
- 2026-10-17: 74
- 2026-10-16: 73
- 2026-10-15: 73
- 2026-10-14: 72
- 2026-10-13: 72
- 2026-10-12: 72
- 2026-10-10: 71

## Common questions

### What is the KnowNottingHill MCP server?

KnowNottingHill is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.knownottinghill/places. Curated places in Notting Hill, London: restaurants, coffee, pubs, parks and shops. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://knownottinghill.com/mcp).

### Is the KnowNottingHill MCP server safe to use?

KnowNottingHill 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 KnowNottingHill MCP server expose?

KnowNottingHill exposes 7 tools: list_places, get_place, nearby_places, search_places, compare_places, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 618 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the KnowNottingHill MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the KnowNottingHill MCP server still maintained?

KnowNottingHill 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://knownottinghill.com/mcp
- Website: https://knownottinghill.com/connect
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knownottinghill-places/knownottinghill.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knownottinghill-places/knownottinghill.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knownottinghill-places/knownottinghill