Local AI Picks
REMOTE · LOCALAIPICKS.COM
Find open-weight AI models that fit your hardware, with weight sizes, memory and sources.
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Last scanned (9 hours ago)
Scores higher than 60% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category AI and Machine Learning
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 Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability65
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 358 tokens (~89/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management30
- Stability observed for 9 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage89
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 67% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
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.
- 5 Nov 26 +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.
- 3 Nov 26 +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.
- 1 Nov 26 +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.
- 30 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 28 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 27 Oct 26 68
First indexed and scored.
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 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://localaipicks.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=localaipicks.com | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 11 Oct 2026 | 9 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | e6c108962048edca13030733f766dd4f |
| SANs: localaipicks.com, *.localaipicks.com | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of localaipicks.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| localaipicks.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 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://localaipicks.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://localaipicks.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://localaipicks.com/mcp |
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 →
compare_models Compare models ~33
The same facts as get_model for 2 to 4 models side by side.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| slugs | array | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
find_models Find local models for a task ~148
Current open-weight models for one task, latest version of each family, in the same order as the site. Give memory_gb (and device) to keep only models whose smallest listed weight option fits; memory is estimated only for text LLMs and taken from vendor sources otherwise, and is "unknown" when neither exists. No ratings and no speed estimates.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| device | string | – | apple counts MLX weights; gpu and cpu do not. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| memory_gb | number | – | GPU VRAM or unified memory in GB. |
| task | string | yes | Task id from list_tasks, e.g. "llm", "coding", "image". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_model Get a model ~59
One model: parameters, license, context length, every listed weight option with file size and memory need, third-party scores with their source and date, whether this site tested it, and links.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | yes | Model slug from find_models. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_tasks List model tasks ~55
The tasks Local AI Picks lists open-weight models for (text LLM, coding, speech to text, text to speech, image, video, music, translation, OCR), with the number of current models and the page for each.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Local AI Picks MCP server?
Local AI Picks is a hosted endpoint at https://localaipicks.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 · localaipicks.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-localaipicks-localaipicks 'https://localaipicks.com/mcp'
What is the Local AI Picks MCP server?
Local AI Picks is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.localaipicks/localaipicks. Find open-weight AI models that fit your hardware, with weight sizes, memory and sources. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://localaipicks.com/mcp).
Is the Local AI Picks MCP server safe to use?
Local AI Picks scores 73 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 Local AI Picks MCP server expose?
Local AI Picks exposes 4 tools: list_tasks, find_models, get_model, compare_models. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 295 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Local AI Picks MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Local AI Picks without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Local AI Picks MCP server still maintained?
Local AI Picks 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.