Moving Polygons (published maps)
REMOTE · WWW.MOVINGPOLYGONS.COM
Search and read published animated maps of borders and history. No sign-in needed.
Available components
Last scanned (13 hours ago)
Scores higher than 62% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 24 Oct 2026.
Category Maps and Location
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
- 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
- The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present. View diagnostics → Pass
- 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 Usability69
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 355 tokens (~177/item across 2 items; 2 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 Management3
- Stability observed for 1 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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 3 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.
- 24 Oct 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 23 Oct 26 72
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 24 Oct 2026 · Probed https://www.movingpolygons.com/mcp/public
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=*.movingpolygons.com | CN=YR1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 28 Sept 2026 | 27 Dec 2026 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 6a5595ded634db6da8a5d1b2198da7e4e14 |
| SANs: *.movingpolygons.com, movingpolygons.com | ||||||
| CN=YR1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | a20253f15f2691c05dc1ce13b9bcca4e |
| 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 www.movingpolygons.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| movingpolygons.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 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://www.movingpolygons.com/mcp/public | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://www.movingpolygons.com/mcp/public | HTTPS enforced | 308 | https://www.movingpolygons.com/mcp/public |
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 →
get_public_map Get a published map ~99
One published map as Markdown: description and sources, the timeline of keyframes (date and caption), layers, events, and the iframe code to embed the interactive map. Pass its URL, or the handle and slug.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | e.g. https://www.movingpolygons.com/map/Chris/the-ottoman-empire-12991923 |
| username | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_maps Search published maps ~120
Find published animated maps on Moving Polygons (history, wars, empires, borders, epidemics, sea ice…) by words in their title or description and/or a year they cover. Returns links to the interactive map, its text version and its article.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Default 10 |
| query | string | – | Words to match, e.g. 'Ottoman', 'Holy Roman Empire', 'Ukraine war' |
| year | integer | – | Only maps whose timeline includes this year; negative for BC (-44 = 44 BC) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Moving Polygons (published maps) MCP server?
Moving Polygons (published maps) is a hosted endpoint at https://www.movingpolygons.com/mcp/public, 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 · www.movingpolygons.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-movingpolygons-maps-public 'https://www.movingpolygons.com/mcp/public'
What is the Moving Polygons (published maps) MCP server?
Moving Polygons (published maps) is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.movingpolygons/maps-public. Search and read published animated maps of borders and history. No sign-in needed. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.movingpolygons.com/mcp/public).
Is the Moving Polygons (published maps) MCP server safe to use?
Moving Polygons (published maps) scores 72 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 Moving Polygons (published maps) MCP server expose?
Moving Polygons (published maps) exposes 2 tools: search_maps, get_public_map. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 219 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Moving Polygons (published maps) MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Moving Polygons (published maps) without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Moving Polygons (published maps) MCP server still maintained?
Moving Polygons (published maps) is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 24 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.