Near Fine
REMOTE · NEARFINE.COM
Search booksellers worldwide for any book, new or used, and set alerts for copies not listed yet.
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Last scanned (6 hours ago)
Scores higher than 43% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category E-commerce
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 Security46
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (cancel_alert). See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement. View diagnostics → Unverified
- 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 Usability59
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1741 tokens (~348/item across 5 items; 5 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 Management27
- Stability observed for 8 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
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (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 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 4 Nov 26 0
- Tool “search_books” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Schema quality: 308 → 348 ▼ functional
- 2 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.
- 31 Oct 26 +1
- Tool “list_alerts” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “search_books” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “set_alert” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- 29 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 28 Oct 26 57
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://nearfine.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=nearfine.com | CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 26 Oct 2026 | 24 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5d16c36844ef0b4fba9514747f26b0da5b7 |
| SANs: *.nearfine.com, nearfine.com | ||||||
| CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115 |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of nearfine.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| nearfine.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 |
|---|---|
| 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://nearfine.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://nearfine.com/mcp | Inconclusive | 405 |
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 →
cancel_alert Cancel an alert ~68
Cancel one of the person's alerts on Near Fine by its id, from list_alerts or set_alert, deleting it as its Delete button on Near Fine does. The first time, they sign in. Returns the cancelled alert and the person's plan.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | The alert’s id |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_alerts List alerts ~191
List the person's alerts on Near Fine. The first time, they sign in. Finds come first, then alerts being checked, then the rest, newest first. Each has its id, query, country, status, when it was set, last checked and runs until, a link to it on Near Fine, how many times it has emailed a find and when it last did, and, once it has found a listing, the cheapest it last found: its title, seller, condition, price and shipping in the person's currency, and the URL to buy it. Statuses: pending (noting what's listed already), live (watching, as a Pro alert stays after a find), found (emailed a find and stopped), ended (the person got the book or stopped it), expired (ran its six months) and paused (the plan has room for fewer alerts). Also returns the person's plan.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_sources List sources ~62
List the bookseller catalogs Near Fine searches, each with the countries it serves. Pass a country to see only the sources that serve buyers there.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | – | Only list sources serving buyers in this country (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_books Search books ~998
Search for a book across every bookseller Near Fine covers for the buyer's country (AbeBooks and eBay sites everywhere, plus World of Books, ThriftBooks, Better World Books, Books-A-Million, TextbookX, Casa del Libro, Hugendubel, Lehmanns, buch7, preigu, Booklooker, Leslibraires.fr, Eyrolles, Rarewaves, Ex Libris, Libreria Casagrande, Librairie Mollat, Boekwinkeltjes.nl, Standaard Boekhandel, Managementboek, Bookmatch.nl, Evenaar, Dubray Books, Malliaris-Paideia, Book Odyssey, Indigo, Archambault, Librairie Paragraphe, Munro's Books, Pulp Fiction Books, Bolen Books, Book City, Elliott Bay Book Company, Books Are Magic, Porchlight Book Company, Kinokuniya, Daunt Books, Paper Cavalier, Lets Buy Books, Bookshop.org, LoveReading, BookKind, Goldsboro Books, The Broken Binding, Golden Hare Books, Archway Bookshop, Shelter, Shapero Rare Books, Henry Sotheran's, The Bookshop in Wigtown, Chapters Bookstore, Harry Hartog, Book Grocer, Whitcoulls, Bokkilden, Bog & idé, Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, Booky.fi, Campusbokhandeln, Sellpy, Raamatukoi, Zvaigzne ABC, Bookbot, Świat Książki, Matras, Luxor, Kosmas, Trh knih, Bookline, Antikvarium.hu, Ciela, EMKA, Tzomet Sfarim, IBS, Libraccio, Giunti al Punto, Agapea, Popular Libros, Laie, Label Emmaüs, Gandhi, Porrúa, Gonvill, Livraria da Travessa, Martins Fontes, Companhia das Letras, Librería de la U, Ibero Librerías, Contrapunto, Eterna Cadencia, Escaramuza, Maruzen Junkudo, BookOff, NetOff, Kyobo, Yes24, TAAZE, San Min, Book Outlet, Livrenpoche, Buybook, Exclusive Books, Readers Warehouse, Wordsworth Books, Graffiti Books, Loot.co.za, Popular, MPH, BookXcess, National Book Store, Fully Booked, Bookazine, Atlantic Books, Kitabay, Liberty Books, Tecni-Ciencia, Librairie Club, Books Upstairs, Nexus, Czytam.pl, Americanas, Livrarias Curitiba, Kel Ediciones and SBS Librerías where they ship, and Apple Books ebooks and audiobooks; shops' ebooks and audiobook downloads only in their own country). Pass an ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 for an exact editio…
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | – | Country the buyer is in, as an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code such as US, GB or DE. Defaults to US. |
| query | string | yes | ISBN-10, ISBN-13 (hyphens and spaces allowed) or title and author keywords, optionally with a price cap and attributes such as "first edition under $40" |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
set_alert Set an alert ~258
Set an alert on a search for the person. The first time, they sign in to Near Fine. Near Fine checks the alert for six months and emails them when a new listing turns up with everything the query asks for, such as a first edition, a signed copy or a price cap. On the Pro plan the alert keeps watching after a find and emails again when newer listings turn up; on other plans it stops after one email. The query reads as search_books reads it. Listings there already never count: the alert stays pending until its first check has noted them. Setting an alert that's already set keeps it as it is. Returns the alert, with its status and its link on Near Fine, and the person's plan: how many alerts it allows, how many are in use and how often each is checked. A full plan comes back as an error; paid plans, at plans_url, have more.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | yes | Country the book has to reach, as an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code such as US, GB or DE |
| query | string | yes | ISBN or title and author keywords, with anything the person wants beyond the book, as in "wolf hall signed first edition under £200" |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Near Fine MCP server?
Near Fine is a hosted endpoint at https://nearfine.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 · nearfine.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-nearfine-books 'https://nearfine.com/mcp'
What is the Near Fine MCP server?
Near Fine is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.nearfine/books. Search booksellers worldwide for any book, new or used, and set alerts for copies not listed yet. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://nearfine.com/mcp).
Is the Near Fine MCP server safe to use?
Near Fine scores 61 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 Near Fine MCP server expose?
Near Fine exposes 5 tools: search_books, list_sources, set_alert, list_alerts, cancel_alert. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,577 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Near Fine MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Near Fine without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Near Fine MCP server still maintained?
Near Fine 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.