Niels Langereis
REMOTE · NIELSLANGEREIS.COM
Essays, an enterprise AI map and a skill-matrix gap analysis on AI adoption and junior formation.
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Last scanned (17 hours ago)
Scores higher than 69% 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 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. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation. 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 Usability45
- 0% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Fail
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1027 tokens (~128/item across 8 items; 6 tools + 2 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 Management67
- Stability observed for 20 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 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 8 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
- Supports UI / widget rendering.Pass
Checks we ran (14)
- TLS certificate
- Authorization
- HTTPS
- HSTS header
- DNSSEC
- Transport
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
- Capabilities
Does not apply to this hosted endpoint (2)
- Supply Chain SecurityScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
- Provenance & TransparencyScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
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.
- 3 Nov 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.
- 1 Nov 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.
- 30 Oct 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.
- 28 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 26 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 24 Oct 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.
- 22 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 19 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.
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://nielslangereis.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=nielslangereis.com | CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 28 Sept 2026 | 27 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 6ae28e6ef9add211b58930c86de585267a4 |
| SANs: *.nielslangereis.com, *.nielslangereis.nl, nielslangereis.com, nielslangereis.nl | ||||||
| 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 nielslangereis.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Trust anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | DS published | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| nielslangereis.com. | No DS | 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=31536000 |
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://nielslangereis.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://nielslangereis.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://nielslangereis.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 →
about_niels About Niels Langereis ~101
Who Niels Langereis is and how to work with him: what he does and for whom, how he works, his background, his talks and speaking, and how to get in touch. Use when someone asks whether he could help them, wants to hire or book him, or wants his background. Contact is by email or the site's contact form; this server does not send messages.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| topic | string | – | What to return. Default overview. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_enterprise_ai_map Enterprise AI map ~259
Niels Langereis's enterprise AI map: 24 illustrative AI agents across ten business functions (strategy, product, design, marketing, sales, customer success, operations, people, finance, data and IT), each with its rollout phase, what it optimises for and the trade-off it creates for other functions; plus the coordination layer, the bench and the external renderers that decide whether faster work becomes a better organisation. Use it to reason about someone's own AI rollout. detail='summary' returns only the skeleton (functions, agents, phases and trade-offs, plus one line per remaining part), which is enough for most reasoning; detail='full' (default) adds the complete prose on coordination, the bench and the renderers. Optionally filter by function or phase. Shows an interactive map where the client supports it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| detail | string | – | summary: functions, agents and trade-offs only. full (default): also the prose on coordination, the bench and the renderers. |
| function | string | – | Optional: focus on one function, e.g. 'Marketing and growth', 'Finance'. |
| phase | string | – | Optional: p1 co-pilots, p2 brains, p3 autonomous agents. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_essay Read one essay in full ~71
Get the full text of one essay by Niels Langereis, as Markdown, with its date, site link and the original LinkedIn link. Use the id from search_essays, or a title.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Essay id (from search_essays) or its title |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_skill_matrix_method Skill-matrix gap analysis: the method ~81
Explains Niels Langereis's skill-matrix gap analysis: a competency matrix run for formation rather than efficiency, to find where AI has removed the work that used to turn juniors into seniors. Includes the status rule, how to read it, a worked example and credits. Use before run_skill_matrix if the user wants to understand the method first.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
run_skill_matrix Run the skill-matrix gap analysis ~249
Runs Niels Langereis's skill-matrix gap analysis for one role and shows it as an interactive matrix the user can edit (who does the work now, bench depth, formation actions). Draft 6 to 10 competencies for the user's role yourself from what you know about it, spanning routine work AI can now do with senior oversight, work AI already runs autonomously, and judgement work that needs a human. Set bench (how many people can do it at the strategic level) from what the user told you; if unknown, use 1 and say it is an estimate they should correct. Omit competencies to show the generic analyst example. The result flags 'At risk' (human work, one person deep), 'Thin' (two deep) and 'Reps gone' (AI runs it autonomously, so the formation that used to happen in reviewing it has gone too: ask where juniors get those reps now). After the user edits, their current matrix arrives in your context.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| competencies | array | – | The competencies for this role. |
| role | string | – | The role being analysed, e.g. 'Marketing manager at a 200-person B2B firm'. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_essays Search Niels Langereis's essays ~114
Search the essays of Niels Langereis on AI adoption, organisational change, the politics of AI, junior formation and judgement, brand and AI agents, boards and governance. Returns titles, dates, summaries, a matching snippet and links. Leave query empty to list all essays, newest first. Follow up with get_essay for the full text before quoting him.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | – | Topic or question, e.g. 'who owns AI decisions', 'brand lock-in by AI agents'. Empty lists everything. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Niels Langereis MCP server?
Niels Langereis is a hosted endpoint at https://nielslangereis.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 · nielslangereis.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-nielslangereis-thinking 'https://nielslangereis.com/mcp'
What is the Niels Langereis MCP server?
Niels Langereis is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.nielslangereis/thinking. Essays, an enterprise AI map and a skill-matrix gap analysis on AI adoption and junior formation. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://nielslangereis.com/mcp).
Is the Niels Langereis MCP server safe to use?
Niels Langereis scores 77 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 Niels Langereis MCP server expose?
Niels Langereis exposes 6 tools: search_essays, get_essay, get_enterprise_ai_map, get_skill_matrix_method, run_skill_matrix, about_niels. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 875 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Niels Langereis MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Niels Langereis without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Niels Langereis MCP server still maintained?
Niels Langereis 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.
What did VerifyMCP test on the Niels Langereis MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 14 checks on Niels Langereis, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 10 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.