# OpenBait lookalike domains (remote · openbait.com)

Find lookalike domains of a brand's website and see which resolve and what they show.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `openbait.com`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-openbait-lookalike-domains/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-openbait-lookalike-domains/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://openbait.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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**: 83/100
  - 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 is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 83/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 164 tokens (~164/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 40/100
  - Stability observed for 12 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 1 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the OpenBait lookalike domains MCP server?

OpenBait lookalike domains is a hosted endpoint at https://openbait.com/api/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-openbait-lookalike-domains 'https://openbait.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-openbait-lookalike-domains": {
      "url": "https://openbait.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-openbait-lookalike-domains": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openbait.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-openbait-lookalike-domains]
url = "https://openbait.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-openbait-lookalike-domains": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://openbait.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-openbait-lookalike-domains --url 'https://openbait.com/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-openbait-lookalike-domains:
    url: "https://openbait.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-openbait-lookalike-domains": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://openbait.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-openbait-lookalike-domains -t streamable-http -u 'https://openbait.com/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-openbait-lookalike-domains": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openbait.com/api/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 82, +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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 81, +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.

### 2026-11-01 (score 80, +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.

### 2026-10-31 (score 79, 0)

- [security] Tool “check_lookalike_domains” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 121 → 164

### 2026-10-29 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-10-27 (score 78, +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.

### 2026-10-25 (score 77, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-24 (score 76)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `check_lookalike_domains` (~164 tokens)

Check lookalike domains

Find lookalike domains of a brand's website: the brand's name with common words such as login or pay, on the domain's own ending (or on .com for endings like .co.jp), and, for most longer brand names, .shop names of the kind copied stores use. Checks which of them resolve in DNS and what their front page shows (a page using the brand's name, a redirect to the brand's own site, another live site, or nothing). It does not try misspellings or look-alike characters. Read-only. Same check as https://openbait.com/tools/typosquat-check.

Input parameters:

- `domain` (string, required): the brand's website, e.g. example.com or https://www.example.com

Output parameters:

- `domain` (string): the registrable domain that was checked
- `lookalikes` (null|array)
- `resultUrl` (string): the same result on openbait.com
- `summary` (object)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-openbait-lookalike-domains/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79
- 2026-10-28: 78
- 2026-10-27: 78
- 2026-10-26: 77
- 2026-10-25: 77
- 2026-10-24: 76

## Common questions

### What is the OpenBait lookalike domains MCP server?

OpenBait lookalike domains is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.openbait/lookalike-domains. Find lookalike domains of a brand's website and see which resolve and what they show. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://openbait.com/api/mcp).

### Is the OpenBait lookalike domains MCP server safe to use?

OpenBait lookalike domains scores 82 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 OpenBait lookalike domains MCP server expose?

OpenBait lookalike domains exposes 1 tool: check_lookalike_domains. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 164 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the OpenBait lookalike domains MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the OpenBait lookalike domains MCP server still maintained?

OpenBait lookalike domains 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://openbait.com/api/mcp
- Website: https://openbait.com/tools/typosquat-check
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-openbait-lookalike-domains/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-openbait-lookalike-domains/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-openbait-lookalike-domains/api-mcp