# ShipRate AU (remote · tools.profitpather.com)

Australian parcel rates from Australia Post retail and a commercial courier panel, in one call.

- Trust score: 60/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `tools.profitpather.com`: 60/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au/ship-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au/ship-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.1`

## 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 2026-10-18.

- **Endpoint Security**: 46/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 5 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1273 tokens (~254/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 10/100
  - Stability observed for 3 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.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the ShipRate AU MCP server?

ShipRate AU is a hosted endpoint at https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/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-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au 'https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au": {
      "url": "https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au]
url = "https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au --url 'https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au:
    url: "https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au -t streamable-http -u 'https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/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.

### 2026-10-18 (score 60, +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.

### 2026-10-16 (score 59, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-15 (score 58)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `quote_domestic_au` (~336 tokens)

Quote an Australian domestic parcel

Live shipping prices for a parcel sent WITHIN Australia, from two independent sources at once: Australia Post retail (PAC) and Easyship's pre-negotiated commercial courier panel. Returns every service with price, currency and transit time where available, cheapest first, plus a note on why the two sources are not directly comparable. Use when asked what it costs to send a parcel between Australian postcodes, or which courier is cheapest for a given weight and route.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Optional goods category, needed by Easyship. One of: accessory_no_battery, accessory_with_battery, audio_video, bags_luggages, books_collectibles, cameras, computers_laptops, documents, dry_food_supp…
- `from_postcode` (string, required): Origin Australian postcode, e.g. '3000'.
- `height_cm` (number): Optional. Defaults to 10.
- `length_cm` (number): Optional. Defaults to 30.
- `to_postcode` (string, required): Destination Australian postcode, e.g. '2000'.
- `value_aud` (number): Optional declared value in AUD. Defaults to 100. Does not affect domestic price, only insurance options.
- `weight_kg` (number, required): Parcel weight in kilograms. AusPost caps domestic parcels at 22kg.
- `width_cm` (number): Optional. Defaults to 22.

### `quote_international_from_au` (~363 tokens)

Quote a parcel sent from Australia overseas

Live shipping prices for a parcel sent FROM Australia to another country, from Australia Post retail (PAC) and, where it can quote, Easyship's commercial panel. Returns each service with price and currency. Use when asked what it costs to post something overseas from Australia. Note that AusPost international prices are retail and exclude any destination duty or tax, which the recipient pays.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Optional goods category for Easyship. One of: accessory_no_battery, accessory_with_battery, audio_video, bags_luggages, books_collectibles, cameras, computers_laptops, documents, dry_food_supplements…
- `country_code` (string, required): ISO-2 destination country code, e.g. 'US', 'GB', 'NZ', 'SG'.
- `from_postcode` (string): Optional origin Australian postcode, used for the Easyship leg. Defaults to '3000'.
- `hs_code` (string): Optional HS tariff code. More specific than category and matters for destination duty. Supplying this overrides category.
- `to_city` (string): Optional destination city. Some couriers will not quote without it.
- `to_postcode` (string): Optional destination postal code. Improves commercial-panel accuracy; ignored by AusPost.
- `to_state` (string): Optional destination state or province code.
- `value_aud` (number): Optional declared customs value in AUD. Defaults to 100.
- `weight_kg` (number, required): Parcel weight in kilograms. AusPost caps international parcels at 20kg.

### `list_goods_categories` (~68 tokens)

List the goods categories Easyship accepts

Returns the exact goods categories the commercial rate source will accept. These are a fixed list, not free text: plausible-sounding values like 'general' or 'others' are rejected outright. Call this if a quote came back with a category error, or to pick the closest match before quoting.

### `lookup_au_postcode` (~122 tokens)

Look up an Australian postcode or suburb

Resolve an Australian postcode to its suburbs and state, or a suburb name to its postcode. Works in both directions. Use it to validate an address before quoting, or when a suburb name is ambiguous because the same name exists in several states.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): An Australian postcode such as 3000, or a suburb name such as Carlton.
- `state` (string): Optional state filter: NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NT or ACT. Supply it when a suburb name exists in more than one state.

### `calculate_cubic_weight` (~145 tokens)

Work out the chargeable weight of a parcel

Carriers charge on whichever is greater, actual weight or cubic (volumetric) weight, so a light bulky parcel costs far more than its scale weight suggests. Give the dimensions and actual weight and this returns the cubic weight under each common convention and which weight you would be charged on. Use it before quoting so the weight you pass to a quote tool is the one that will actually be billed.

Input parameters:

- `height_cm` (number, required): Height in centimetres.
- `length_cm` (number, required): Longest side in centimetres.
- `weight_kg` (number, required): Actual weight on the scales, in kilograms.
- `width_cm` (number, required): Width in centimetres.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au/ship-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 60
- 2026-10-17: 59
- 2026-10-16: 59
- 2026-10-15: 58

## Common questions

### What is the ShipRate AU MCP server?

ShipRate AU is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.profitpather.tools/shiprate-au. Australian parcel rates from Australia Post retail and a commercial courier panel, in one call. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp).

### Is the ShipRate AU MCP server safe to use?

ShipRate AU scores 60 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 ShipRate AU MCP server expose?

ShipRate AU exposes 5 tools: quote_domestic_au, quote_international_from_au, list_goods_categories, lookup_au_postcode, calculate_cubic_weight. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,034 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ShipRate AU MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the ShipRate AU MCP server still maintained?

ShipRate AU is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 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://tools.profitpather.com/ship/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/profitpather/profitpather-tools
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au/ship-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au/ship-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-profitpather-tools-shiprate-au/ship-mcp