Refapp Help
REMOTE · HELP-MCP.REFAPP.COM
Answers how Refapp works from its help center, with article links. No sign-in, no customer data.
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Last scanned (54 minutes ago)
Scores higher than 62% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 24 Oct 2026.
Category Education and Research
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 Security74
- 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
- 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 Usability76
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 445 tokens (~111/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management10
- Stability observed for 3 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 5 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.
- 24 Oct 26 0
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Tool coverage: 80% → 67% ▼ functional
- Schema quality: 337 → 445 ▼ functional
- New tool “explain_concept” functional
- 23 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 22 Oct 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 21 Oct 26 71
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://help-mcp.refapp.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=*.refapp.com | CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M04,O=Amazon,C=US | 19 Oct 2026 | 4 May 2027 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | a8c1d2737458af089150a1618c778c4 |
| SANs: *.refapp.com | ||||||
| CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M04,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) | CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US | 23 Aug 2022 | 23 Aug 2030 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 773124f2a952e3ed18a58bdb85d1bc0ce5f27 |
| CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) | CN=Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2,O=Starfield Technologies\, Inc.,L=Scottsdale,ST=Arizona,C=US | 25 May 2015 | 31 Dec 2037 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 67f944a2a27cdf3fac2ae2b01f908eeb9c4c6 |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of help-mcp.refapp.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| refapp.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 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://help-mcp.refapp.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://help-mcp.refapp.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://help-mcp.refapp.com:443/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 →
explain_concept Explain a Refapp concept ~94
Explains what a basic Refapp concept is, such as a project, candidate, referee, questionnaire, report or project template. Accepts the name in any of Refapp's languages (e.g. "Kandidat", "Prosjektmal") or a short question that names it. Returns the name in each language and what it means; when nothing matches, lists the known concepts.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| term | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
explain_status Explain a Refapp status ~92
Explain a status shown in Refapp for a candidate, project or background check. Accepts the status as shown in the app in any of Refapp's languages (e.g. "Försenade", "Review needed") or its internal name (e.g. "overdue"). Returns the label in every language and what it means; when nothing matches, lists the known statuses.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| status | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_help_article Read a Refapp help article ~48
Returns one article from Refapp's help center as plain text, with its links. Accepts support.refapp.com knowledge-base links only.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | yes | The article's link |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_help Search Refapp help ~128
Searches Refapp's help center (support.refapp.com) for articles on how to use Refapp, such as sending reminders to references, project settings or background checks. Returns the best matching articles with title, link, language and a short excerpt. When no article exists in the requested language, articles in other languages are returned.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| language | string | – | Language of the question: sv, en, no (Norwegian) or da |
| limit | integer | – | Maximum articles, default 5 |
| query | string | yes | A few keywords from the question, in the user's language |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Refapp Help MCP server?
Refapp Help is a hosted endpoint at https://help-mcp.refapp.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 · help-mcp.refapp.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-refapp-help 'https://help-mcp.refapp.com/mcp'
What is the Refapp Help MCP server?
Refapp Help is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.refapp/help. Answers how Refapp works from its help center, with article links. No sign-in, no customer data. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://help-mcp.refapp.com/mcp).
Is the Refapp Help MCP server safe to use?
Refapp Help 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 Refapp Help MCP server expose?
Refapp Help exposes 4 tools: search_help, get_help_article, explain_status, explain_concept. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 362 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Refapp Help MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Refapp Help without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Refapp Help MCP server still maintained?
Refapp Help 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.