# Rolston Paul field notes (remote · rolstonpaul.com)

Read-only search and reading of the field notes on rolstonpaul.com, quoted word for word with URLs.

- Trust score: 80/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `rolstonpaul.com`: 80/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-rolstonpaul-field-notes/rolstonpaul.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-rolstonpaul-field-notes/rolstonpaul)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://rolstonpaul.com/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. 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.
  - 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**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 397 tokens (~79/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 43/100
  - Stability observed for 13 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 92/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 75% 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 current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Rolston Paul field notes MCP server?

Rolston Paul field notes is a hosted endpoint at https://rolstonpaul.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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-rolstonpaul-field-notes 'https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-rolstonpaul-field-notes": {
      "url": "https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-rolstonpaul-field-notes": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-rolstonpaul-field-notes]
url = "https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-rolstonpaul-field-notes": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-rolstonpaul-field-notes --url 'https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-rolstonpaul-field-notes:
    url: "https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-rolstonpaul-field-notes": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-rolstonpaul-field-notes -t streamable-http -u 'https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-rolstonpaul-field-notes": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://rolstonpaul.com/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 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 77, +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.

### 2026-10-27 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 74, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-23 (score 74)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_notes` (~107 tokens)

Search the field notes

Find the published passages that answer a question. Returns the best passage quoted word for word (when one answers it), the notes that cover the question, and passages close in meaning, each with its URL. Give note to search inside one note.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Most notes to list.
- `note` (string): The note's slug, the last part of its URL: /writing/<slug>
- `query` (string, required): The question or search words, in plain language.

### `get_note` (~56 tokens)

Read a field note

Return one field note in full as Markdown (title, date, topic, every section and its FAQ), exactly as published.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): The note's slug, the last part of its URL: /writing/<slug>

### `related_notes` (~54 tokens)

Notes related to a note

List the notes closest in meaning to a given note, with their published descriptions.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `slug` (string, required): The note's slug, the last part of its URL: /writing/<slug>

### `latest_notes` (~43 tokens)

Latest field notes

List the most recently published notes, newest first, optionally within one topic.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `topic` (string): A topic slug from list_topics.

### `list_topics` (~28 tokens)

Topic guides

List the topic guides, each with its published description, premise and the slugs of its notes.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-rolstonpaul-field-notes/rolstonpaul#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 80
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 79
- 2026-11-02: 78
- 2026-11-01: 78
- 2026-10-31: 77
- 2026-10-30: 77
- 2026-10-29: 77
- 2026-10-28: 76
- 2026-10-27: 76
- 2026-10-26: 75
- 2026-10-25: 75
- 2026-10-24: 74
- 2026-10-23: 74

## Common questions

### What is the Rolston Paul field notes MCP server?

Rolston Paul field notes is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.rolstonpaul/field-notes. Read-only search and reading of the field notes on rolstonpaul.com, quoted word for word with URLs. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp).

### Is the Rolston Paul field notes MCP server safe to use?

Rolston Paul field notes scores 80 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 Rolston Paul field notes MCP server expose?

Rolston Paul field notes exposes 5 tools: search_notes, get_note, related_notes, latest_notes, list_topics. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 288 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Rolston Paul field notes MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Rolston Paul field notes without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Rolston Paul field notes MCP server still maintained?

Rolston Paul field notes 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 Rolston Paul field notes MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on Rolston Paul field notes, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://rolstonpaul.com/mcp
- Website: https://rolstonpaul.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-rolstonpaul-field-notes/rolstonpaul.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-rolstonpaul-field-notes/rolstonpaul/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-rolstonpaul-field-notes/rolstonpaul.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-rolstonpaul-field-notes/rolstonpaul