# Shipshape Data (remote · shipshapedata.com)

Services, case studies, 169 data and AI guides, and AI readiness scoring. Read-only, keyless.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-22

## Components

- remote · `shipshapedata.com`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data/shipshapedata.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data/shipshapedata)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://shipshapedata.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 2026-09-22.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 560 tokens (~93/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 83/100
  - Stability observed for 25 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 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Shipshape Data MCP server?

Shipshape Data is a hosted endpoint at https://shipshapedata.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-shipshapedata-shipshape-data 'https://shipshapedata.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data": {
      "url": "https://shipshapedata.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shipshapedata.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data]
url = "https://shipshapedata.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://shipshapedata.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data --url 'https://shipshapedata.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data:
    url: "https://shipshapedata.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://shipshapedata.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data -t streamable-http -u 'https://shipshapedata.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shipshapedata.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.

### 2026-09-21 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-19 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-09-13 (score 78, +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.

### 2026-09-11 (score 77, +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.

### 2026-09-08 (score 76, +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.

### 2026-09-06 (score 75, +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.

## MCP tools (6)

### `list_services` (~83 tokens)

List the 13 services of Shipshape Data (a London AI consultancy): AI strategy, data consultancy, AI development, data migration, and nine specialisms including MCP connections and RAG. Returns names, descriptions, and page URLs.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string): Optional: return just this service, e.g. "ai-strategy" or "mcp-connections"

### `get_case_studies` (~87 tokens)

The three published case studies with real, verifiable outcomes: Smarter Services (1.5 days of admin freed weekly), 1NCE (multilingual AI support assistant), Slimstock (AI chat on their own content).

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string): Optional: return just this case study; one of "smarter-services", "1nce", "slimstock"

### `search_resources` (~102 tokens)

Search Shipshape Data's library of 169 practical guides on data and AI. Each result includes the questions the guide answers and its URL (every page also serves a markdown twin at URL + index.md).

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Optional category filter; one of the names from resource categories
- `limit` (integer): Max results, default 5
- `query` (string, required): Search terms, e.g. "data lineage" or "RAG architecture"

### `get_ai_readiness_questions` (~66 tokens)

The 16-question AI readiness assessment (four areas: strategy, people, data, change; 15 questions scored). Ask the user each question, then call score_ai_readiness with the answers.

Input parameters:

- `section` (string): Optional: return just one section's questions

### `score_ai_readiness` (~94 tokens)

Score AI readiness answers with the same maths as shipshapedata.com/ai-readiness: returns a 0-100 score, one of five maturity bands with guidance, per-area averages, and the weakest area with advice.

Input parameters:

- `answers` (array, required): Either 16 option indices (0-4, all questions in order) or 15 point values (1-5, scored questions only, in order)

### `get_contact_info` (~41 tokens)

How to contact the Shipshape Data team on a user's behalf (email; a person replies, usually within one working day). This server has no write tools.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-22: 82
- 2026-09-21: 82
- 2026-09-20: 81
- 2026-09-19: 81
- 2026-09-18: 80
- 2026-09-17: 80
- 2026-09-16: 79
- 2026-09-15: 79
- 2026-09-14: 78
- 2026-09-13: 78
- 2026-09-12: 77
- 2026-09-11: 77
- 2026-09-10: 76
- 2026-09-09: 76
- 2026-09-08: 76
- 2026-09-07: 75
- 2026-09-06: 75
- 2026-09-05: 74
- 2026-09-04: 74
- 2026-09-03: 73
- 2026-09-02: 73
- 2026-09-01: 72
- 2026-08-31: 72
- 2026-08-30: 71
- 2026-08-29: 71
- 2026-08-28: 60

## Common questions

### What is the Shipshape Data MCP server?

Shipshape Data is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.shipshapedata/shipshape-data. Services, case studies, 169 data and AI guides, and AI readiness scoring. Read-only, keyless. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://shipshapedata.com/mcp).

### Is the Shipshape Data MCP server safe to use?

Shipshape Data 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 Shipshape Data MCP server expose?

Shipshape Data exposes 6 tools: list_services, get_case_studies, search_resources, get_ai_readiness_questions, score_ai_readiness, get_contact_info. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 473 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Shipshape Data MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Shipshape Data MCP server still maintained?

Shipshape Data is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 22 September 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://shipshapedata.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/shipshapedata/agent-tools
- Website: https://shipshapedata.com/developers/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data/shipshapedata.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data/shipshapedata.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-shipshapedata-shipshape-data/shipshapedata