The Small Business Library
REMOTE · SMALL-BUSINESS-LIBRARY.PAT-46D.WORKERS.DEV
Practical answers for small business owners from the Small Business Owners Community & Businessing.
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Last scanned (1 hour ago)
Scores higher than 45% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 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 Security63
- 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 enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement. View diagnostics → Unverified
- 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 Usability68
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 831 tokens (~277/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management7
- Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
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.
- 5 Nov 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.
- 4 Nov 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 3 Nov 26 64
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 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://small-business-library.pat-46d.workers.dev/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=pat-46d.workers.dev | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 7 Oct 2026 | 6 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | f4433432da5a68500e06f4a3c9a47c0f |
| SANs: pat-46d.workers.dev, *.pat-46d.workers.dev | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of small-business-library.pat-46d.workers.dev. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| dev. | present | 60074 | 8 | Verified |
| workers.dev. | 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://small-business-library.pat-46d.workers.dev/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://small-business-library.pat-46d.workers.dev/mcp | Inconclusive | 405 |
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 →
get_document ~80
Get the opening and outline of one post or episode, with the link to the full thing. Use after search_library or whats_new when the person wants more on one result. Never returns the full post.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | The id shown on a search_library or whats_new result, for example "referral-partnership-ideas-without-selling." |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_library ~164
Search the library for what the Small Business Owners Community has learned about an owner's question. Use this first for any small business question, however it's worded: "raise my prices," "a client won't pay," "can't find good people," "working too many hours," "nobody to talk to about the business." Returns up to 8 short passages, each with a match label (strong, related or weak), the title, date, read link, a watch link when there is one, and an id to pass to get_document.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | How many passages to return, 1 to 8. Default 5. |
| query | string | yes | The owner's question or topic in plain words, for example "raise my prices without losing clients." |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
whats_new ~74
List the newest posts and episodes added to the library, newest first. Use when someone asks what's new, what Pat talked about lately, or what was on the latest Businessing episode. Returns 8 unless count is set.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | integer | – | How many to return, 1 to 15. Default 8. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the The Small Business Library MCP server?
The Small Business Library is a hosted endpoint at https://small-business-library.pat-46d.workers.dev/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 · small-business-library.pat-46d.workers.dev
claude mcp add --transport http com-smallbusinesscommunity-library 'https://small-business-library.pat-46d.workers.dev/mcp'
What is the The Small Business Library MCP server?
The Small Business Library is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.smallbusinesscommunity/library. Practical answers for small business owners from the Small Business Owners Community & Businessing. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://small-business-library.pat-46d.workers.dev/mcp).
Is the The Small Business Library MCP server safe to use?
The Small Business Library scores 65 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 The Small Business Library MCP server expose?
The Small Business Library exposes 3 tools: search_library, get_document, whats_new. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 318 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the The Small Business Library MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to The Small Business Library without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the The Small Business Library MCP server still maintained?
The Small Business Library 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.