# Smallfire Lab public-records checks (remote · mcp.smallfirelab.com)

Free read-only lookups of Oregon contractor licenses and FDA food recalls for AI agents. No key.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.smallfirelab.com`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smallfirelab-public-records/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smallfirelab-public-records/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.smallfirelab.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**: 69/100
  - 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 enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - 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**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 518 tokens (~259/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability observed for 4 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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 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 Smallfire Lab public-records checks MCP server?

Smallfire Lab public-records checks is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.smallfirelab.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-smallfirelab-public-records 'https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-smallfirelab-public-records": {
      "url": "https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-smallfirelab-public-records": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-smallfirelab-public-records]
url = "https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-smallfirelab-public-records": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-smallfirelab-public-records --url 'https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-smallfirelab-public-records:
    url: "https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-smallfirelab-public-records": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-smallfirelab-public-records -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-smallfirelab-public-records": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.smallfirelab.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 70, +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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 69, +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.

### 2026-11-02 (score 68, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-01 (score 68)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `oregon_license_check` (~230 tokens)

Oregon contractor license check

Look up Oregon Construction Contractors Board (CCB) licenses by license number or business name in the state's public "CCB Active Licenses" dataset on data.oregon.gov. For each match returns the business name, city, endorsements, and the expiry dates of the license, the bond and the liability insurance on file (with company and amount), days left counted from today in Oregon, and a status: expired, due (within 30 days) or ok. Not found means not on the active list today: the license may be inactive, expired or suspended, or the number or spelling may differ. Does not show complaints or discipline history and does not check what a policy covers. Oregon only. The CCB's own records (https://search.ccb.state.or.us/search/) are the official source.

Input parameters:

- `queries` (array, required): CCB license numbers (e.g. "123456") or business names (at least 3 characters), one per item. Up to 20 items, of which up to 5 business names. A name returns up to 10 matching businesses.

### `fda_recall_check` (~166 tokens)

FDA food recall check

Find FDA food recall (enforcement) reports whose recalling firm matches a supplier or manufacturer name, in openFDA's food/enforcement data (FDA Enforcement Reports published since 2012). Words like Inc, LLC and Co are ignored; every remaining word must appear in the firm name. For each name returns the total number of matching reports and the 10 most recent: firm, location, product, reason, classification, status, dates and recall number. A match on name alone may be a different firm with a similar name, and no match does not mean a firm or product is safe. Covers FDA-regulated food only (not meat or poultry, which USDA handles).

Input parameters:

- `names` (array, required): Supplier or manufacturer names, one per item, up to 10.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smallfirelab-public-records/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 70
- 2026-11-04: 69
- 2026-11-03: 69
- 2026-11-02: 68
- 2026-11-01: 68

## Common questions

### What is the Smallfire Lab public-records checks MCP server?

Smallfire Lab public-records checks is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.smallfirelab/public-records. Free read-only lookups of Oregon contractor licenses and FDA food recalls for AI agents. No key. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp).

### Is the Smallfire Lab public-records checks MCP server safe to use?

Smallfire Lab public-records checks scores 70 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 Smallfire Lab public-records checks MCP server expose?

Smallfire Lab public-records checks exposes 2 tools: oregon_license_check, fda_recall_check. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 396 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Smallfire Lab public-records checks MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Smallfire Lab public-records checks without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Smallfire Lab public-records checks MCP server still maintained?

Smallfire Lab public-records checks 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.smallfirelab.com/mcp
- Website: https://smallfirelab.com/tools/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smallfirelab-public-records/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smallfirelab-public-records/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smallfirelab-public-records/mcp