# com.smklog/parcel-quotes (remote · quote-api.smklog.com)

Live USPS, UPS and FedEx rates for a US parcel described in plain words. No scale needed.

- Trust score: 56/100 (low)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `quote-api.smklog.com`: 56/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smklog-parcel-quotes/quote-api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smklog-parcel-quotes/quote-api)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://quote-api.smklog.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 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 49/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 2 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS not yet verified: we couldn't determine whether a plaintext access path exists.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 55/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 491 tokens (~245/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**: 20/100
  - Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 90/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 69% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-smklog-parcel-quotes https://quote-api.smklog.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-smklog-parcel-quotes]
url = "https://quote-api.smklog.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-smklog-parcel-quotes": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://quote-api.smklog.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-smklog-parcel-quotes --url https://quote-api.smklog.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-smklog-parcel-quotes:
    url: "https://quote-api.smklog.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-smklog-parcel-quotes": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://quote-api.smklog.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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 56, +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.

### 2026-08-01 (score 55, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-31 (score 55, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-29 (score 55, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-07-28 (score 55)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `get_parcel_quote` (~234 tokens)

Get live US parcel shipping rates

Price one US-domestic parcel across USPS, UPS and FedEx. Describe the item in plain words and the packed box size and weight are estimated; give exact dimensions and weight to skip the estimate. Returns up to five purchasable services with the checkout total, the carrier cost beneath it and the SMKlog fee stated separately. Oversized, palletized or crated shipments come back routed to a human review instead of a price. Labels are bought on smklog.com, not through this tool.

Input parameters:

- `from_zip` (string, required): Origin 5-digit US ZIP
- `height_in` (number)
- `length_in` (number): Packed box length in inches. Supply all three dimensions AND weight_lb to skip the estimate.
- `product` (string, required): Plain-words item description, e.g. "65 inch flat screen TV in original box"
- `quantity` (integer)
- `to_zip` (string, required): Destination 5-digit US ZIP
- `weight_lb` (number): Packed weight in pounds. Optional; estimated from the description when omitted.
- `width_in` (number)

### `create_checkout_link` (~161 tokens)

Create a payment session for a parcel label

Prices the shipment live and returns a payment session: the amount, and a handoff URL that opens the SMKlog checkout prefilled with this shipment. The human confirms the contents certification and the carrier-adjustment consent there and pays on Stripe hosted checkout. This tool never charges anything itself — MPP intent "session", not "charge".

Input parameters:

- `from_zip` (string, required): Origin 5-digit US ZIP
- `product` (string, required): Plain-words item description
- `quantity` (integer)
- `service` (string): Optional service to anchor the amount, e.g. "USPS Ground Advantage". Cheapest when omitted; the human can still pick any service on the page.
- `to_zip` (string, required): Destination 5-digit US ZIP

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smklog-parcel-quotes/quote-api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 56
- 2026-08-02: 55
- 2026-08-01: 55
- 2026-07-31: 55
- 2026-07-29: 55
- 2026-07-28: 55

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://quote-api.smklog.com/mcp
- Website: https://smklog.com/api
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smklog-parcel-quotes/quote-api/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smklog-parcel-quotes/quote-api/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smklog-parcel-quotes/quote-api