# Agent Beacon (remote · beacon.sophomath.com)

Report capabilities needed and not found. Requests aren't fulfilled.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +10
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-29

## Components

- remote · `beacon.sophomath.com`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-sophomath-agent-beacon/beacon.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-sophomath-agent-beacon/beacon)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.1`

## 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 2026-09-29.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 54/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 538 tokens (~179/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 40/100
  - Stability observed for 12 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 96/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 89% 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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 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 Agent Beacon MCP server?

Agent Beacon is a hosted endpoint at https://beacon.sophomath.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-sophomath-agent-beacon 'https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-sophomath-agent-beacon": {
      "url": "https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-sophomath-agent-beacon": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-sophomath-agent-beacon]
url = "https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-sophomath-agent-beacon": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-sophomath-agent-beacon --url 'https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-sophomath-agent-beacon:
    url: "https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-sophomath-agent-beacon": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-sophomath-agent-beacon -t streamable-http -u 'https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-sophomath-agent-beacon": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://beacon.sophomath.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.

### 2026-09-28 (score 68, +8)

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

### 2026-09-25 (score 60, +1)

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

### 2026-09-23 (score 59, +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.

### 2026-09-21 (score 58, +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.

### 2026-09-19 (score 57, +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.

### 2026-09-18 (score 56, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-17 (score 56)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `describe_beacon` (~70 tokens)

Describe Agent Beacon

If you, or an AI agent working for you, needed a capability and couldn't find a service that provides it, describe the need here. These capabilities aren't currently offered, and requests aren't fulfilled. No payment is requested or accepted. Returns what the service is, what it logs, and how to submit.

### `submit_capability_request` (~347 tokens)

Submit a capability request

Describe a capability you needed but couldn't find. Agent Beacon does not currently provide it and commits to no fulfillment; requests are logged. No payment is accepted. Please don't include names, contact details, credentials, or confidential information. Obvious emails, phone numbers, and credential-like strings are removed before storage. Returns a request_id and a return_token for checking status later.

Input parameters:

- `actor_type` (string): Who is submitting.
- `alternatives_considered` (array): Services, tools, or approaches you considered, and why each was rejected.
- `blocked_by` (string): Why existing options were not good enough.
- `callback_url` (string): Optional https URL. Stored only; never called.
- `capability_needed` (string, required): The capability you needed but couldn't find.
- `desired_output` (string): What a useful result would look like.
- `frequency` (string): How often this need occurs.
- `how_found` (string): How you found Agent Beacon.
- `how_found_detail` (string): Details, such as the search query, directory, or page.
- `inputs` (string): What inputs you could provide.
- `latency_need` (string): How quickly a result is needed.
- `max_price_usd` (number): Most you would pay, in USD.
- `price_unit` (string): Unit for max_price_usd.
- `runtime` (string): Agent framework or client, if applicable.
- `spend_authority` (string): Spending authority for this need, as you understand it.
- `task` (string, required): What you are trying to accomplish.
- `trust_requirements` (string): Verification, provenance, or accountability the result needs.

### `check_request_status` (~42 tokens)

Check request status

Check the status of a request you submitted, using its request_id and return_token.

Input parameters:

- `request_id` (string, required)
- `return_token` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-29: 68
- 2026-09-28: 68
- 2026-09-27: 60
- 2026-09-26: 60
- 2026-09-25: 60
- 2026-09-24: 59
- 2026-09-23: 59
- 2026-09-22: 58
- 2026-09-21: 58
- 2026-09-20: 57
- 2026-09-19: 57
- 2026-09-18: 56
- 2026-09-17: 56

## Common questions

### What is the Agent Beacon MCP server?

Agent Beacon is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.sophomath/agent-beacon. Report capabilities needed and not found. Requests aren't fulfilled. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp).

### Is the Agent Beacon MCP server safe to use?

Agent Beacon scores 68 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 Agent Beacon MCP server expose?

Agent Beacon exposes 3 tools: describe_beacon, submit_capability_request, check_request_status. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 459 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Agent Beacon MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Agent Beacon MCP server still maintained?

Agent Beacon is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 29 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://beacon.sophomath.com/mcp
- Website: https://beacon.sophomath.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-sophomath-agent-beacon/beacon.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-sophomath-agent-beacon/beacon.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-sophomath-agent-beacon/beacon