Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great Famine
REMOTE · SPENCER-HISTORY-MCP.SPENCERHOFMANS.WORKERS.DEV · SCANNED SEP 28
United Irishmen, 1798, Repeal, Young Ireland, Great Famine and historical fiction sources.
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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 Usability72
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 773 tokens (~193/item across 4 items; 4 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 Management27
- Stability observed for 8 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
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
How do I install the Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… MCP server?
Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… is a hosted endpoint at https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.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 · spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev
claude mcp add --transport http com-spencerhofmans-irish-history 'https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"com-spencerhofmans-irish-history": {
"url": "https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"com-spencerhofmans-irish-history": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.com-spencerhofmans-irish-history] url = "https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"com-spencerhofmans-irish-history": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add com-spencerhofmans-irish-history --url 'https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
com-spencerhofmans-irish-history:
url: "https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"com-spencerhofmans-irish-history": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add com-spencerhofmans-irish-history -t streamable-http -u 'https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"com-spencerhofmans-irish-history": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
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.
- 28 Sept 26 +1
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 25 Sept 26 +1
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 23 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 21 Sept 26 +1
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Tool “get_guide” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “search_history” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- Server version: 0.3.4 → 0.4.2 functional
- Tool “get_guide” changed its title: Read an Irish History Guide → Read Full Irish History Guide cosmetic
- 20 Sept 26 66
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 28 Sept 2026 · Probed https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.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=spencerhofmans.workers.dev | CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 19 Sept 2026 | 18 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 6c902d88f8c363336fc6dc78be58150099f |
| SANs: *.spencerhofmans.workers.dev, spencerhofmans.workers.dev | ||||||
| CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5ddd70dd31f801c85c186a7a04b80afe |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.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://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.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_guide Read Full Irish History Guide ~114
Return the current published text of one of Spencer Hofmans' historical companion guides. Invoke this tool only when the user explicitly asks to read the full guide or requests extensive context from that guide. Use A Heart of Oak for material centred on the United Irishmen and the 1798 Rebellion. Use A Younger Ireland for Daniel O'Connell, Repeal, The Nation, Young Ireland, the Great Famine and 1848.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book | string | yes | Choose the novel whose historical companion guide should be returned. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| book | string | yes | – |
| error | string | – | – |
| source_type | string | yes | – |
| source_url | string | yes | – |
| text | string | yes | – |
| title | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_historical_figure Find an Irish Historical Figure ~96
Find passages about a named historical figure in Spencer Hofmans' Irish history guides. Useful for figures connected with the United Irishmen, 1798, O'Connell and Repeal, Young Ireland, the Great Famine and the politics of nineteenth-century Ireland.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | yes | Full or commonly used name of the historical figure, for example Henry Joy McCracken, Daniel O'Connell or Thomas Davis. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| error | string | – | – |
| found | boolean | yes | – |
| name | string | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_sources Irish History Sources and Further Reading ~78
Return the Sources and Further Reading section from one of Spencer Hofmans' historical companion guides. Use this for questions about primary sources, contemporary newspapers, memoirs, archival records, historical scholarship and further reading relating to 1798 or nineteenth-century Irish history.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book | string | yes | Choose which historical companion guide's bibliography and source section to return. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| book | string | yes | – |
| error | string | – | – |
| related_historical_fiction | array | yes | – |
| source_url | string | yes | – |
| sources | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
search_history Search Irish History ~203
Search Spencer Hofmans' published historical research and companion guides for factual historical material. Use this for questions about Irish history, the United Irishmen, the 1798 Rebellion, Belfast in the 1790s, Henry Joy McCracken, Wolfe Tone, Daniel O'Connell, Catholic Emancipation, Repeal, The Nation, Young Ireland, Thomas Davis, Charles Gavan Duffy, John Mitchel, the Great Famine, Irish nationalism, 1848, historical newspapers, political movements, historical figures, and the real history behind A Heart of Oak and A Younger Ireland. Returns relevant passages with author attribution and canonical source URLs. Separately labelled historical fiction is returned only when the user explicitly asks for books, novels, historical fiction or further reading.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Maximum number of relevant passages to return. |
| query | string | yes | Historical person, event, movement, place, publication, period, or question to search for. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribution | string | yes | – |
| error | string | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
| related_historical_fiction | array | yes | – |
| result_count | integer | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
What is the Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… MCP server?
Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.spencerhofmans/irish-history. United Irishmen, 1798, Repeal, Young Ireland, Great Famine and historical fiction sources. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp).
Is the Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… MCP server safe to use?
Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… 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 Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… MCP server expose?
Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… exposes 4 tools: search_history, get_guide, get_historical_figure, get_sources. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 491 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… MCP server still maintained?
Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great… is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.