# SponsorBoard (remote · thesponsorboard.com)

Who sponsors podcasts in each trade: recorded sponsor names, dates and promo codes.

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `thesponsorboard.com`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard/thesponsorboard.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard/thesponsorboard)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://thesponsorboard.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**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - 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**: 74/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 390 tokens (~97/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 53/100
  - Stability observed for 16 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the SponsorBoard MCP server?

SponsorBoard is a hosted endpoint at https://thesponsorboard.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-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard 'https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard": {
      "url": "https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard]
url = "https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard --url 'https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard:
    url: "https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard -t streamable-http -u 'https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thesponsorboard.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 81, +1)

- [functional] Server version: 2026-11-03 → 2026-11-04

### 2026-11-04 (score 80, 0)

- [functional] Server version: 2026-10-28 → 2026-11-03

### 2026-11-03 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 78, +1)

- [functional] Server version: 2026-10-27 → 2026-10-28

### 2026-10-28 (score 77, 0)

- [functional] Server version: 2026-10-26 → 2026-10-27

### 2026-10-27 (score 77, +1)

- [functional] Server version: 2026-10-25 → 2026-10-26

### 2026-10-26 (score 76, 0)

- [functional] Server version: 2026-10-24 → 2026-10-25

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_trades` (~55 tokens)

List trade boards

List every trade board (for example vacation rental, restaurant operations, legal practice) with its key, how many companies were recorded buying ads on its shows, and how many names are public. Use a key with get_trade_board.

### `get_trade_board` (~62 tokens)

Get a trade board

Public sponsor names on one trade board, with how many shows each covers, the longest observed run and the last observed date, plus the shows on the board. Free boards show a sample of names.

Input parameters:

- `trade` (string, required): Trade key from list_trades.

### `search_sponsors` (~69 tokens)

Search sponsors

Find companies with a public sponsorship page by domain or name (for example "squarespace" or "stayfi.com"). Returns up to 10 matches with their domains; pass a domain to get_sponsor.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Company name or domain, at least 2 characters.

### `get_sponsor` (~66 tokens)

Get a sponsor

One company's public sponsorship record: the shows it was observed on with first and last dates, the trade boards where its name is public, selected recorded offers and recorded promo codes.

Input parameters:

- `domain` (string, required): Company domain, for example squarespace.com. Use search_sponsors if unsure.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 80
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 78
- 2026-10-28: 77
- 2026-10-27: 77
- 2026-10-26: 76
- 2026-10-25: 76
- 2026-10-24: 75
- 2026-10-23: 75
- 2026-10-22: 74
- 2026-10-21: 74
- 2026-10-20: 73

## Common questions

### What is the SponsorBoard MCP server?

SponsorBoard is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.thesponsorboard/sponsorboard. Who sponsors podcasts in each trade: recorded sponsor names, dates and promo codes. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp).

### Is the SponsorBoard MCP server safe to use?

SponsorBoard scores 81 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 SponsorBoard MCP server expose?

SponsorBoard exposes 4 tools: list_trades, get_trade_board, search_sponsors, get_sponsor. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 252 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the SponsorBoard MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the SponsorBoard MCP server still maintained?

SponsorBoard 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.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the SponsorBoard MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on SponsorBoard, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp
- Website: https://thesponsorboard.com/mcp-server
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard/thesponsorboard.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard/thesponsorboard/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard/thesponsorboard.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thesponsorboard-sponsorboard/thesponsorboard