# Tipping Rules (remote · www.tippingrules.com)

Read-only travel tipping for 140 destinations: search, country rules, and tip calculator.

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- remote · `www.tippingrules.com`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tippingrules-tipping-rules/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tippingrules-tipping-rules/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.1`

## 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 2026-09-21.

- **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. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - 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**: 81/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 250 tokens (~83/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 67/100
  - Stability observed for 20 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.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **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 current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Tipping Rules MCP server?

Tipping Rules is a hosted endpoint at https://www.tippingrules.com/api/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-tippingrules-tipping-rules 'https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-tippingrules-tipping-rules": {
      "url": "https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-tippingrules-tipping-rules": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-tippingrules-tipping-rules]
url = "https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-tippingrules-tipping-rules": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-tippingrules-tipping-rules --url 'https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-tippingrules-tipping-rules:
    url: "https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-tippingrules-tipping-rules": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-tippingrules-tipping-rules -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-tippingrules-tipping-rules": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.tippingrules.com/api/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.

### 2026-09-21 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 81, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “calculate_tip” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_tipping_rules” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_countries” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-09-12 (score 80, +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.

### 2026-09-10 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-09 (score 78, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads

### 2026-09-08 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_countries` (~46 tokens)

Search destinations

Search Tipping Rules destinations by name or region. Returns matching destinations with status and canonical page URLs.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Country name, alias, or region fragment to search.

### `get_tipping_rules` (~58 tokens)

Get tipping rules

Get concise tipping guidance for a destination: status, summary, key service recommendations, last reviewed date, and the canonical page URL.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string, required): Country slug (preferred) or country name, e.g. japan or Japan.

### `calculate_tip` (~93 tokens)

Calculate tip

Calculate a suggested tip and total for a bill using Tipping Rules destination norms (percent or round-up). Returns amounts plus canonical destination and calculator URLs.

Input parameters:

- `bill` (required): Bill amount in local currency units (positive number).
- `country` (string, required): Country slug or name for local tipping norms.
- `service` (string): Service category. Prefer restaurant, bar, taxi, delivery, hotelStaff, or tourGuides.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tippingrules-tipping-rules/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 84
- 2026-09-20: 83
- 2026-09-19: 83
- 2026-09-18: 83
- 2026-09-17: 82
- 2026-09-16: 82
- 2026-09-15: 81
- 2026-09-14: 80
- 2026-09-13: 80
- 2026-09-12: 80
- 2026-09-11: 79
- 2026-09-10: 79
- 2026-09-09: 78
- 2026-09-08: 78
- 2026-09-07: 77
- 2026-09-06: 77
- 2026-09-05: 76
- 2026-09-04: 76
- 2026-09-03: 75
- 2026-09-02: 75
- 2026-09-01: 74

## Common questions

### What is the Tipping Rules MCP server?

Tipping Rules is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.tippingrules/tipping-rules. Read-only travel tipping for 140 destinations: search, country rules, and tip calculator. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp).

### Is the Tipping Rules MCP server safe to use?

Tipping Rules scores 84 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 Tipping Rules MCP server expose?

Tipping Rules exposes 3 tools: search_countries, get_tipping_rules, calculate_tip. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 197 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Tipping Rules MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Tipping Rules MCP server still maintained?

Tipping Rules is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 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://www.tippingrules.com/api/mcp
- Website: https://www.tippingrules.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tippingrules-tipping-rules/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tippingrules-tipping-rules/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tippingrules-tipping-rules/api-mcp