# TomeScout (remote · tomescout.com)

KDP keyword boxes, listing checks, royalties and sales-from-rank for self-published authors

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `tomescout.com`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tomescout-tomescout/tomescout.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tomescout-tomescout/tomescout)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://tomescout.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## 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 2026-09-28.

- **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**: 74/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 823 tokens (~164/item across 5 items; 4 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 74/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 21% 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 6 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).
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

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

TomeScout is a hosted endpoint at https://tomescout.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-tomescout-tomescout 'https://tomescout.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-tomescout-tomescout": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tomescout.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 72, 0)

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

### 2026-09-27 (score 72, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-26 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `keyword_boxes` (~87 tokens)

Fill the 7 KDP keyword boxes

Packs keyword phrases (most important first) into KDP's 7 keyword boxes of 50 characters each. Removes words already in the title/subtitle, drops prohibited, trademarked and likely author/title phrases, and reports what did not fit.

Input parameters:

- `phrases` (array, required)
- `skipTitleWords` (boolean)
- `subtitle` (string)
- `title` (string)

### `bsr_to_sales` (~110 tokens)

Estimate sales from Best Sellers Rank

Turns an Amazon Best Sellers Rank (the 'Best Sellers Rank' line on a book's Amazon page, overall store rank) into an estimated range of units per day and per month, using two independent public models. Amazon.com (Kindle Store or print); UK/DE are rough scalings. Optionally multiplies by royalty per sale.

Input parameters:

- `bsr` (integer, required)
- `format` (string)
- `marketplace` (string)
- `royaltyPerSale` (number)

### `check_listing` (~112 tokens)

Check a KDP listing

Checks a book's title, subtitle, description, keyword boxes and categories against Amazon KDP's published metadata guidelines (length limits, allowed HTML, prohibited claims, other authors/titles/trademarks, programme names, contact details, review requests, emojis) and gives optimisation tips. Each issue links to the KDP help page it comes from.

Input parameters:

- `categories` (array)
- `description` (string)
- `keywords` (array)
- `subtitle` (string)
- `title` (string, required)

### `royalty_calculator` (~252 tokens)

KDP royalty calculator

Calculates KDP royalties per sale. eBook: 70% vs 35% option for any of 13 Amazon stores (current 2026 price bands, delivery cost per MB, VAT/GST handling, KDP Select rules). Paperback: printing cost and royalty on Amazon.com/.co.uk/EU stores (60% or 50% tier). Optional Kindle Unlimited earnings from pages read.

Input parameters:

- `fileSizeMb` (number): eBook file size after conversion (MB).
- `format` (string, required)
- `ink` (string)
- `kdpSelect` (boolean)
- `kuPagesReadPerMonth` (integer)
- `listPrice` (number, required)
- `marketplace` (string): eBook: US, UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, JP, CA, AU, BR, MX, IN. Paperback: US, UK or EU.
- `monthlySales` (integer)
- `pages` (integer): Paperback page count.
- `printListPrice` (number): Lowest print list price, for the 70% rule.
- `trim` (string): "large" = wider than 6.12" or taller than 9".

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 72
- 2026-09-27: 72
- 2026-09-26: 71

## Common questions

### What is the TomeScout MCP server?

TomeScout is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.tomescout/tomescout. KDP keyword boxes, listing checks, royalties and sales-from-rank for self-published authors. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://tomescout.com/mcp).

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

TomeScout scores 72 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 TomeScout MCP server expose?

TomeScout exposes 4 tools: keyword_boxes, bsr_to_sales, check_listing, royalty_calculator. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 561 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the TomeScout MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the TomeScout MCP server still maintained?

TomeScout 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://tomescout.com/mcp
- Website: https://tomescout.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tomescout-tomescout/tomescout.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tomescout-tomescout/tomescout.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-tomescout-tomescout/tomescout