Tools Berry Paycheck
REMOTE · MCP.TOOLS-BERRY.COM
Live US paycheck and payroll-tax math for 2026, all 50 states and DC, powered by tools-berry.com.
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Last scanned (3 hours ago)
Scores higher than 57% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category Finance and Payments
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 Security46
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 4 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Unverified
- HTTPS check failed: the endpoint is reachable over plaintext HTTP. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- 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 Usability70
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 711 tokens (~177/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 Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
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
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
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
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.
- 5 Nov 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 4 Nov 26 0
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 4 Oct 26 −1
- “compute_bonus_withholding” added an optional parameter “earlierBonuses” cosmetic
1 cosmetic change on this day. Switch on “Show cosmetic changes” to see it.
- 28 Sept 26 0
- 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 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 11 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 26 Aug 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 13 Aug 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
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 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://mcp.tools-berry.com
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=tools-berry.com | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 10 Oct 2026 | 8 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | 2ab29754ff1b44aa1342de121ce6c709 |
| SANs: tools-berry.com, mcp.tools-berry.com, *.mcp.tools-berry.com | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of mcp.tools-berry.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| tools-berry.com. | 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://mcp.tools-berry.com | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://mcp.tools-berry.com | Served over HTTP | 200 |
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 →
compare_states Compare take-home across states ~85
Net pay on the same salary in several states, ranked best-first, with each state's gap to the best one.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filingStatus | string | – | Filing status. Defaults to "single". "single" also covers married-filing-separately. |
| salary | number | yes | Gross annual salary in US dollars |
| states | array | yes | 2 to 51 states/DC |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
compute_bonus_withholding Bonus / supplemental withholding ~204
What is actually withheld from a bonus in 2026: the federal flat 22% supplemental rate (37% above $1,000,000 of supplemental wages), the state supplemental treatment (flat rate, aggregate/regular method, or none), and FICA.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bonusAmount | number | yes | Gross bonus in US dollars |
| earlierBonuses | number | – | Optional bonuses already paid earlier this year, in US dollars. They count toward the federal $1,000,000 (37%) threshold and state tests such as Massachusetts' 9% rate |
| filingStatus | string | – | Filing status. Defaults to "single". "single" also covers married-filing-separately. |
| salary | number | – | Optional regular annual salary — improves FICA and aggregate-method accuracy |
| state | string | yes | US state or DC: full name ("Ohio"), two-letter code ("OH"), or slug ("ohio", "district-of-columbia"). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
compute_take_home Take-home pay by state ~128
Full 2026 paycheck breakdown for a salary in one state: federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state income tax, state payroll programs, net pay (annual/monthly/biweekly) and effective tax rate.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filingStatus | string | – | Filing status. Defaults to "single". "single" also covers married-filing-separately. |
| salary | number | yes | Gross annual salary in US dollars |
| state | string | yes | US state or DC: full name ("Ohio"), two-letter code ("OH"), or slug ("ohio", "district-of-columbia"). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_state_rates State 2026 rate schedule ~106
A state's 2026 schedule: flat rate or bracket ladder, standard deduction, employee payroll programs, bonus/supplemental method, and the statutory source the figures come from.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filingStatus | string | – | Filing status. Defaults to "single". "single" also covers married-filing-separately. |
| state | string | yes | US state or DC: full name ("Ohio"), two-letter code ("OH"), or slug ("ohio", "district-of-columbia"). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Tools Berry Paycheck MCP server?
Tools Berry Paycheck is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.tools-berry.com/, 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 · mcp.tools-berry.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-tools-berry-paycheck 'https://mcp.tools-berry.com/'
What is the Tools Berry Paycheck MCP server?
Tools Berry Paycheck is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.tools-berry/paycheck. Live US paycheck and payroll-tax math for 2026, all 50 states and DC, powered by tools-berry.com. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.tools-berry.com).
Is the Tools Berry Paycheck MCP server safe to use?
Tools Berry Paycheck scores 71 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 Tools Berry Paycheck MCP server expose?
Tools Berry Paycheck exposes 4 tools: compute_take_home, compute_bonus_withholding, compare_states, get_state_rates. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 523 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Tools Berry Paycheck MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Tools Berry Paycheck without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Tools Berry Paycheck MCP server still maintained?
Tools Berry Paycheck 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.