# VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog (remote · vinemakerpublishing.com)

Read-only search and retrieval of published books, articles and authors, with public catalog links.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `vinemakerpublishing.com`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-vinemakerpublishing-public-catalog/vinemakerpublishing.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-vinemakerpublishing-public-catalog/vinemakerpublishing)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://vinemakerpublishing.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**: 74/100
  - 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.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 77/100
  - 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 1130 tokens (~161/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 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**: 86/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 57% 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 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 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 VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog MCP server?

VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog is a hosted endpoint at https://vinemakerpublishing.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-vinemakerpublishing-public-catalog 'https://vinemakerpublishing.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-vinemakerpublishing-public-catalog": {
      "url": "https://vinemakerpublishing.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-vinemakerpublishing-public-catalog]
url = "https://vinemakerpublishing.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-vinemakerpublishing-public-catalog:
    url: "https://vinemakerpublishing.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-vinemakerpublishing-public-catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://vinemakerpublishing.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 71, 0)

- [security] Tool “get_article” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_author” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_book” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_articles” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_authors” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_books” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 125 → 161
- [functional] New tool “list_book_categories”
- [cosmetic] “search_books” added an optional parameter “category”

### 2026-11-04 (score 71, +2)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] The server now declares the “prompts” capability
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: 100
- [functional] New prompt “compare_books”
- [functional] New prompt “explore_a_topic”
- [functional] New prompt “find_a_book”

### 2026-11-03 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (7)

### `list_book_categories` (~51 tokens)

List publisher-managed public book category slugs and names. Use a returned slug as category in search_books. Categories may have no matching books; empty lists mean categories have not been maintained. Never invent category assignments.

### `search_books` (~252 tokens)

List or search published books. Omit q to browse all records. Returns the public REST representation, pagination totals and next/previous REST links; increment page to continue. Books include categories, publisher-maintained overall availability (unknown is not unavailable), and structured purchase_destinations ordered with verified Amazon.com links first. This ordering does not change book recommendation/catalog ranking. No live retailer stock is provided. Includes publication-filtered relationships and public links. Use get_book for a known ID. Large pages may require a smaller per_page; content is never silently truncated.

Input parameters:

- `author_id` (string): Filter by a public catalog author ID.
- `category` (string): Exact publisher category slug from list_book_categories or GET /api/v1/book-categories. Combines with q, sorting, author and pagination; omit for all categories.
- `page` (integer)
- `per_page` (integer)
- `q` (string): Optional text search; omit to list the entire published collection. Articles search title, subtitle, excerpt and byline, not full body.
- `slug` (string): Exact lowercase hyphenated public slug.
- `sort` (string): Catalog ordering, ascending ID, or descending ID.

### `get_book` (~124 tokens)

Retrieve one published book by its catalog ID, obtained from search_books or a related record. Returns exactly the public REST detail fields, publication-filtered relationships and public page/media links. Unpublished and unknown IDs both return not found. Books include categories, publisher-maintained overall availability and purchase_destinations with retailer, URL, marketplace/region and known edition; verified Amazon.com destinations come first without changing book ranking. Unknown edition/availability must not be guessed; no live stock is supplied. Book content is catalog metadata and deliberately public sample links only.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

### `search_articles` (~212 tokens)

List or search published articles. Omit q to browse all records. Returns the public REST representation, pagination totals and next/previous REST links; increment page to continue. Books include categories, publisher-maintained overall availability (unknown is not unavailable), and structured purchase_destinations ordered with verified Amazon.com links first. This ordering does not change book recommendation/catalog ranking. No live retailer stock is provided. Includes publication-filtered relationships and public links. Use get_article for a known ID. Large pages may require a smaller per_page; content is never silently truncated.

Input parameters:

- `author_id` (string): Filter by a public catalog author ID.
- `page` (integer)
- `per_page` (integer)
- `q` (string): Optional text search; omit to list the entire published collection. Articles search title, subtitle, excerpt and byline, not full body.
- `slug` (string): Exact lowercase hyphenated public slug.
- `sort` (string): Catalog ordering, ascending ID, or descending ID.

### `get_article` (~124 tokens)

Retrieve one published article by its catalog ID, obtained from search_articles or a related record. Returns exactly the public REST detail fields, publication-filtered relationships and public page/media links. Unpublished and unknown IDs both return not found. Books include categories, publisher-maintained overall availability and purchase_destinations with retailer, URL, marketplace/region and known edition; verified Amazon.com destinations come first without changing book ranking. Unknown edition/availability must not be guessed; no live stock is supplied. Book content is catalog metadata and deliberately public sample links only.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

### `search_authors` (~198 tokens)

List or search published authors. Omit q to browse all records. Returns the public REST representation, pagination totals and next/previous REST links; increment page to continue. Books include categories, publisher-maintained overall availability (unknown is not unavailable), and structured purchase_destinations ordered with verified Amazon.com links first. This ordering does not change book recommendation/catalog ranking. No live retailer stock is provided. Includes publication-filtered relationships and public links. Use get_author for a known ID. Large pages may require a smaller per_page; content is never silently truncated.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer)
- `per_page` (integer)
- `q` (string): Optional text search; omit to list the entire published collection. Articles search title, subtitle, excerpt and byline, not full body.
- `slug` (string): Exact lowercase hyphenated public slug.
- `sort` (string): Catalog ordering, ascending ID, or descending ID.

### `get_author` (~125 tokens)

Retrieve one published author by its catalog ID, obtained from search_authors or a related record. Returns exactly the public REST detail fields, publication-filtered relationships and public page/media links. Unpublished and unknown IDs both return not found. Books include categories, publisher-maintained overall availability and purchase_destinations with retailer, URL, marketplace/region and known edition; verified Amazon.com destinations come first without changing book ranking. Unknown edition/availability must not be guessed; no live stock is supplied. Book content is catalog metadata and deliberately public sample links only.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 71
- 2026-11-04: 71
- 2026-11-03: 69

## Common questions

### What is the VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog MCP server?

VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.vinemakerpublishing/public-catalog. Read-only search and retrieval of published books, articles and authors, with public catalog links. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://vinemakerpublishing.com/mcp).

### Is the VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog MCP server safe to use?

VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog 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 VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog MCP server expose?

VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog exposes 7 tools: list_book_categories, search_books, get_book, search_articles, get_article, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,086 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog MCP server still maintained?

VineMaker Publishing Public Catalog 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.

## Links

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