# What's That Model? (remote · whatsthatmodel.com)

Sourced AI video/image capabilities, explained task recommendations and verified access context.

- 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 · `whatsthatmodel.com`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model/whatsthatmodel.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model/whatsthatmodel)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://whatsthatmodel.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**: 83/100
  - 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 is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 55/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 287 tokens (~35/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 93/100
  - Stability observed for 28 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% 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 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 9 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the What's That Model? MCP server?

What's That Model? is a hosted endpoint at https://whatsthatmodel.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-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model 'https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model": {
      "url": "https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model]
url = "https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model --url 'https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model:
    url: "https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model -t streamable-http -u 'https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://whatsthatmodel.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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 78, +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.

### 2026-10-26 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-24 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-22 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-10-19 (score 74, +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.

## MCP tools (8)

### `find_model` (~41 tokens)

Find an AI model by creation task and verified constraints. Editorial recommendation; not a benchmark score.

Input parameters:

- `constraints` (object)
- `task` (string)

### `compare_models` (~34 tokens)

Compare documented capabilities and task fit. Unknowns stay explicit.

Input parameters:

- `models` (array, required)
- `task` (string)

### `get_model` (~30 tokens)

Get model capabilities, dated citations, editorial limitations and labeled optional access link.

Input parameters:

- `model` (string, required)

### `best_model_for` (~37 tokens)

Get an editorial shortlist for a known use case with verified constraints.

Input parameters:

- `constraints` (object)
- `use_case` (string, required)

### `list_models` (~26 tokens)

List curated AI models including independent non-affiliate alternatives.

Input parameters:

- `filters` (object)

### `where_to_use` (~30 tokens)

Return official and optional commercial access destinations, without guaranteeing plan entitlements.

Input parameters:

- `model` (string, required)

### `get_trending_workflows` (~26 tokens)

Get curated workflow spotlights; no unmeasured growth or income claims.

### `get_prompt_tips` (~36 tokens)

Get untested prompting guidance, clearly distinguished from measured outputs.

Input parameters:

- `model` (string, required)
- `task` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 78
- 2026-10-28: 78
- 2026-10-27: 77
- 2026-10-26: 77
- 2026-10-25: 76
- 2026-10-24: 76
- 2026-10-23: 75
- 2026-10-22: 75
- 2026-10-21: 74
- 2026-10-20: 74
- 2026-10-19: 74
- 2026-10-18: 73
- 2026-10-17: 73
- 2026-10-16: 72
- 2026-10-15: 72
- 2026-10-14: 71
- 2026-10-13: 71
- 2026-10-12: 70
- 2026-10-10: 69
- 2026-10-08: 68

## Common questions

### What is the What's That Model? MCP server?

What's That Model? is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.whatsthatmodel/whats-that-model. Sourced AI video/image capabilities, explained task recommendations and verified access context. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp).

### Is the What's That Model? MCP server safe to use?

What's That Model? 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 What's That Model? MCP server expose?

What's That Model? exposes 8 tools: find_model, compare_models, get_model, best_model_for, list_models, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 260 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the What's That Model? MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to What's That Model? without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the What's That Model? MCP server still maintained?

What's That Model? 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://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp
- Website: https://whatsthatmodel.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model/whatsthatmodel.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model/whatsthatmodel.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whatsthatmodel-whats-that-model/whatsthatmodel