# whoislicensed — state license lookup (remote · whoislicensed.com)

Verify a contractor, real estate or cosmetology license in 12 US states from the boards' own files.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-25

## Components

- remote · `whoislicensed.com`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whoislicensed-lookup/whoislicensed.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whoislicensed-lookup/whoislicensed)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://whoislicensed.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 2026-09-25.

- **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**: 79/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 322 tokens (~161/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 63/100
  - Stability observed for 19 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.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the whoislicensed — state license lookup MCP server?

whoislicensed — state license lookup is a hosted endpoint at https://whoislicensed.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-whoislicensed-lookup 'https://whoislicensed.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-whoislicensed-lookup": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://whoislicensed.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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 79, 0)

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

### 2026-09-24 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-09-22 (score 78, +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.

### 2026-09-20 (score 77, +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.

### 2026-09-18 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 75, +5)

- [security improvement] HTTPS: unverified → pass

### 2026-09-14 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (2)

### `verify_license` (~181 tokens)

Verify a state license

Look up a contractor, tradesperson, real estate, cosmetology or nursing license in a US state's own published license file by name, business name or license number. Returns up to 25 matching records with type, number, expiration date and status, the issuing board and the date of the copy. Covers 12 states: TX, CA, FL, VA, WA, OR, MN, IL, CT, CO, VT, DE. Always tell the user to confirm on the board's own lookup before hiring.

Input parameters:

- `license_type` (string): Optional license-type slug from list_license_types to narrow the search, e.g. master-electricians
- `query` (string, required): Name, business name or license number (or the start of one), 2–60 characters
- `state` (string, required): Two-letter state code, e.g. TX

### `list_license_types` (~61 tokens)

License types on file per state

Which states and license types whoislicensed.com carries, with what each license covers and the page URL. Use it to pick a state and an optional license_type for verify_license.

Input parameters:

- `state` (string): Two-letter state code; omit for all states

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-25: 79
- 2026-09-24: 79
- 2026-09-23: 78
- 2026-09-22: 78
- 2026-09-21: 77
- 2026-09-20: 77
- 2026-09-19: 76
- 2026-09-18: 76
- 2026-09-17: 75
- 2026-09-16: 70
- 2026-09-15: 70
- 2026-09-14: 70
- 2026-09-13: 69
- 2026-09-12: 69
- 2026-09-11: 68
- 2026-09-10: 68
- 2026-09-09: 67
- 2026-09-08: 67
- 2026-09-07: 66
- 2026-09-06: 70

## Common questions

### What is the whoislicensed — state license lookup MCP server?

whoislicensed — state license lookup is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.whoislicensed/lookup. Verify a contractor, real estate or cosmetology license in 12 US states from the boards' own files. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://whoislicensed.com/mcp).

### Is the whoislicensed — state license lookup MCP server safe to use?

whoislicensed — state license lookup scores 79 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 whoislicensed — state license lookup MCP server expose?

whoislicensed — state license lookup exposes 2 tools: verify_license, list_license_types. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 242 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the whoislicensed — state license lookup MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to whoislicensed — state license lookup without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the whoislicensed — state license lookup MCP server still maintained?

whoislicensed — state license lookup is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 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://whoislicensed.com/mcp
- Website: https://whoislicensed.com/llms.txt
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whoislicensed-lookup/whoislicensed.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whoislicensed-lookup/whoislicensed.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-whoislicensed-lookup/whoislicensed