# Chain of Thought podcast archive (remote · mcp.chainofthought.show)

Search and cite Chain of Thought podcast transcripts and episodes.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-24

## Components

- remote · `mcp.chainofthought.show`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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 2026-10-24.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - 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 enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - 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**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 581 tokens (~145/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 33/100
  - Stability observed for 10 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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 Chain of Thought podcast archive MCP server?

Chain of Thought podcast archive is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.chainofthought.show/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 conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp 'https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp --url 'https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp:
    url: "https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.chainofthought.show/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.

### 2026-10-23 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-21 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-19 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-17 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-15 (score 67, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-14 (score 66)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_transcripts` (~140 tokens)

Search transcripts

Full-text search over Chain of Thought transcripts. Returns up to 20 passages ranked by relevance, each with episode number and title, guests, speaker, timestamp, a snippet of about 600 characters, and a url for that moment on the episode page (#t-N). Cite that url. Optional `episode` limits the search to one episode. Use get_transcript_excerpt for context. Transcripts are machine-generated; check exact quotes against the recording.

Input parameters:

- `episode` (integer): Restrict to this episode number.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum passages, 1 to 20.
- `query` (string, required): Words to find in transcript passages.

### `search_episodes` (~92 tokens)

Search episodes

Finds Chain of Thought episodes by topic, guest name, company, title or chapter title. Returns up to 20 episodes ranked by relevance with number, title, date, guests, a short summary, matching chapter titles and the episode page url to cite.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum episodes, 1 to 20.
- `query` (string, required): Topic, guest, company, title or chapter words.

### `get_episode` (~103 tokens)

Get episode

Returns one episode by number or slug (a full chainofthought.show episode URL also works): title, date, duration, guests with companies, summary, chapters with timestamps, and links to the episode page, YouTube and audio. Does not return the transcript; use search_transcripts or get_transcript_excerpt for passages. Cite the url.

Input parameters:

- `episode` (integer): Episode number.
- `slug` (string): Episode slug or full chainofthought.show episode URL.

### `get_transcript_excerpt` (~142 tokens)

Get transcript excerpt

Returns up to 16 consecutive transcript segments from one episode around a timestamp (m:ss or h:mm:ss), a segment_index from search results, or a passage url or its #t- anchor. Defaults: 2 segments before and 5 after. Each segment has its own url to cite.

Input parameters:

- `after` (integer): Segments after the anchor, 0 to 10.
- `at` (string): Segment index from search results, passage URL or #t- anchor, m:ss or h:mm:ss.
- `before` (integer): Segments before the anchor, 0 to 5.
- `episode` (integer, required): Episode number.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-24: 71
- 2026-10-23: 71
- 2026-10-22: 70
- 2026-10-21: 70
- 2026-10-20: 69
- 2026-10-19: 69
- 2026-10-18: 68
- 2026-10-17: 68
- 2026-10-16: 67
- 2026-10-15: 67
- 2026-10-14: 66

## Common questions

### What is the Chain of Thought podcast archive MCP server?

Chain of Thought podcast archive is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.conorbronsdon/chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp. Search and cite Chain of Thought podcast transcripts and episodes. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp).

### Is the Chain of Thought podcast archive MCP server safe to use?

Chain of Thought podcast archive 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 Chain of Thought podcast archive MCP server expose?

Chain of Thought podcast archive exposes 4 tools: search_transcripts, search_episodes, get_episode, get_transcript_excerpt. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 477 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Chain of Thought podcast archive MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Chain of Thought podcast archive without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Chain of Thought podcast archive MCP server still maintained?

Chain of Thought podcast archive is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 24 October 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://mcp.chainofthought.show/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/conorbronsdon/chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp
- Website: https://chainofthought.show/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/conorbronsdon-chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp/mcp