# ApproveKit (remote · approvekit.dev)

Audit apps against App Store, Google Play and Google OAuth review rules; get the required docs.

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +1
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `approvekit.dev`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-approvekit-approvekit/approvekit.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-approvekit-approvekit/approvekit)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://approvekit.dev/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 2026-11-05.

- **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 406, 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**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 502 tokens (~125/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**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 93/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 78% 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.
  - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 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 ApproveKit MCP server?

ApproveKit is a hosted endpoint at https://approvekit.dev/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 dev-approvekit-approvekit 'https://approvekit.dev/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-approvekit-approvekit": {
      "url": "https://approvekit.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "dev-approvekit-approvekit": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://approvekit.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.dev-approvekit-approvekit]
url = "https://approvekit.dev/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add dev-approvekit-approvekit --url 'https://approvekit.dev/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  dev-approvekit-approvekit:
    url: "https://approvekit.dev/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "dev-approvekit-approvekit": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://approvekit.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add dev-approvekit-approvekit -t streamable-http -u 'https://approvekit.dev/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-approvekit-approvekit": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://approvekit.dev/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.

### 2026-10-30 (score 81, +1)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-10-28 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-26 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 78, +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.

### 2026-10-22 (score 77, +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.

### 2026-10-20 (score 76, +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.

### 2026-10-18 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-10-15 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `audit_app` (~162 tokens)

Audit an app for store and Google OAuth review

Use before submitting a mobile or web app to the Apple App Store, Google Play or Google OAuth verification. Pass an inventory of what the app collects, which SDKs it uses and which Google scopes it requests (build it by reading the repo). Returns the problems reviewers are likely to reject, how to fix each one, and which paid package generates the missing documents. Free. The first call returns an app_token: save it in .approvekit.json at the project root and pass it on later calls so the app is updated instead of duplicated.

Input parameters:

- `app_token` (string): The app_token returned by audit_app. It is stored in .approvekit.json at the project root. Omit on the first audit of an app.
- `inventory` (object, required)

### `create_checkout` (~102 tokens)

Create a payment link for a ApproveKit package

Creates a Stripe Checkout link for one app. Only call this after the user agreed to the purchase. Show the link to the user so they can pay; then call get_order with the returned order_id to receive the documents.

Input parameters:

- `app_token` (string, required): The app_token returned by audit_app. It is stored in .approvekit.json at the project root.
- `product` (string, required): launch_pass (US$49) or oauth_pack (US$249).

### `get_order` (~99 tokens)

Get an order's status and its documents

Returns the payment status of an order. Once paid, returns every generated document as Markdown plus the public URLs of the hosted privacy policy and account deletion pages, ready to paste into App Store Connect, Play Console or the Google OAuth consent screen.

Input parameters:

- `app_token` (string, required): The app_token returned by audit_app. It is stored in .approvekit.json at the project root.
- `order_id` (string, required): The order_id returned by create_checkout.

### `publish_document` (~139 tokens)

Publish the final text of a generated document

Saves the final version of a document after every [CONFIRM: ...] placeholder has been resolved with the user. For privacy-policy and account-deletion this makes the hosted page live at its public URL; for the other kinds it just stores the final text. Call it again whenever the text needs an update (for example after the app adds a new data type).

Input parameters:

- `app_token` (string, required): The app_token returned by audit_app. It is stored in .approvekit.json at the project root.
- `kind` (string, required)
- `markdown` (string, required): The complete final document in Markdown (headings, lists, bold and links only).

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 81
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 81
- 2026-10-30: 81
- 2026-10-29: 80
- 2026-10-28: 80
- 2026-10-27: 79
- 2026-10-26: 79
- 2026-10-25: 78
- 2026-10-24: 78
- 2026-10-23: 77
- 2026-10-22: 77
- 2026-10-21: 76
- 2026-10-20: 76
- 2026-10-19: 75
- 2026-10-18: 75
- 2026-10-17: 74
- 2026-10-16: 74
- 2026-10-15: 74
- 2026-10-14: 73
- 2026-10-13: 73
- 2026-10-12: 72
- 2026-10-10: 71
- 2026-10-09: 71
- 2026-10-07: 70
- 2026-10-04: 68
- 2026-10-03: 68

## Common questions

### What is the ApproveKit MCP server?

ApproveKit is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as dev.approvekit/approvekit. Audit apps against App Store, Google Play and Google OAuth review rules; get the required docs. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://approvekit.dev/mcp).

### Is the ApproveKit MCP server safe to use?

ApproveKit 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 ApproveKit MCP server expose?

ApproveKit exposes 4 tools: audit_app, create_checkout, get_order, publish_document. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 502 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ApproveKit MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the ApproveKit MCP server still maintained?

ApproveKit 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://approvekit.dev/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/yateshaw/approvekit
- Website: https://approvekit.dev/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-approvekit-approvekit/approvekit.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-approvekit-approvekit/approvekit.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-approvekit-approvekit/approvekit