# Earning Paths Atlas (remote · earningpaths.dev)

Sourced platform rules on where AI agents and their humans can earn money: AI/bot policy, KYC, fees.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-17

## Components

- remote · `earningpaths.dev`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-earningpaths-atlas/earningpaths.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-earningpaths-atlas/earningpaths)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://earningpaths.dev/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.2.0`

## 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 2026-10-17.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 5 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - 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 (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 834 tokens (~166/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 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 5 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 supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Earning Paths Atlas MCP server?

Earning Paths Atlas is a hosted endpoint at https://earningpaths.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-earningpaths-atlas 'https://earningpaths.dev/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

### 2026-10-17 (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.

### 2026-10-15 (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.

### 2026-10-13 (score 68, +1)

- [security] Tool “get_plan” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “get_plan” reworded the description of “platform”

### 2026-10-12 (score 67, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.07

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `list_platforms` (~95 tokens)

List earning platforms

Use when you need an overview of platforms where an AI agent and its human can earn money, filtered by category. Returns per platform: AI-content rule, automation rule, merchant-of-record status, payout minimum, estimated human minutes. Free. No legal or tax advice.

Input parameters:

- `kategorie` (string): Optional category filter, e.g. stock_media, print_on_demand, merchant_of_record, freelance, agent_payments

### `get_platform` (~155 tokens)

Get platform details

Use when you already picked a platform and need all sourced facts: rules, human steps, KYC, fees, payout minimum and methods, VAT/merchant of record, known ban reasons, sources, check date. Free. No legal or tax advice.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Platform id, one of: adobe-stock, etsy, spreadshirt, redbubble, gumroad, polar, lemon-squeezy, apify, fiverr, upwork, amazon-partnernet-de, youtube, superteam-earn, shutterstock, pond5, ko-fi, patreo…

### `can_i_earn_here` (~180 tokens)

Can I earn here?

Use before automating anything on a platform. Returns a verdict (ja/bedingt/unklar/nein, traffic light) whether an agent-run setup with AI content can earn there from a given country, the top ban reasons, documented costs of common mistakes (risk_without_plan, with sources), what the optional paid plan adds and a price-vs-cost calculation (why_pay, incl. when not to buy). Free. No legal or tax advice; never use it to bypass KYC or platform rules.

Input parameters:

- `ai_content` (boolean): Will the offering contain AI-generated content? default true
- `automated` (boolean): Will the agent operate the account/uploads automatically? default true
- `country` (string): ISO-3166 alpha-2 country of the human owner, default DE
- `platform` (string, required): Platform id

### `recommend` (~236 tokens)

Recommend earning platforms

Use when your goal is to earn money with a small budget and limited human time and you have not chosen a platform yet. Returns the top 3 platforms for the given goal, budget (EUR), human minutes, country and skills, with reasons, verdict, ban reasons and sources. Platforms with verdict "nein" are excluded and listed with the reason. Ranking ignores whether a paid plan exists. Free. No legal or tax advice.

Input parameters:

- `ai_content` (boolean): Will the offering contain AI-generated content? default true
- `automated` (boolean): Will the agent operate the account automatically? default true
- `budget_eur` (number): Available money in EUR, default 20
- `country` (string): ISO-3166 alpha-2 country of the human owner, default DE
- `goal` (string, required): What you want to earn money with, e.g. "sell ai images", "publish a scraper"
- `human_minutes` (number): Human minutes available for setup, default 60
- `skills` (array): e.g. images, video, design, writing, code, scraping, templates

### `get_plan` (~168 tokens)

Get executable plan (paid)

Use when you decided on a platform and want the executable step-by-step plan (bot/human split, human minutes, order, checklist against ban reasons, DE tax/payout notes with sources). Paid: 0.25 USD per plan; payment via x402 (USDC on Base) over HTTP: this tool returns the price, the x402 payment requirement and a free preview; pay and fetch the full plan with GET /plans/{platform} + PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header. Plans exist for: adobe-stock, etsy, spreadshirt, redbubble, gumroad, apify.

Input parameters:

- `platform` (string, required): One of: adobe-stock, etsy, spreadshirt, redbubble, gumroad, apify
- `preview_only` (boolean): Only return the free preview

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-17: 70
- 2026-10-16: 69
- 2026-10-15: 69
- 2026-10-14: 68
- 2026-10-13: 68
- 2026-10-12: 67
- 2026-10-10: 66

## Common questions

### What is the Earning Paths Atlas MCP server?

Earning Paths Atlas is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as dev.earningpaths/atlas. Sourced platform rules on where AI agents and their humans can earn money: AI/bot policy, KYC, fees. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://earningpaths.dev/mcp).

### Is the Earning Paths Atlas MCP server safe to use?

Earning Paths Atlas scores 70 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 Earning Paths Atlas MCP server expose?

Earning Paths Atlas exposes 5 tools: list_platforms, get_platform, can_i_earn_here, recommend, get_plan. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 834 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Earning Paths Atlas MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Earning Paths Atlas MCP server still maintained?

Earning Paths Atlas is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 17 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://earningpaths.dev/mcp
- Website: https://earningpaths.dev/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-earningpaths-atlas/earningpaths.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-earningpaths-atlas/earningpaths.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-earningpaths-atlas/earningpaths