# InkQuest (remote · inkquest.dev)

Browse free InkQuest stories, openings, and HSK recommendations.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-17

## Components

- remote · `inkquest.dev`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-inkquest-inkquest/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-inkquest-inkquest/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://inkquest.dev/api/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 2026-10-17.

- **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**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 614 tokens (~204/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - 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 InkQuest MCP server?

InkQuest is a hosted endpoint at https://inkquest.dev/api/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-inkquest-inkquest 'https://inkquest.dev/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-inkquest-inkquest": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://inkquest.dev/api/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 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-16 (score 66, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-15 (score 66)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `list_stories` (~181 tokens)

List public stories

List free, public InkQuest stories. Each card has the title, level (HSK for Chinese, CEFR for English), genre, a short description, and the public reading URL https://inkquest.dev/stories/{id}. Optional filters: target_language (zh or en), hsk_level (Chinese stories only), and genre. Does not include subscriber-only scenes, withdrawn demos, or user-generated stories.

Input parameters:

- `genre` (string): Genre or keyword, such as mystery, romance, xianxia, comedy, or science fiction. Case-insensitive.
- `hsk_level`: HSK band for Chinese stories. Use an integer 1-9 or a string like "HSK 4". Does not apply to English CEFR stories.
- `target_language` (string): Learning language: zh for Chinese stories, en for English stories.

### `get_story_opening` (~121 tokens)

Get the free opening

Return the free opening scene of one public InkQuest story: plain text, pinyin or pronunciation and short glosses when the catalog has them, and the opening choices. Premium choices are labeled and their following scenes are omitted. Always includes the https://inkquest.dev/stories/{id} URL where the reader continues. Refuses unknown ids, withdrawn demos, locked stories, and user-generated stories. Never returns subscriber-only scene text.

Input parameters:

- `story_id` (string, required): Public catalog id from list_stories, such as before-the-rain-stops.

### `recommend_story` (~229 tokens)

Recommend a public story

Recommend up to three public InkQuest stories. Pass hsk_level (1-9 or "HSK 4") to rank Chinese stories by closeness to that band. Optional genre or interests (keywords such as mystery, romance, xianxia, sci-fi) boost matches. Optional target_language is zh or en. Each match includes a short reason and a https://inkquest.dev/stories/{id} link. Only free catalog stories are considered; subscriber-only scenes and user-generated stories are excluded.

Input parameters:

- `genre` (string): Genre or keyword, such as mystery, romance, xianxia, comedy, or science fiction. Case-insensitive.
- `hsk_level`: HSK band for Chinese stories. Use an integer 1-9 or a string like "HSK 4". Does not apply to English CEFR stories.
- `interests` (string): Free-text interests, such as "mystery, rainy city" or "sci-fi". Combined with genre.
- `target_language` (string): Learning language: zh for Chinese stories, en for English stories.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-17: 67
- 2026-10-16: 66
- 2026-10-15: 66

## Common questions

### What is the InkQuest MCP server?

InkQuest is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as dev.inkquest/inkquest. Browse free InkQuest stories, openings, and HSK recommendations. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://inkquest.dev/api/mcp).

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

InkQuest scores 67 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 InkQuest MCP server expose?

InkQuest exposes 3 tools: list_stories, get_story_opening, recommend_story. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 531 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the InkQuest MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the InkQuest MCP server still maintained?

InkQuest 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://inkquest.dev/api/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/serendipityApe/ink-quest
- Website: https://inkquest.dev/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-inkquest-inkquest/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-inkquest-inkquest/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-inkquest-inkquest/api-mcp