Inside the Loop
REMOTE · INSIDETHELOOP.DEV
Verified latest versions, changes and exact-error fixes for agent dev tools. Read-only.
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Last scanned (8 minutes ago)
Scores higher than 57% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 18 Oct 2026.
Category Code Search and Documentation
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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security66
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement. View diagnostics → Unverified
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root. View diagnostics → Pass
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability75
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 481 tokens (~120/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability check failed: schema churn in the 11 days we've observed: 3 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 0 additions. See how to fix → Fail
Tool Coverage93
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 80% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 11 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.07 → fail ▼ security
- Tool “get_post” was removed ▼ security
- Tool “list_recent_posts” was removed ▼ security
- Tool “search_posts” was removed ▼ security
- Judged manipulation: unverified → pass ▲ security
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Schema quality: 88 → 120 ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 67% → 80% ▲ functional
- Schema quality: excellent → good functional
- Server version: 1.2.0 → 2.0.0 functional
- 9 Oct 26 67
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 18 Oct 2026 · Probed https://insidetheloop.dev/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=insidetheloop.dev | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 28 Sept 2026 | 27 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | bbea9f65862896ce0e17fcf5768cd566 |
| SANs: insidetheloop.dev, www.insidetheloop.dev, *.www.insidetheloop.dev | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC secure
Validation of insidetheloop.dev. — Secure
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| dev. | present | 60074 | 8 | Verified |
| insidetheloop.dev. | present | 2371 | 13 | Verified |
| insidetheloop.dev. | Verified address RRset verified with the apex keys |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
| x-frame-options | SAMEORIGIN |
| referrer-policy | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| permissions-policy | camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=() |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://insidetheloop.dev/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://insidetheloop.dev/mcp | Inconclusive | 405 |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_fix Get a fix page ~98
Return one fix page as Markdown: the exact error output, tool and affected versions, cause, fix commands, our sandbox reproduction (commands and output), why it happens with a source link, related fixes and sources. Accepts the slug from search_fixes (e.g. codex-exec-full-auto-removed) or a guessed variant.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | yes | Fix slug, e.g. codex-exec-full-auto-removed |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_tool Get a tool page ~104
Return one tool page as Markdown: latest version and release date, upgrade command, last five releases, commands and flags added or removed (our sandbox --help diff), breaking changes, reproduced errors with fixes, monthly history and sources. Accepts the tool id or a common name (asc, app-store-connect-cli, codex, codex-cli, wrangler).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| tool | string | yes | Tool id or common name, e.g. asc, codex, wrangler |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_tools List tool pages ~42
List the CLIs with living tool pages (ASC CLI, Codex CLI, Wrangler, ...): latest version, UTC release date, last verified date and page URLs.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_fixes Search fix pages by error text ~128
Find the fix page for a CLI error message. Paste the exact error line, a fragment of it, or the whole terminal output (for example "unexpected argument '--full-auto' found"). Returns matching fix pages with the exact error, tool, affected versions, the fix in one line and page URLs. With an empty query, lists every fix page.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | Error text or a fragment of it |
| tool | string | – | Optional tool id or name to restrict the search, e.g. asc, codex, wrangler |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Inside the Loop MCP server?
Inside the Loop is a hosted endpoint at https://insidetheloop.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.
remote · insidetheloop.dev
claude mcp add --transport http dev-insidetheloop-blog 'https://insidetheloop.dev/mcp'
What is the Inside the Loop MCP server?
Inside the Loop is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as dev.insidetheloop/blog. Verified latest versions, changes and exact-error fixes for agent dev tools. Read-only. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://insidetheloop.dev/mcp).
Is the Inside the Loop MCP server safe to use?
Inside the Loop 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 Inside the Loop MCP server expose?
Inside the Loop exposes 4 tools: list_tools, get_tool, search_fixes, get_fix. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 372 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Inside the Loop MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Inside the Loop without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Inside the Loop MCP server still maintained?
Inside the Loop is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.