# KATA Research Automation (remote · kata-webmcp.vercel.app)

Deterministic research automation with live OpenAlex search and reusable workflow programs.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +10
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-04

## Components

- remote · `kata-webmcp.vercel.app`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dharan1007-kata/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dharan1007-kata/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `3.0.0`

## 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 2026-10-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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 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**: 53/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 416 tokens (~52/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 87/100
  - Stability observed for 26 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% 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 9 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 KATA Research Automation MCP server?

KATA Research Automation is a hosted endpoint at https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/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 dharan1007-kata 'https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dharan1007-kata": {
      "url": "https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "dharan1007-kata": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.dharan1007-kata]
url = "https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "dharan1007-kata": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add dharan1007-kata --url 'https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  dharan1007-kata:
    url: "https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "dharan1007-kata": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add dharan1007-kata -t streamable-http -u 'https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dharan1007-kata": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/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.

### 2026-10-03 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-01 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-29 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-28 (score 76, +7)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-26 (score 69, +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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 68, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-24 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-22 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (8)

### `kata_search_research` (~42 tokens)

Search live scholarly works through OpenAlex. Returns normalized real research records; never mock data.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required)

### `kata_plan_triage` (~73 tokens)

Create a deterministic triage plan from live OpenAlex results or supplied works without mutating a workspace.

Input parameters:

- `actions` (object)
- `criteria` (object)
- `limit` (integer)
- `maxItems` (integer)
- `query` (string)
- `works` (array)

### `kata_diagnose_web_interop` (~52 tokens)

Classify observed WebMCP, MCP, browser and API constraints and return a conservative compliant integration path without weakening security controls.

Input parameters:

- `environment` (object, required)
- `intent` (string, required)

### `kata_apply_command` (~37 tokens)

Apply one allowlisted semantic workspace command and return the next workspace snapshot.

Input parameters:

- `command` (object, required)
- `workspace` (object, required)

### `kata_compile_workflow` (~39 tokens)

Compile two compatible semantic demonstrations into a deterministic JSON-Schema-constrained program.

Input parameters:

- `demos` (array, required)
- `name` (string, required)

### `kata_execute_program` (~43 tokens)

Execute a compiled deterministic program transactionally against a supplied workspace snapshot.

Input parameters:

- `input` (object, required)
- `program` (object, required)
- `workspace` (object, required)

### `kata_preview_automation` (~47 tokens)

Preview an automation and return matching works plus an integrity fingerprint. Makes no changes.

Input parameters:

- `automation` (object, required)
- `works` (array, required)
- `workspace` (object, required)

### `kata_run_automation` (~60 tokens)

Run a deterministic automation only when its preview fingerprint still matches current inputs. Nested tools are depth-bounded.

Input parameters:

- `automation` (object, required)
- `previewFingerprint` (string, required)
- `works` (array, required)
- `workspace` (object, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dharan1007-kata/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-04: 79
- 2026-10-03: 79
- 2026-10-02: 78
- 2026-10-01: 78
- 2026-09-30: 77
- 2026-09-29: 77
- 2026-09-28: 76
- 2026-09-27: 69
- 2026-09-26: 69
- 2026-09-25: 68
- 2026-09-24: 68
- 2026-09-23: 67
- 2026-09-22: 67
- 2026-09-21: 66
- 2026-09-20: 66
- 2026-09-19: 65
- 2026-09-18: 65
- 2026-09-17: 64
- 2026-09-16: 64
- 2026-09-15: 63
- 2026-09-14: 63
- 2026-09-13: 62
- 2026-09-12: 62
- 2026-09-11: 61
- 2026-09-10: 61
- 2026-09-09: 60
- 2026-09-08: 58

## Common questions

### What is the KATA Research Automation MCP server?

KATA Research Automation is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.dharan1007/kata. Deterministic research automation with live OpenAlex search and reusable workflow programs. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp).

### Is the KATA Research Automation MCP server safe to use?

KATA Research Automation scores 79 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 KATA Research Automation MCP server expose?

KATA Research Automation exposes 8 tools: kata_search_research, kata_plan_triage, kata_diagnose_web_interop, kata_apply_command, kata_compile_workflow, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 393 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the KATA Research Automation MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the KATA Research Automation MCP server still maintained?

KATA Research Automation is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 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://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/dharan1007/kata
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dharan1007-kata/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dharan1007-kata/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dharan1007-kata/api-mcp