# io.github.erikirby/brand-monitor (npm · @erikirby/brand-monitor)

Monitor domain expiry, SSL certs, and social handle availability across platforms.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +21
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-06

## Components

- npm · `@erikirby/brand-monitor`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/erikirby-brand-monitor/erikirby-brand-monitor.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/erikirby-brand-monitor/erikirby-brand-monitor)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@erikirby/brand-monitor`
- Version: `1.0.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-08-06.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Known CVEs were checked across the 124 of 128 dependencies we could resolve, so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Dependency health was assessed across the 124 of 128 dependencies we could resolve, so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 32/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - License check failed: no license is declared.
  - Actively maintained (last published 77 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 376 tokens (~75/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 37/100
  - Stability observed for 11 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 96/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 89% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add erikirby-brand-monitor -- npx -y @erikirby/brand-monitor
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add erikirby-brand-monitor -- npx -y @erikirby/brand-monitor
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "erikirby-brand-monitor": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@erikirby/brand-monitor"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add erikirby-brand-monitor --command npx --arg -y --arg @erikirby/brand-monitor
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  erikirby-brand-monitor:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@erikirby/brand-monitor"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "erikirby-brand-monitor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@erikirby/brand-monitor"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-06 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-04 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-02 (score 65, +39)

- [security regression] Install scripts: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Provenance: fail → unverified
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] License: fail → unverified
- [functional regression] Maintenance: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial

### 2026-08-01 (score 26, +5)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] License: unverified → fail
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass

### 2026-07-31 (score 21, −25)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 46, +22)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100

### 2026-07-28 (score 24, −22)

- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 46)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `domain_availability` (~49 tokens)

Check if a domain name is available or already registered. Returns registration status, registrar, and expiry date if registered.

Input parameters:

- `domain` (string, required): Domain name to check (e.g. example.com)

### `ssl_expiry` (~59 tokens)

Check SSL/TLS certificate expiry for a domain. Get days until expiry, issuer, and subject. Critical for preventing certificate expiration outages.

Input parameters:

- `domain` (string, required): Domain to check (e.g. example.com)
- `port` (number)

### `social_handle` (~91 tokens)

Check if a brand username/handle is available on major social platforms. Checks Twitter/X, GitHub, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and more.

Input parameters:

- `handle` (string, required): Username or handle to check (e.g. mybrand)
- `platforms` (array): Platforms to check (default: all). Options: twitter, github, instagram, youtube, tiktok, linkedin, reddit, facebook

### `website_uptime` (~57 tokens)

Check if a website is online and responding. Returns HTTP status code, response time, SSL status, and port availability (80, 443).

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): Full URL to check (e.g. https://example.com)

### `brand_scan` (~120 tokens)

Full brand monitoring scan. Checks domain availability/expiry, SSL cert status, social handle availability across platforms, and website uptime in a single call. Essential for businesses protecting their brand identity.

Input parameters:

- `brand` (string, required): Brand name or handle to check (e.g. mybrand)
- `domain` (string): Primary domain to check (e.g. mybrand.com). If not provided, checks brand.tld variants
- `tlds` (array): TLDs to check for domain variants (default: com, org, net, io, app)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/erikirby-brand-monitor/erikirby-brand-monitor#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-06: 67
- 2026-08-05: 66
- 2026-08-04: 66
- 2026-08-03: 65
- 2026-08-02: 65
- 2026-08-01: 26
- 2026-07-31: 21
- 2026-07-30: 46
- 2026-07-28: 24
- 2026-07-27: 46

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@erikirby/brand-monitor
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@erikirby/brand-monitor
- Repository: https://github.com/erikirby/toolcompare-fyi
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/erikirby-brand-monitor/erikirby-brand-monitor.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/erikirby-brand-monitor/erikirby-brand-monitor.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/erikirby-brand-monitor/erikirby-brand-monitor