# Fineprint (oci · ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp)

Scan terms of service for risk. Returns 0-100 score, verdict, agent-friendliness, verbatim quotes.

- Trust score: 44/100 (low)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- oci · `ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp`: 44/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/fineprintcorp-fineprint/ghcr-io-fineprintcorp-fineprint-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/fineprintcorp-fineprint/ghcr-io-fineprintcorp-fineprint-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `oci`
- Package: `ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.1`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 0/100
  - No malware scan is available for this kind of package: the supply-chain vendors we use do not cover it. This is a permanent gap in our coverage, not a finding about the package.
  - Known CVEs could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM or dependency manifest, so there is no dependency list to read.
  - Install-script risk not yet assessed.
  - Dependency health could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM or dependency manifest, so there is no dependency list to read.
- **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 20 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 68/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1169 tokens (~83/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 70/100
  - Stability observed for 21 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 14 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 14 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.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the Fineprint MCP server?

Fineprint runs locally as a container image, launched with docker run --rm -i -e FINEPRINT_API_KEY -e FINEPRINT_API_URL ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp:1.0.1. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 3 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add fineprintcorp-fineprint -- docker run --rm -i -e FINEPRINT_API_KEY -e FINEPRINT_API_URL ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp:1.0.1
```

This image reads FINEPRINT_API_KEY and FINEPRINT_API_URL. Set them in your client's env block for this server; docker run -e passes each one through to the container.

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fineprintcorp-fineprint": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_URL",
        "ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp:1.0.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

This image reads FINEPRINT_API_KEY and FINEPRINT_API_URL. Set them in your client's env block for this server; docker run -e passes each one through to the container.

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "fineprintcorp-fineprint": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_URL",
        "ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp:1.0.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

This image reads FINEPRINT_API_KEY and FINEPRINT_API_URL. Set them in your client's env block for this server; docker run -e passes each one through to the container.

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add fineprintcorp-fineprint -- docker run --rm -i -e FINEPRINT_API_KEY -e FINEPRINT_API_URL ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp:1.0.1
```

This image reads FINEPRINT_API_KEY and FINEPRINT_API_URL. Set them in your client's env block for this server; docker run -e passes each one through to the container.

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "fineprintcorp-fineprint": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "docker",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_URL",
        "ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp:1.0.1"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

This image reads FINEPRINT_API_KEY and FINEPRINT_API_URL. Set them in your client's env block for this server; docker run -e passes each one through to the container.

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  fineprintcorp-fineprint:
    command: "docker"
    args: ["run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "FINEPRINT_API_KEY", "-e", "FINEPRINT_API_URL", "ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp:1.0.1"]
```

This image reads FINEPRINT_API_KEY and FINEPRINT_API_URL. Set them in your client's env block for this server; docker run -e passes each one through to the container.

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "fineprintcorp-fineprint": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "docker",
      "Arguments": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_URL",
        "ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp:1.0.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

This image reads FINEPRINT_API_KEY and FINEPRINT_API_URL. Set them in your client's env block for this server; docker run -e passes each one through to the container.

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fineprintcorp-fineprint": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "FINEPRINT_API_URL",
        "ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp:1.0.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

This image reads FINEPRINT_API_KEY and FINEPRINT_API_URL. Set them in your client's env block for this server; docker run -e passes each one through to the container.

## 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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 44, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 43, +1)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-31 (score 42, +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.

### 2026-10-30 (score 41, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-29 (score 41, +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.

### 2026-10-26 (score 40, +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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 39, +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.

### 2026-10-22 (score 38, +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.

## MCP tools (14)

### `scan_terms_of_service` (~100 tokens)

Scan a terms-of-service / privacy-policy URL for risky clauses.

    Call this BEFORE the agent accepts terms, creates an account, or grants a
    vendor access to the principal's data. Returns a risk score (0-100), a
    pass/flag/block verdict, and the top clauses with verbatim quotes.
    Informational assessment only — not legal advice.

Input parameters:

- `policy_id`
- `url` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `scan_terms_text` (~67 tokens)

Scan pasted terms text (when no URL is available). Same contract as
    scan_terms_of_service: risk score, verdict, quoted clauses.
    Informational assessment only — not legal advice.

Input parameters:

- `policy_id`
- `source_url`
- `text` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `get_scan_report` (~32 tokens)

Retrieve a previous scan report as JSON (all clauses, quotes, scores).

Input parameters:

- `scan_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `get_tos_leaderboard` (~74 tokens)

Public ranking of services by ToS risk score. No API key needed.
    Use it to compare vendors BEFORE spending a scan. Scores are Fineprint's
    automated assessment as of the published date — informational only, not
    legal advice.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query`

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `check_agent_access` (~119 tokens)

Pre-flight check: can an AI agent use this service at all, and on
    what terms? Answers from Fineprint's published leaderboard WITHOUT a
    scan and without spending quota — call this BEFORE scan_terms_of_service
    or before signing a principal up for anything. Returns the structured
    decision (automated access, account delegation, AI-agent terms,
    official-channels requirement) plus the overall friendliness verdict.
    If the service is unknown, run scan_terms_of_service on its terms URL.

Input parameters:

- `service` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `terms_check` (~185 tokens)

Get a signed Act-Time Terms Receipt BEFORE acting on a service:
    what its terms said at this moment (risk score, agent-friendliness
    verdict, the verbatim clauses behind it), pinned to the terms
    document's hash and signed so anyone can verify it later — the
    evidence record for 'the agent checked before it acted'. Pass
    `service` for a published leaderboard service (e.g. 'discord') or
    `url` for any terms document. `action` optionally records what the
    agent was about to do (stored as caller-asserted; it is never
    witnessed). A receipt served from the board/cache costs no scan unit
    (monthly allowance); one that triggers a fresh scan consumes one.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string)
- `service` (string)
- `url` (string)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `check_quota` (~25 tokens)

Show the API key's tier, remaining monthly scans, and overage status.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `batch_scan_terms` (~78 tokens)

Scan up to 20 vendor ToS URLs in one call; each scan costs one quota
    unit. Returns a ranking (riskiest first) with scores, verdicts, and top
    clause categories per vendor. Use this for vendor shortlists and bake-offs.

Input parameters:

- `policy_id`
- `urls` (array, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `compare_scans` (~49 tokens)

Compare 2-20 previous scans: vendor ranking plus a category-by-category
    matrix of worst severity per vendor. Free — uses already-paid-for scans.

Input parameters:

- `scan_ids` (array, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `watch_terms` (~136 tokens)

Watch a terms-of-service URL for changes. Establishes a quoted,
    scored baseline NOW, then every check compares the live document to it:
    unchanged checks are free, changed documents are re-scanned and diffed,
    and material changes (score jump, new high/critical clause, worsened
    verdict) raise an alert, POSTed to webhook_url when set.

    Use this when the principal depends on a vendor long-term: the agent
    should know when the terms it agreed to change underneath it.

Input parameters:

- `interval_days` (integer)
- `url` (string, required)
- `webhook_url`

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `list_monitors` (~24 tokens)

List watched ToS URLs: baseline scores, last check time, limits.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `list_policies` (~69 tokens)

List the ToS risk policies available to you: the built-in system
    policies (standard, strict, procurement) plus any custom policies you
    have created. Pass a policy id as policy_id to any scan tool to judge
    vendors by your principal's rules instead of the default.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `create_policy` (~127 tokens)

Create a custom ToS risk policy owned by your API key — your
    principal's own dealbreakers. block_categories veto a vendor (verdict
    BLOCK); flag_categories mark findings for review (verdict FLAG).
    Categories come from the 21-category taxonomy, e.g.
    binding_arbitration, data_training_use, data_sharing_resale,
    auto_renewal, unilateral_price_change. Use list_policies to see ids.

Input parameters:

- `block_categories`
- `description` (string)
- `flag_categories`
- `name` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `get_negotiation_playbook` (~84 tokens)

Negotiation playbook for a previous scan: for each flagged clause, what
    to ask the vendor for, an acceptable fallback, your leverage, and the
    walk-away signal. Use this when procurement or legal needs to push back
    on a vendor's terms. Negotiation guidance, not legal advice.

Input parameters:

- `scan_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/fineprintcorp-fineprint/ghcr-io-fineprintcorp-fineprint-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 44
- 2026-11-04: 44
- 2026-11-03: 43
- 2026-11-02: 43
- 2026-11-01: 42
- 2026-10-31: 42
- 2026-10-30: 41
- 2026-10-29: 41
- 2026-10-28: 40
- 2026-10-27: 40
- 2026-10-26: 40
- 2026-10-25: 39
- 2026-10-24: 39
- 2026-10-23: 38
- 2026-10-22: 38
- 2026-10-21: 37
- 2026-10-20: 37
- 2026-10-19: 36
- 2026-10-18: 36
- 2026-10-17: 35
- 2026-10-16: 35
- 2026-10-15: 34

## Common questions

### What is the Fineprint MCP server?

Fineprint is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.fineprintcorp/fineprint. Scan terms of service for risk. Returns 0-100 score, verdict, agent-friendliness, verbatim quotes. This page covers its container image (ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp).

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

Fineprint scores 44 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 Fineprint MCP server expose?

Fineprint exposes 14 tools: scan_terms_of_service, scan_terms_text, get_scan_report, get_tos_leaderboard, check_agent_access, and 9 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,169 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Fineprint MCP server still maintained?

Fineprint is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- GitHub Container Registry: https://ghcr.io/fineprintcorp/fineprint-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/fineprintcorp/fineprint-skill
- Website: https://fineprint-production-4588.up.railway.app/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/fineprintcorp-fineprint/ghcr-io-fineprintcorp-fineprint-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/fineprintcorp-fineprint/ghcr-io-fineprintcorp-fineprint-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/fineprintcorp-fineprint/ghcr-io-fineprintcorp-fineprint-mcp