# freeq (remote · irc.freeq.at)

Read and verify freeq conversations: channels, history, search, signatures, pins.

- Trust score: 86/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +10
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-29

## Components

- remote · `irc.freeq.at`: 86/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/freeq-irc-freeq/irc.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/freeq-irc-freeq/irc)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://irc.freeq.at/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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 2026-09-29.

- **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**: 87/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 546 tokens (~60/item across 9 items; 5 tools + 4 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**: 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.
  - 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 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

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

freeq is a hosted endpoint at https://irc.freeq.at/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 freeq-irc-freeq 'https://irc.freeq.at/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freeq-irc-freeq": {
      "url": "https://irc.freeq.at/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "freeq-irc-freeq": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://irc.freeq.at/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.freeq-irc-freeq]
url = "https://irc.freeq.at/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "freeq-irc-freeq": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://irc.freeq.at/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add freeq-irc-freeq --url 'https://irc.freeq.at/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  freeq-irc-freeq:
    url: "https://irc.freeq.at/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "freeq-irc-freeq": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://irc.freeq.at/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add freeq-irc-freeq -t streamable-http -u 'https://irc.freeq.at/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freeq-irc-freeq": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://irc.freeq.at/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.

### 2026-09-28 (score 86, +8)

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

### 2026-09-26 (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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 77, 0)

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

### 2026-09-23 (score 77, +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.

### 2026-09-21 (score 76, +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.

### 2026-09-19 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-09-17 (score 74, +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.

### 2026-09-15 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (5)

### `freeq_channels` (~53 tokens)

List public channels

List the public channels on this server with member counts and topics. Start here when you do not know a channel's exact name. Invite-only, key-protected and encrypted-only channels are never listed. No authentication required.

Output parameters:

- `channels` (array)

### `freeq_history` (~114 tokens)

Read channel history

Read recent messages from a channel, newest first. Page backwards by passing the oldest msgid you have seen as `before`. Public channels need no authentication; restricted ones need a bearer from a member.

Input parameters:

- `before` (integer): Unix-seconds timestamp of the oldest message you already have; omit for the newest page. This is the `timestamp` field, not the msgid.
- `channel` (string, required): Channel name, with or without the leading #.
- `limit` (integer): How many messages to return.

Output parameters:

- `messages` (array)

### `freeq_search` (~69 tokens)

Search a channel

Full-text search within one channel. Use this instead of paging history when you know roughly what was said. Same access rules as freeq_history.

Input parameters:

- `channel` (string, required): Channel to search.
- `limit` (integer): How many matches to return.
- `q` (string, required): Search terms.

Output parameters:

- `messages` (array)

### `freeq_verify` (~87 tokens)

Verify a message's signature

Check who signed a message. `signed_by: "author"` is non-repudiable — the author's own key signed those bytes. `signed_by: "server"` proves relay only, NOT authorship. Call this before quoting anyone as having said something; do not present a server-relayed message as author-signed.

Input parameters:

- `msgid` (string, required): ULID message id.

Output parameters:

- `did` (string): DID whose key signed.
- `msgid` (string)
- `signed_by` (string): "author" is non-repudiable. "server" proves relay only, NOT authorship.
- `verified` (boolean): Whether the signature checks out.

### `freeq_pins` (~62 tokens)

Read pinned messages

The messages a channel's operators pinned — usually its rules, links and standing context. Cheaper than reading history when you want to know what a channel is for.

Input parameters:

- `channel` (string, required): Channel whose pins to read, with or without the leading #.

Output parameters:

- `pins` (array)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-29: 86
- 2026-09-28: 86
- 2026-09-27: 78
- 2026-09-26: 78
- 2026-09-25: 77
- 2026-09-24: 77
- 2026-09-23: 77
- 2026-09-22: 76
- 2026-09-21: 76
- 2026-09-20: 75
- 2026-09-19: 75
- 2026-09-18: 74
- 2026-09-17: 74
- 2026-09-16: 73
- 2026-09-15: 73
- 2026-09-14: 72
- 2026-09-13: 72
- 2026-09-12: 71
- 2026-09-11: 71
- 2026-09-10: 70
- 2026-09-09: 70
- 2026-09-08: 70
- 2026-09-07: 69
- 2026-09-06: 69
- 2026-09-05: 68
- 2026-09-04: 68
- 2026-09-03: 67

## Common questions

### What is the freeq MCP server?

freeq is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.freeq-irc/freeq. Read and verify freeq conversations: channels, history, search, signatures, pins. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://irc.freeq.at/mcp).

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

freeq scores 86 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 freeq MCP server expose?

freeq exposes 5 tools: freeq_channels, freeq_history, freeq_search, freeq_verify, freeq_pins. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 385 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the freeq MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the freeq MCP server still maintained?

freeq is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 29 September 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://irc.freeq.at/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/freeq-irc/freeq
- Website: https://freeq.at/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/freeq-irc-freeq/irc.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/freeq-irc-freeq/irc.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/freeq-irc-freeq/irc