# Halal or Not (remote · goodturn-mcp.pages.dev)

Is it halal? Food, medicines, stocks, funds and crypto, with a verdict for each of the four schools.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `goodturn-mcp.pages.dev`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-halalornot/halalornot-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-halalornot/halalornot-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## 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 2026-09-28.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - 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.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1474 tokens (~113/item across 13 items; 13 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **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.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 13 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: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the Halal or Not MCP server?

Halal or Not is a hosted endpoint at https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/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 goodturnstudio-halalornot 'https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goodturnstudio-halalornot": {
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "goodturnstudio-halalornot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.goodturnstudio-halalornot]
url = "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "goodturnstudio-halalornot": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add goodturnstudio-halalornot --url 'https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  goodturnstudio-halalornot:
    url: "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "goodturnstudio-halalornot": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add goodturnstudio-halalornot -t streamable-http -u 'https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goodturnstudio-halalornot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/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 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (13)

### `check_ingredients` (~94 tokens)

Check an ingredients list

Check an ingredients list. Pass the ingredients exactly as printed on the pack. Returns an overall verdict, a verdict for each school, and every flagged ingredient with the reason

Input parameters:

- `context` (string): 'cosmetic' for products used on the skin, 'medicine' for medicines and supplements; these change how alcohol, carmine and necessity are treated.
- `ingredients` (string, required): Ingredients list as printed, comma separated.

### `check_product_by_barcode` (~56 tokens)

Check a product by barcode

Check a product by barcode. Looks the barcode up in Open Food Facts, then Open Beauty Facts, and checks its ingredients

Input parameters:

- `barcode` (string, required): EAN-13, EAN-8 or UPC barcode digits.

### `search_products` (~176 tokens)

Find products by name and check them

Find products by name and check them. Searches Open Food Facts by name or brand (for example 'Haribo Starmix') and returns up to five matches, each with a verdict, plus a 'say' line for the best match. Where a brand states the source of an ingredient its label leaves unnamed (Haribo: pork gelatine in its standard UK range), that statement decides it and is quoted in brand_statement

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Open Food Facts country slug, for example united-kingdom, united-states, france. Use 'world' for no filter. Also picks the Amazon store for halal versions (amazon.co.uk for the UK and Ireland).
- `q` (string, required): A product, brand or barcode to look up, for example Haribo Starmix or 5000159484695.

### `explain_ingredient` (~99 tokens)

Explain one ingredient or E-number

Explain one ingredient or E-number. For example 'E471', 'carmine', 'prawns', 'whey' or 'alcohol denat'. Returns the verdict for each school and the reasoning

Input parameters:

- `context` (string): Whether the ingredient is in food or a cosmetic. Defaults to food.
- `name` (string, required): The ingredient or E-number, for example E471, carmine, gelatin or alcohol denat.

### `screen_stock` (~96 tokens)

Is this stock halal?

Is this stock halal?. Screens a US-listed stock via Mizan: first the business (each standard's excluded industries), then the AAOIFI, Dow Jones Islamic, S&P Shariah and MSCI Islamic debt screens. A company name also works (nvidia, philip morris). Links to halal alternatives in the same industry

Input parameters:

- `ticker` (string, required): A US stock ticker, for example AAPL or TSLA.

### `ask_is_it_halal` (~113 tokens)

Ask any 'is it halal' question

Ask any 'is it halal' question. Covers money (savings, credit cards, mortgages, BNPL, insurance, pensions, trading), crypto, medicine, food and drink, and everyday life (music, dogs, tattoos, nail polish, smoking, games, photos, jobs). Returns the verdict, the main scholarly views and halal alternatives. Also recognises single ingredients and E-numbers

Input parameters:

- `q` (string, required): The question in plain words, for example 'Is a credit card halal?'

### `check_fund` (~153 tokens)

Is this fund, ETF or pension fund halal?

Is this fund, ETF or pension fund halal?. Recognises Shariah funds by name or ticker. For other US-registered funds and ETFs, reads the latest SEC holdings report and screens every holding by industry and debt. UK-listed ETFs (VUSA, CSPX, VWRL, SWDA, EQQQ, ISF and others) and fund names (Vanguard S&P 500, FTSE 100 tracker, LifeStrategy) are answered through a US fund tracking the same index, or from what the index holds, with UK Shariah options

Input parameters:

- `ticker` (string, required): Fund or ETF ticker (VOO, QQQ, SPUS) or a Shariah fund name.

### `check_crypto` (~70 tokens)

Is this cryptocurrency halal?

Is this cryptocurrency halal?. Classifies a coin by what it does (lending, gambling, meme, stablecoin, staking, general-purpose) and gives the scholarly views on crypto and on how it's used

Input parameters:

- `coin` (string, required): Coin name or symbol, for example bitcoin, ETH, AAVE.

### `check_medicine` (~86 tokens)

Is this medicine halal?

Is this medicine halal?. Reads a medicine's active and inactive ingredients from its US label (openFDA) and flags gelatine, alcohol, pig-derived enzymes and heparin. The headline and say line lead with the ruling on necessity, so nobody stops a prescribed medicine; the ingredient reading follows (ingredient_headline, verdict)

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Brand or generic name.

### `get_prayer_times` (~195 tokens)

Today's prayer times for a place, with Ramadan suhoor and iftar

Today's prayer times for a place, with both Asr times and Ramadan suhoor and iftar. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they differ, with the reasoning and halal alt...

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): City name, for example London or Chicago, IL.
- `date` (string): The day, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today.
- `lat` (number): Latitude of the place, in decimal degrees. Use with lon instead of city.
- `lon` (number): Longitude of the place, in decimal degrees. Use with lat instead of city.
- `method` (string): Calculation method: isna (North America), mwl (Muslim World League), umm_al_qura, egypt, karachi or moonsighting.

### `list_topics` (~86 tokens)

Every question the rulebook covers

Every question the rulebook covers. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they differ, with the reasoning and halal alt...

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Only topics in this area: money, crypto, medicine, food or life.

### `explain_schools` (~67 tokens)

How the four schools differ on food

How the four schools differ on food. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they differ, with the reasoning and halal alt...

### `list_rules` (~62 tokens)

The full rulebook

The full rulebook. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they differ, with the reasoning and halal alt...

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 71

## Common questions

### What is the Halal or Not MCP server?

Halal or Not is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.GoodTurnStudio/halalornot. Is it halal? Food, medicines, stocks, funds and crypto, with a verdict for each of the four schools. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp).

### Is the Halal or Not MCP server safe to use?

Halal or Not scores 71 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 Halal or Not MCP server expose?

Halal or Not exposes 13 tools: check_ingredients, check_product_by_barcode, search_products, explain_ingredient, screen_stock, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,353 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Halal or Not MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Halal or Not without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Halal or Not MCP server still maintained?

Halal or Not is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 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://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/GoodTurnStudio/goodturn-mcp
- Website: https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-halalornot/halalornot-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-halalornot/halalornot-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-halalornot/halalornot-mcp