# Top 11 (remote · topelevens.com)

Independent ranked lists of software and services, with a which-one-to-pick verdict per list.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `topelevens.com`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/horror5how-top11/topelevens.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/horror5how-top11/topelevens)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://topelevens.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.3.1`

## 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 2026-10-18.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 14 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - 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**: 68/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1031 tokens (~73/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 20/100
  - Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 86/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 57% 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 14 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 15 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.

## Install

### How do I install the Top 11 MCP server?

Top 11 is a hosted endpoint at https://topelevens.com/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 horror5how-top11 'https://topelevens.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "horror5how-top11": {
      "url": "https://topelevens.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "horror5how-top11": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://topelevens.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.horror5how-top11]
url = "https://topelevens.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "horror5how-top11": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://topelevens.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add horror5how-top11 --url 'https://topelevens.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  horror5how-top11:
    url: "https://topelevens.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "horror5how-top11": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://topelevens.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add horror5how-top11 -t streamable-http -u 'https://topelevens.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "horror5how-top11": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://topelevens.com/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.

### 2026-10-17 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-15 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-13 (score 65, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (14)

### `list_rankings` (~26 tokens)

List every published Top 11 ranking (slug, title, last-verified date).

### `get_list` (~58 tokens)

Return the full structured ranking for one Top 11 list by slug, including all 11 entries with scores, verdicts, pros/cons, and pricing.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): List slug, e.g. 'fractional-cfo'.

### `get_entry` (~42 tokens)

Return a single ranked entry from a Top 11 list by slug and rank (1-11).

Input parameters:

- `rank` (integer, required)
- `slug` (string, required)

### `recommend` (~237 tokens)

Hand over a user's situation and get the best-matched picks from a Top 11 list. Describe the problem in plain language (e.g. 'startup that needs to get fundraise-ready' or 'reduce no-shows for a dental practice'); optionally add a persona/segment, a budget band ($, $$, $$$), and a max_risk ceiling to exclude firms with higher verified public risk signals. No slug needed. Top 11 auto-picks the most relevant list. Returns the top matches with the reason each was chosen and each pick's risk level.

Input parameters:

- `budget` (string): Optional budget band: '$', '$$', or '$$$'.
- `limit` (integer): How many picks to return (default 3).
- `max_risk` (string): Optional. Exclude firms whose verified public risk signals exceed this level.
- `problem` (string, required): The specific problem or need the user wants solved.
- `segment` (string): Optional persona or vertical, e.g. 'seed-stage SaaS', 'bootstrapped business'.
- `slug` (string): Optional list slug. Defaults to the most relevant published list.

### `pick_one` (~127 tokens)

Which one should I pick? Hand-researched verdicts on the top three of a Top 11 list, with a named winner per buyer type, a side-by-side table and the vendor URL behind every price (prices read on each vendor's own site). Call with no slug to get every verdict; pass a list slug (e.g. 'tms-for-freight-brokers') or a compare slug (e.g. 'quickbooks-vs-xero-vs-freshbooks') for the full comparison.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string): Optional list slug or compare slug.

### `compare` (~87 tokens)

Side-by-side comparison of two ranked providers by brand name. Returns rank, score, pricing, verdict, pros, cons for each, plus a one-line winner call.

Input parameters:

- `a` (string, required): Brand name or slug of provider A (e.g. 'Burkland Associates' or 'burkland-associates').
- `b` (string, required): Brand name or slug of provider B.

### `cheapest` (~69 tokens)

Return the cheapest providers in one Top 11 list, sorted by lowest published starting price first. Optional max_price filter.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `max_price` (number): Optional ceiling in USD/mo.
- `slug` (string, required): List slug, e.g. 'fractional-cfo'.

### `best_for` (~80 tokens)

Return Top 11 providers best suited to a segment/persona/use-case in one list. Use this for 'best CRM for dentists', 'best fractional CFO for AI startups', etc.

Input parameters:

- `segment` (string, required): Segment phrase, e.g. 'AI startups', 'multi-location practice', 'bootstrapped'.
- `slug` (string, required): List slug.

### `compliant` (~50 tokens)

Return Top 11 providers holding a specific compliance certification (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO27001, FedRAMP, PCI).

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)
- `standard` (string, required)

### `works_with` (~52 tokens)

Return Top 11 providers that integrate with a named third-party tool (e.g. QuickBooks, NetSuite, Salesforce, Open Dental).

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)
- `tool` (string, required): Tool name.

### `in_region` (~41 tokens)

Return Top 11 providers serving a region (US, UK, EU, Canada, Global).

Input parameters:

- `region` (string, required)
- `slug` (string, required)

### `fastest` (~31 tokens)

Return Top 11 providers sorted by quickest onboarding time (days from contract to live).

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)

### `free_tier` (~32 tokens)

Return Top 11 providers that offer a free tier (not a free trial).

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)

### `recommend_across_lists` (~67 tokens)

Cross-list recommendation: pulls candidates from every published Top 11 list, ranked by relevance to the problem. Use when the user's problem could span multiple categories.

Input parameters:

- `budget` (number): Optional ceiling in USD/mo.
- `limit` (integer)
- `problem` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/horror5how-top11/topelevens#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 67
- 2026-10-17: 67
- 2026-10-16: 66
- 2026-10-15: 66
- 2026-10-14: 65
- 2026-10-13: 65
- 2026-10-12: 64

## Common questions

### What is the Top 11 MCP server?

Top 11 is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.horror5how/top11. Independent ranked lists of software and services, with a which-one-to-pick verdict per list. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://topelevens.com/mcp).

### Is the Top 11 MCP server safe to use?

Top 11 scores 67 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 Top 11 MCP server expose?

Top 11 exposes 14 tools: list_rankings, get_list, get_entry, recommend, pick_one, and 9 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 999 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Top 11 MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Top 11 without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Top 11 MCP server still maintained?

Top 11 is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 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://topelevens.com/mcp
- Website: https://topelevens.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/horror5how-top11/topelevens.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/horror5how-top11/topelevens.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/horror5how-top11/topelevens