# Photo Scout (remote · api.aisoup.net)

Find nearby photo spots using real street imagery, visual scores and camera headings.

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-23

## Components

- remote · `api.aisoup.net`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/impanyu-photo-scout/photo-scout-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/impanyu-photo-scout/photo-scout-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/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 2026-10-23.

- **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**: 59/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 478 tokens (~239/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 43/100
  - Stability observed for 13 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 (50% 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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 2 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 Photo Scout MCP server?

Photo Scout is a hosted endpoint at https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/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 impanyu-photo-scout 'https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "impanyu-photo-scout": {
      "url": "https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "impanyu-photo-scout": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.impanyu-photo-scout]
url = "https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "impanyu-photo-scout": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add impanyu-photo-scout --url 'https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  impanyu-photo-scout:
    url: "https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "impanyu-photo-scout": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add impanyu-photo-scout -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "impanyu-photo-scout": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/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.

### 2026-10-22 (score 74, +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.

### 2026-10-20 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-18 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-15 (score 71, +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.

### 2026-10-13 (score 70, +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.

### 2026-10-12 (score 69, 0)

- [security] Tool “discover_photo_spots” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 212 → 239
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.07
- [cosmetic] “discover_photo_spots” added an optional parameter “route”
- [cosmetic] Tool “discover_photo_spots” changed its title: Discover nearby photo spots → Discover photo spots nearby or along a route

### 2026-10-10 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `list_photo_scout_prices` (~26 tokens)

List Photo Scout prices

Show per-search pricing, payment method and limitations. This tool is free.

Output parameters:

- `network` (string)
- `priceUsd` (string)
- `scope` (string)

### `discover_photo_spots` (~452 tokens)

Discover photo spots nearby or along a route

Find POIs nearby or along a walking/driving route, compare available images, and return ranked photo spots with scores, camera headings, reasons and source links. Costs $2.00 USDC on Base per call.

Input parameters:

- `featureCombination` (string): AND/all or OR/any across OSM feature requirements; default all.
- `geographicCombination` (string): AND/all or OR/any across geographic requirements; default all.
- `geographicKinds` (array): Spatial requirements; combination is controlled by geographicCombination.
- `lat` (number, required): Latitude of the search center.
- `limit` (integer): Deprecated compatibility field; ignored. All verified matching places are returned.
- `lon` (number, required): Longitude of the search center.
- `osmFeatures` (array): OSM physical features and attributes; combined using featureCombination. Tagged features use exact/existence filters; intersections use road topology.
- `photoStyles` (array): Optional desired photo moods.
- `poiQueries` (array): Arbitrary POI categories or business names, e.g. coffee shops.
- `preferences` (string): Additional photography preferences.
- `query` (string): Natural-language request. Explicit text overrides conflicting structured parameters.
- `radius` (integer): Search radius in meters; default 1000.
- `requirements` (array): Condition ledger for compiled programs: required, preferred or forbidden; retrieval step IDs scope conditions to each logical branch.
- `route`: Optional real road route. Default walking, 300 m corridor; up to 200 km. Origin omitted uses lat/lon. Destination accepts address or coordinates. Up to 50 photographic locations along the route.
- `scoringIntent` (string): Visual subject, style and requirements for matching and scoring.
- `searchBranches` (array): OR across independently constrained target groups; AND between target, geography and features inside a group. When set, leave top-level poiQueries/geographicKinds/osmFeatures empty.
- `searchProgram`: Validated data-flow program over search/spatial/set, collect_images, score_images and rank_results tools. Leave all other target/spatial fields empty; global center/radius/styles are shared. Up to 24…

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-23: 74
- 2026-10-22: 74
- 2026-10-21: 73
- 2026-10-20: 73
- 2026-10-19: 72
- 2026-10-18: 72
- 2026-10-17: 71
- 2026-10-16: 71
- 2026-10-15: 71
- 2026-10-14: 70
- 2026-10-13: 70
- 2026-10-12: 69
- 2026-10-10: 69

## Common questions

### What is the Photo Scout MCP server?

Photo Scout is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.impanyu/photo-scout. Find nearby photo spots using real street imagery, visual scores and camera headings. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp).

### Is the Photo Scout MCP server safe to use?

Photo Scout scores 74 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 Photo Scout MCP server expose?

Photo Scout exposes 2 tools: list_photo_scout_prices, discover_photo_spots. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 478 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Photo Scout MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Photo Scout MCP server still maintained?

Photo Scout is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 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://api.aisoup.net/photo-scout/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/impanyu/agentic_services
- Website: https://aisoup.net/photo-scout/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/impanyu-photo-scout/photo-scout-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/impanyu-photo-scout/photo-scout-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/impanyu-photo-scout/photo-scout-mcp