Founder Ventures
REMOTE · FOUNDERVENTURES.IO
Read-only search over the Founder Ventures library on bootstrapped SaaS, plus founder events.
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Last scanned (9 hours ago)
Scores higher than 65% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 18 Oct 2026.
Category Education and Research
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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security80
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present. View diagnostics → Pass
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability68
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 264 tokens (~88/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management20
- Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage90
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 67% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 18 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 16 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 14 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 13 Oct 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 12 Oct 26 70
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 18 Oct 2026 · Probed https://founderventures.io/api/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=founderventures.io | CN=YR2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 31 Aug 2026 | 29 Nov 2026 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 6b7a68eb4ce61b86a4b0f38288cc3408cee |
| SANs: founderventures.io | ||||||
| CN=YR2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 4ebd24947e24d394802d84a52fd5b319 |
| CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | RSA 4096 | SHA256-RSA | f24b6d17f9d9ad7cb1c9fea78782699f |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of founderventures.io. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| io. | present | 57355 | 8 | Verified |
| founderventures.io. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| strict-transport-security | max-age=63072000 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://founderventures.io/api/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://founderventures.io/api/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 308 | https://founderventures.io/api/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
list_founder_events List founder events by city ~71
Curated startup and founder events in European tech cities, filtered for tech-founder relevance and refreshed daily. Omit `city` to list the supported cities.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| city | string | – | City slug. Omit to list supported cities. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| when | string | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| cities | array | yes | Supported cities. Filled only when `city` is omitted. |
| city | string|null | yes | City slug, or null when listing supported cities. |
| error | string|null | yes | Set when the city slug is unknown. |
| events | array | yes | – |
| when | string|null | yes | – |
No examples provided.
read_founder_ventures_page Read a Founder Ventures page ~73
Fetch the markdown source of a Founder Ventures page. Pass a site-relative path such as `/` or `/glossary/product-led-growth`, typically one returned by search_founder_ventures.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| path | string | yes | Site-relative path, e.g. `/playbooks/cold-email-that-converts`. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| description | string|null | – | – |
| found | boolean | yes | False when the path has no markdown representation. |
| markdown | string|null | – | – |
| path | string | yes | – |
| title | string|null | – | – |
| updatedAt | string|null | – | Last update date (YYYY-MM-DD), when known. |
| url | string|null | – | Canonical https://founderventures.io URL. |
No examples provided.
search_founder_ventures Search Founder Ventures ~76
Keyword search over the Founder Ventures library on bootstrapped B2B SaaS: growth playbooks, PLG glossary, case studies, tool comparisons, and original research. Returns titles, descriptions, and site-relative URLs.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Maximum results to return. |
| query | string | yes | Search terms. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
How do I install the Founder Ventures MCP server?
Founder Ventures is a hosted endpoint at https://founderventures.io/api/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.
remote · founderventures.io
claude mcp add --transport http io-founderventures-founder-ventures 'https://founderventures.io/api/mcp'
What is the Founder Ventures MCP server?
Founder Ventures is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.founderventures/founder-ventures. Read-only search over the Founder Ventures library on bootstrapped SaaS, plus founder events. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://founderventures.io/api/mcp).
Is the Founder Ventures MCP server safe to use?
Founder Ventures scores 73 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 Founder Ventures MCP server expose?
Founder Ventures exposes 3 tools: search_founder_ventures, read_founder_ventures_page, list_founder_events. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 220 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Founder Ventures MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Founder Ventures without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Founder Ventures MCP server still maintained?
Founder Ventures 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.