# ScoutRail (remote · scoutrail.io)

Find business leads and live opportunities for a business, with the proof and the next step.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `scoutrail.io`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-scoutrail-scoutrail/scoutrail.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-scoutrail-scoutrail/scoutrail)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://scoutrail.io/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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**: 63/100
  - 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 check failed: the endpoint is reachable over plaintext HTTP.
  - 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**: 79/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 238 tokens (~119/item across 2 items; 2 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**: 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**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

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

ScoutRail is a hosted endpoint at https://scoutrail.io/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 io-scoutrail-scoutrail 'https://scoutrail.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-scoutrail-scoutrail": {
      "url": "https://scoutrail.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "io-scoutrail-scoutrail": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scoutrail.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.io-scoutrail-scoutrail]
url = "https://scoutrail.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add io-scoutrail-scoutrail --url 'https://scoutrail.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-scoutrail-scoutrail:
    url: "https://scoutrail.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "io-scoutrail-scoutrail": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://scoutrail.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add io-scoutrail-scoutrail -t streamable-http -u 'https://scoutrail.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-scoutrail-scoutrail": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scoutrail.io/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 69, +1)

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

### 2026-09-26 (score 68, +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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 67, 0)

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

### 2026-09-24 (score 67, +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.

### 2026-09-23 (score 66, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-22 (score 66)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `scout_opportunities` (~218 tokens)

Scout opportunities

Find live public tenders, grants, RFPs and buyers for any business, by country/market. Pass a short description of what the business sells or does; optionally scope to market codes like za, uk, us, ng. Returns ranked, live opportunities (tenders, grants, RFPs, procurement notices, prospective buyers and partners), grouped, with a recommended NEXT MOVE. To get updates, call this tool again for the latest answer. If you run a backend with an https endpoint, POST { query, callbackUrl } to https://scoutrail.io/api/subscribe to receive signed webhook updates; conversational agents should just re-call this tool. Examples: {"business":"solar panel installer in Cape Town"}. {"business":"IT security consultancy","markets":["za","uk"]}.

Input parameters:

- `business` (string, required): What the business does, sells or is looking for (e.g. "hospital cleaning services")
- `markets` (array): Optional market codes to scope the search, like za, uk, us, ng

Output parameters:

- `counts` (object)
- `enriched` (boolean)
- `groups` (array)
- `markets` (array)
- `nextMove` (object|null)
- `query` (string)
- `schema` (string)
- `subscribe` (object): How to hear about updates for this query. poll: re-call the tool (what a conversational agent does). push: backends with an https endpoint POST { query, callbackUrl } to push.url for signed webhook u…

### `list_markets` (~20 tokens)

List markets

List the markets ScoutRail can scout and their status.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 69
- 2026-09-27: 68
- 2026-09-26: 68
- 2026-09-25: 67
- 2026-09-24: 67
- 2026-09-23: 66
- 2026-09-22: 66

## Common questions

### What is the ScoutRail MCP server?

ScoutRail is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.scoutrail/scoutrail. Find business leads and live opportunities for a business, with the proof and the next step. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://scoutrail.io/mcp).

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

ScoutRail scores 69 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 ScoutRail MCP server expose?

ScoutRail exposes 2 tools: scout_opportunities, list_markets. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 238 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ScoutRail MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the ScoutRail MCP server still maintained?

ScoutRail 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://scoutrail.io/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-scoutrail-scoutrail/scoutrail.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-scoutrail-scoutrail/scoutrail.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-scoutrail-scoutrail/scoutrail