# Sponsor Finder (remote · mcp.sponsorfinder.io)

Check whether a company holds a UK or Netherlands work-visa sponsorship licence.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `mcp.sponsorfinder.io`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-sponsorfinder-mcp/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-sponsorfinder-mcp/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.sponsorfinder.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 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - 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 4 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.
  - 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**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 498 tokens (~124/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 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.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http io-sponsorfinder-mcp https://mcp.sponsorfinder.io/mcp
```

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-sponsorfinder-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.sponsorfinder.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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 68, +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.

### 2026-08-01 (score 67, +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.

### 2026-07-31 (score 66, −1)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 67, +1)

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

### 2026-07-28 (score 66, +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.

### 2026-07-27 (score 65, +1)

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

### 2026-07-26 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `check_sponsor_license` (~212 tokens)

Check Sponsorship Licence

Check whether a company holds a UK or Netherlands work-visa sponsorship licence. The register lists official registered legal entity names, not brand, product, or trading names. If the user provides a brand name, product name, or website, first determine the company's registered legal name (via web search, the company's own website, or the relevant companies register) and pass that. Tolerates minor typos but not brand-vs-legal-name mismatches. Returns licence routes, ratings, locations and register dates. If results are ambiguous or none are found, refine the legal name and try again. For exploring or filtering many companies, use search_sponsors instead.

Input parameters:

- `company_name` (string, required): The company's registered legal entity name — not a brand, product, or trading name, and not a URL. If the user gave a brand name or website, resolve the official registered legal name first, then pas…
- `country` (string): Which register to check: uk, nl, or both

### `search_sponsors` (~143 tokens)

Search Sponsor Register

Exploratory list search of the sponsor register with optional filters (city/route for UK, sponsor type for NL). Returns a compact list with a total count. For checking one specific company, prefer check_sponsor_license.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): Filter by city (UK only)
- `country` (string): Which register to search
- `limit` (integer): Max results (1–20)
- `query` (string): Substring to match in the company name
- `route` (string): Filter by visa route, e.g. "Skilled Worker" (UK only)
- `sponsor_type` (string): Filter by sponsor type (NL only)

### `get_sponsor_details` (~101 tokens)

Get Sponsor Details

Full record for one organization by id: routes, ratings, locations and register dates (UK), or sponsor type and KvK number (NL). Optionally include register change history.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Which register the id belongs to
- `include_history` (boolean): Also include register change history (ADDED / REMOVED / REACTIVATED events)
- `org_id` (integer, required): Organization id (from a search or check result)

### `get_register_info` (~42 tokens)

About the Sponsor Registers

Register statistics, data freshness, and terminology for the UK and Netherlands sponsor registers. Use this to explain what a licence, route, rating, or sponsor type means.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 68
- 2026-08-02: 67
- 2026-08-01: 67
- 2026-07-31: 66
- 2026-07-30: 67
- 2026-07-29: 66
- 2026-07-28: 66
- 2026-07-27: 65
- 2026-07-26: 64

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.sponsorfinder.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/alirezahamid/sponsor-finder-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-sponsorfinder-mcp/mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-sponsorfinder-mcp/mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-sponsorfinder-mcp/mcp