# Onfido MCP by usefulapi (remote · onfido.usefulapi.io)

Create and read Onfido applicants, documents, checks and reports.

- Trust score: 75/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-24

## Components

- remote · `onfido.usefulapi.io`: 75/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-onfido/onfido.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-onfido/onfido)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://onfido.usefulapi.io/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required`
- Version: `1.20.0`

## 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 2026-10-24.

- **Endpoint Security**: 78/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port redirected somewhere other than https, so enforcement is unproven.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
  - The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 88/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1418 tokens (~101/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 80/100
  - Stability observed for 24 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.
- **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**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Onfido MCP by usefulapi server?

Onfido MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://onfido.usefulapi.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-usefulapi-onfido 'https://onfido.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-onfido": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://onfido.usefulapi.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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 75, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional] Server version: 1.19.0 → 1.20.0
- [functional] Server version: 1.17.0 → 1.19.0

### 2026-10-23 (score 74, 0)

- [functional] Server version: 1.16.4 → 1.17.0

### 2026-10-22 (score 74, +1)

- [functional] Server version: 1.16.3 → 1.16.4

### 2026-10-21 (score 73, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional] Server version: 1.14.0 → 1.16.3

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

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 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 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-16 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 70, +2)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → 100
- [functional] The server now declares the “prompts” capability
- [functional] New prompt “getting_started”
- [functional] Server version: 1.13.0 → 1.14.0

## MCP tools (14)

### `onfido_list_applicants` (~91 tokens)

List applicants

List applicant (person) records in the Onfido account, paginated. Onfido API: GET /applicants.

Input parameters:

- `include_deleted` (boolean): Include applicants scheduled for deletion. Default false.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `per_page` (integer): Results per page (max 500). Default 20.

### `onfido_get_applicant` (~46 tokens)

Get applicant

Retrieve a single applicant record by id. Onfido API: GET /applicants/{applicant_id}.

Input parameters:

- `applicant_id` (string, required): The applicant id.

### `onfido_list_documents` (~54 tokens)

List documents

List the identity documents uploaded for an applicant (metadata only). Onfido API: GET /documents?applicant_id=….

Input parameters:

- `applicant_id` (string, required): The applicant id whose documents to list (required).

### `onfido_get_document` (~43 tokens)

Get document

Retrieve a single document's metadata by id. Onfido API: GET /documents/{document_id}.

Input parameters:

- `document_id` (string, required): The document id.

### `onfido_list_checks` (~57 tokens)

List checks

List the verification checks run for an applicant (results/status, read-only). Onfido API: GET /checks?applicant_id=….

Input parameters:

- `applicant_id` (string, required): The applicant id whose checks to list (required).

### `onfido_get_check` (~49 tokens)

Get check

Retrieve a single check (status + report ids + result) by id. Onfido API: GET /checks/{check_id}.

Input parameters:

- `check_id` (string, required): The check id.

### `onfido_list_reports` (~61 tokens)

List reports

List the individual reports that make up a check (document, facial similarity, watchlist, …). Onfido API: GET /reports?check_id=….

Input parameters:

- `check_id` (string, required): The check id whose reports to list (required).

### `onfido_get_report` (~48 tokens)

Get report

Retrieve a single report (detailed breakdown + result) by id. Onfido API: GET /reports/{report_id}.

Input parameters:

- `report_id` (string, required): The report id.

### `onfido_list_workflow_runs` (~153 tokens)

List workflow runs

List Onfido Studio workflow runs (status/output, read-only — does NOT start a run). Onfido API: GET /workflow_runs.

Input parameters:

- `applicant_id` (string): Filter to a single applicant's workflow runs.
- `created_at_gt` (string): Only runs created after this ISO-8601 timestamp.
- `created_at_lt` (string): Only runs created before this ISO-8601 timestamp.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `sort` (string): Sort by creation time. Default desc.
- `status` (string): Filter by status, e.g. processing | awaiting_input | approved | declined | abandoned | error.

### `onfido_get_workflow_run` (~57 tokens)

Get workflow run

Retrieve a single Studio workflow run (status, output, task history) by id. Onfido API: GET /workflow_runs/{workflow_run_id}.

Input parameters:

- `workflow_run_id` (string, required): The workflow run id.

### `onfido_list_live_photos` (~59 tokens)

List live photos

List the live photos captured for an applicant (metadata only). Onfido API: GET /live_photos?applicant_id=….

Input parameters:

- `applicant_id` (string, required): The applicant id whose live photos to list (required).

### `onfido_list_live_videos` (~59 tokens)

List live videos

List the live videos captured for an applicant (metadata only). Onfido API: GET /live_videos?applicant_id=….

Input parameters:

- `applicant_id` (string, required): The applicant id whose live videos to list (required).

### `onfido_create_applicant` (~200 tokens)

Create applicant

Creates an applicant (person) record in Onfido. Onfido API: POST /applicants. Creates a PII record only — runs NO verification check and costs nothing.

Input parameters:

- `address` (object): Address object (building_number, street, town, postcode, country, …). Passed through as-is.
- `dob` (string): Date of birth, yyyy-mm-dd.
- `email` (string): Applicant email address.
- `first_name` (string, required): Applicant's first name (required).
- `id_numbers` (array): Array of id-number objects ({ type, value, state_code? }). Passed through as-is.
- `last_name` (string, required): Applicant's last name (required).
- `location` (object): Location object (ip_address, country_of_residence, …) for consent tracking. Passed through as-is.
- `phone_number` (string): Phone number in E.164 or local format.

### `onfido_update_applicant` (~171 tokens)

Update applicant

Updates an applicant's details (reversible; runs no verification). Onfido API: PUT /applicants/{applicant_id}.

Input parameters:

- `address` (object): Address object (building_number, street, town, postcode, country, …). Passed through as-is.
- `applicant_id` (string, required): The applicant id to update (required).
- `dob` (string): Date of birth, yyyy-mm-dd.
- `email` (string): Applicant email address.
- `first_name` (string): Updated first name.
- `id_numbers` (array): Array of id-number objects ({ type, value, state_code? }). Passed through as-is.
- `last_name` (string): Updated last name.
- `phone_number` (string): Phone number in E.164 or local format.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-24: 75
- 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: 70
- 2026-10-14: 70
- 2026-10-13: 68
- 2026-10-12: 68
- 2026-10-11: 67
- 2026-10-10: 67
- 2026-10-07: 80
- 2026-10-05: 79
- 2026-10-04: 79
- 2026-10-03: 78
- 2026-10-02: 78
- 2026-10-01: 77
- 2026-09-30: 72
- 2026-09-29: 18

## Common questions

### What is the Onfido MCP by usefulapi server?

Onfido MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/onfido. Create and read Onfido applicants, documents, checks and reports. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://onfido.usefulapi.io/mcp).

### Is the Onfido MCP by usefulapi server safe to use?

Onfido MCP by usefulapi scores 75 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 Onfido MCP by usefulapi server expose?

Onfido MCP by usefulapi exposes 14 tools: onfido_list_applicants, onfido_get_applicant, onfido_list_documents, onfido_get_document, onfido_list_checks, and 9 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,148 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Onfido MCP by usefulapi server require authentication?

Yes. Onfido MCP by usefulapi asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the Onfido MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?

Onfido MCP by usefulapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 24 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://onfido.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Website: https://usefulapi.io/onfido/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-onfido/onfido.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-onfido/onfido.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-onfido/onfido