Expat Living Italy
REMOTE · WWW.EXPATLIVING.IT · SCANNED OCT 7
Sourced data on Italy's ~7,900 comuni for people relocating or retiring there.
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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 Usability72
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1195 tokens (~170/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management33
- Stability observed for 10 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage97
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 90% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
How do I install the Expat Living Italy MCP server?
Expat Living Italy is a hosted endpoint at https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/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 · www.expatliving.it
claude mcp add --transport http it-expatliving-data 'https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"it-expatliving-data": {
"url": "https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"it-expatliving-data": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.it-expatliving-data] url = "https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"it-expatliving-data": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add it-expatliving-data --url 'https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
it-expatliving-data:
url: "https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"it-expatliving-data": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add it-expatliving-data -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"it-expatliving-data": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
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.
- 5 Oct 26 +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.
- 4 Oct 26 +1
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Schema quality: 192 → 170 ▲ functional
- New tool “check_tax_eligibility” functional
- New tool “list_tax_regimes” functional
- 3 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.
- 1 Oct 26 0
- Tool coverage: 100% → 88% ▼ functional
- Schema quality: 240 → 192 ▲ functional
- New tool “get_article” functional
- New tool “list_articles” functional
- 30 Sept 26 +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.
- 28 Sept 26 +7
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 27 Sept 26 66
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 7 Oct 2026 · Probed https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=www.expatliving.it | CN=YR2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 5 Oct 2026 | 3 Jan 2027 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 509fb8279a714fe985051424f39bd0ceea5 |
| SANs: www.expatliving.it | ||||||
| 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 www.expatliving.it. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| it. | present | 51765 | 13 | Verified |
| expatliving.it. | 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 |
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
| x-frame-options | SAMEORIGIN |
| referrer-policy | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 308 | https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/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 →
check_tax_eligibility Does a comune meet a regime's geographic criteria? ~142
For one regime slug (from list_tax_regimes) and one 6-digit ISTAT code (from search_comuni): qualifies, does_not_qualify or not_assessable, with a one-sentence reason to quote. not_assessable is never a no. This is about the place only; say so, and never present it as whether a person qualifies or as tax advice.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| comune | string | yes | 6-digit ISTAT comune code. Find it with /comuni?q=. |
| slug | string | yes | A regime slug from /tax/regimes, e.g. "regime-7-percent-pensioners". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_article Read one article ~66
One article's full text as Markdown, with its places, datasets and a ready-made citation. Quote figures from the dataset pages it cites, which carry their vintage. Content is free to use provided you credit Expat Living Italy and link to the article.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_comune Get one comune's profile ~201
One Italian comune's population, foreign residents by citizenship, property purchase/rent price, price-to-rent, verified tax-regime eligibility, its province's rollup, `layers` (climate, air quality, crime, healthcare quality, age, population change and every other Italy-map layer) and `provinceWellbeing` (ISTAT BES indicators, polarity-aware percentiles) — looked up by 6-digit ISTAT code. Each layer's `grain` and `measuredFor` say whose number it is: a province or region value is not a measurement of this comune — say so when you quote it. Every field is wrapped in a provenance envelope (source, vintage, extractedOn, license); repeat the vintage when you state the number, and if a value is null, say why rather than treating it as zero.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| istatCode | string | yes | 6-digit ISTAT comune code, e.g. 075029. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_articles List Expat Living Italy's articles ~172
Dated, sourced reporting on moving to and retiring in Italy, newest first. Filter by topic, by place (a comune's ISTAT code) or by dataset slug. Each entry has its URL, a Markdown URL for the full text, and the places and datasets it cites. Content is free to use provided you credit Expat Living Italy and link to the article.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dataset | string | – | A dataset slug from GET /datasets. |
| include | string | – | Pass `archived` to include archived articles, flagged by `status`. |
| place | string | – | A comune's 6-digit ISTAT code (or a province sigla / region slug). |
| topic | string | – | One of: tax, residency-visas, costs-housing, healthcare, places, daily-life, data-method. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_datasets List every dataset behind expatliving.it ~75
The catalog: each dataset's source institution, vintage (the period it describes), geographic grain, license, the expatliving.it page that presents it, and whether it is servable (false = still an unverified draft; never quote its values). Use it to say what data exists and where a reader can see it.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_tax_regimes List the Italian tax regimes this site encodes ~56
Each regime's status (verified or draft), whether it depends on place (geographic) or on the person, its legislation, population ceiling and how many comuni meet its verified criteria. Places, not people: not tax advice.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_comuni Find a comune by name ~120
Look up Italian comuni by name (case- and accent-insensitive, partial names work) and get each one's 6-digit ISTAT code, province and region — the code get_comune needs. Returns identifiers only, no figures. Several comuni share a name; check the province before choosing.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | How many matches to return, 1–25. Default 10. |
| q | string | yes | A comune name or part of one, accents optional — e.g. "Introdacqua" or "reggio". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the Expat Living Italy MCP server?
Expat Living Italy is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as it.expatliving/data. Sourced data on Italy's ~7,900 comuni for people relocating or retiring there. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.expatliving.it/api/v1/mcp).
Is the Expat Living Italy MCP server safe to use?
Expat Living Italy scores 77 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 Expat Living Italy MCP server expose?
Expat Living Italy exposes 7 tools: get_comune, search_comuni, list_datasets, list_tax_regimes, check_tax_eligibility, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 832 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Expat Living Italy MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Expat Living Italy without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Expat Living Italy MCP server still maintained?
Expat Living Italy is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 7 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.