Barbaro
REMOTE · BARBAROPIZZA.COM · SCANNED SEP 25
Read published house pizza facts and calculate dough and ingredient balance.
Available components
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 Usability84
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1489 tokens (~124/item across 12 items; 11 tools + 1 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 Management10
- Stability observed for 3 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage83
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 49% 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 11 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 13 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
- Supports UI / widget rendering.Pass
How do I install the Barbaro MCP server?
Barbaro is a hosted endpoint at https://barbaropizza.com/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 · barbaropizza.com
claude mcp add --transport http jeffforderer-barbaro 'https://barbaropizza.com/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"jeffforderer-barbaro": {
"url": "https://barbaropizza.com/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"jeffforderer-barbaro": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://barbaropizza.com/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.jeffforderer-barbaro] url = "https://barbaropizza.com/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"jeffforderer-barbaro": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://barbaropizza.com/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add jeffforderer-barbaro --url 'https://barbaropizza.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
jeffforderer-barbaro:
url: "https://barbaropizza.com/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"jeffforderer-barbaro": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://barbaropizza.com/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add jeffforderer-barbaro -t streamable-http -u 'https://barbaropizza.com/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"jeffforderer-barbaro": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://barbaropizza.com/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.
- 25 Sept 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 24 Sept 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.
- 23 Sept 26 0
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Tool “calculate_dough” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “get_flour” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “get_ingredient” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “get_pizza” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “read_menu” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “search_flours” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “search_ingredients” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “search_pizzas” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool coverage: 58% → 49% ▼ functional
- Schema quality: 1305 → 1489 ▼ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- New tool “plan_bake” functional
- New tool “shopping_list” functional
- Tool “calculate_balance” changed its title: Calculate ingredient balance cosmetic
- Tool “calculate_dough” changed its title: Calculate dough cosmetic
- Tool “get_flour” changed its title: Read a published flour by UUID or slug cosmetic
- Tool “get_ingredient” changed its title: Read a published ingredient by UUID cosmetic
- Tool “get_pizza” changed its title: Read a published house pizza by UUID or slug cosmetic
- Tool “read_menu” changed its title: Read published menu sections and their pizza IDs cosmetic
- Tool “search_flours” changed its title: Search published flour facts cosmetic
- Tool “search_ingredients” changed its title: Search published ingredient facts cosmetic
- Tool “search_pizzas” changed its title: Search published house pizzas cosmetic
- 22 Sept 26 74
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 25 Sept 2026 · Probed https://barbaropizza.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=barbaropizza.com | CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 12 Aug 2026 | 10 Nov 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 69f5e532130eef9cbe2ee8637639977b5c4 |
| SANs: barbaropizza.com, www.barbaropizza.com | ||||||
| CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115 |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of barbaropizza.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| barbaropizza.com. | 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=31536000 |
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://barbaropizza.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://barbaropizza.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://barbaropizza.com/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 →
calculate_balance Calculate ingredient balance ~38
Calculate six balance contribution totals and meters for unique published ingredient IDs. Not nutrition or ingredient weights. No persistence.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ingredientIds | array | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
calculate_dough Calculate dough ~701
Calculate a dough formula from explicit gram sizing, percentages and published or custom flours. Returns quantities, warnings, source information and a Dough continuation link. No persistence.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ascorbicAcid | number | – | – |
| bigaHydration | number | – | Preferment water as a percentage of preferment flour. |
| buffer | – | – | – |
| dmp | number | – | – |
| finalIdy | number | – | Final-mix instant dry yeast mass as a percentage of total flour. No stage-basis conversion is required. |
| finalIsd | number | – | Final-mix instant sourdough mass as a percentage of total flour. No stage-basis conversion is required. |
| flours | array | yes | – |
| honey | number | – | – |
| hydration | number | yes | – |
| ndmp | number | – | – |
| nonfatDryMilk | number | – | – |
| oil | number | – | – |
| pff | number | – | – |
| prefIdy | number | – | Instant dry yeast mass as a percentage of total flour, not preferment flour. Convert a Dough preferment-page percentage with pagePercent * effectiveBigaFlour / totalFlour, using actual allocated pref… |
| prefIsd | number | – | Instant sourdough mass as a percentage of total flour, not preferment flour. Convert a Dough preferment-page percentage with pagePercent * effectiveBigaFlour / totalFlour, using actual allocated pref… |
| reserveWaterPct | number | – | – |
| salt | number | – | – |
| sizing | – | yes | – |
| starterFinalPct | number | – | Final-mix sourdough starter mass (including its flour and water) as a percentage of total flour. No stage-basis conversion is required. |
| starterFlourSource | string | – | blend or a supplied flour row ID. Inactive starter normalizes to blend and 100% hydration. |
| starterHydrationPct | number | – | Starter water as a percentage of starter flour, not total flour or starter mass. |
| starterPrefPct | number | – | Preferment sourdough starter mass (including its flour and water) as a percentage of total flour, not preferment flour. Convert a Dough preferment-page percentage with pagePercent * effectiveBigaFlou… |
| sugar | number | – | – |
| units | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_flour Read a published flour by UUID or slug ~62
Read a published flour by UUID or slug. Returns public catalog data with source links and credits.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Canonical UUID or lowercase slug. UUIDs are case-insensitive; UUID-shaped identifiers resolve only as canonical IDs and cannot be slugs. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_ingredient Read a published ingredient by UUID ~50
Read a published ingredient by UUID. Returns public catalog data with source links and credits.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Canonical ingredient UUID only, case-insensitive. Ingredient slugs are not globally unique. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_pizza Read a published house pizza by UUID or slug ~63
Read a published house pizza by UUID or slug. Returns public catalog data with source links and credits.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Canonical UUID or lowercase slug. UUIDs are case-insensitive; UUID-shaped identifiers resolve only as canonical IDs and cannot be slugs. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
plan_bake Plan a bake ~114
Caller-provided sequential, contiguous stages ending when the first pizza enters the oven. Offset-bearing whole-minute instants must match the IANA zone. No fermentation prediction. Unique stage IDs, positive total duration, minimum <= maximum, available horizon and summed maxima <= 30 days. Windows are marginal, not independently selectable. No persistence.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| availableFrom | string | yes | – |
| bakeStartAt | string | yes | – |
| method | string | yes | – |
| stages | array | yes | – |
| timeZone | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
read_menu Read published menu sections and their pizza IDs ~27
Read published menu sections and their pizza IDs. Returns public catalog data with source links and credits.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_flours Search published flour facts ~86
Search published flour facts. Returns public catalog data with source links and credits.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Decimal integer page size. Leading zeros, signs and fractions are rejected. |
| offset | integer | – | Decimal integer result offset. Leading zeros, signs and fractions are rejected. |
| q | string | – | Literal, case-insensitive name or brand substring. Surrounding whitespace is trimmed. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_ingredients Search published ingredient facts ~101
Search published ingredient facts. Returns public catalog data with source links and credits.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| course | string | – | One exact normalized course. No legacy-station fallback. |
| limit | integer | – | Decimal integer page size. Leading zeros, signs and fractions are rejected. |
| offset | integer | – | Decimal integer result offset. Leading zeros, signs and fractions are rejected. |
| q | string | – | Literal, case-insensitive name substring. Surrounding whitespace is trimmed. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_pizzas Search published house pizzas ~93
Search published house pizzas. Returns public catalog data with source links and credits.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Decimal integer page size. Leading zeros, signs and fractions are rejected. |
| offset | integer | – | Decimal integer result offset. Leading zeros, signs and fractions are rejected. |
| q | string | – | Literal, case-insensitive substring of published names, descriptions or resolved ingredient names. Surrounding whitespace is trimmed. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
shopping_list Make a shopping list ~78
One to eight uniquely identified, already-sized Dough requests. Optional unique published house pizza references and counts annotate topping needs only; they do not multiply dough. Custom flours retain batch/row identity. Ready starter is separate from fresh ingredients. Topping quantities are unknown. No persistence.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| batches | array | yes | – |
| pizzas | array | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the Barbaro MCP server?
Barbaro is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.jeffforderer/barbaro. Read published house pizza facts and calculate dough and ingredient balance. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://barbaropizza.com/mcp).
Is the Barbaro MCP server safe to use?
Barbaro 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 Barbaro MCP server expose?
Barbaro exposes 11 tools: search_pizzas, get_pizza, read_menu, search_ingredients, get_ingredient, and 6 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,413 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Barbaro MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Barbaro without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Barbaro MCP server still maintained?
Barbaro is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.