# Is It AI MCP (pypi · is-it-ai-mcp)

MCP server that reads C2PA Content Credentials: what an image declares about its own origin

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- pypi · `is-it-ai-mcp`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp/is-it-ai-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp/is-it-ai-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `is-it-ai-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-09-20.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it.
  - 2 of 25 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 31 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 518 tokens (~259/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - 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.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% 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 3 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Is It AI MCP server?

Is It AI MCP runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx is-it-ai-mcp. 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 johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp -- uvx is-it-ai-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "is-it-ai-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "is-it-ai-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp -- uvx is-it-ai-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "is-it-ai-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp --command uvx --arg is-it-ai-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["is-it-ai-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "is-it-ai-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a is-it-ai-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "is-it-ai-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-09-20 (score 81, −3)

- [functional] Stability: pass → 0.80

### 2026-09-19 (score 84, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-09-18 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 82, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-09-14 (score 67, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-09-12 (score 81, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-09-11 (score 65, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

## MCP tools (2)

### `check_image_provenance` (~145 tokens)

Check Image Provenance

Read the C2PA Content Credential embedded in a single image file and report what it declares about the image's origin: whether it asserts AI generation or a real-world capture, and whether that assertion's cryptographic signature still verifies. This reads metadata the file already carries; it does not analyze pixels and cannot detect AI generation on its own. A missing or invalid credential is not evidence the image is human made, an AI image loses its credential the moment it is screenshotted or re-saved. Always read the result's 'what_this_does_not_mean' field before repeating its verdict.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required): Path to the local image file to inspect.

### `scan_directory` (~191 tokens)

Scan Directory

Walk a directory of images and report how many carry a C2PA Content Credential, broken down by verdict (AI_DECLARED, NO_AI_DECLARED, UNKNOWN) and by signer. This reproduces the sweep behind this project's own finding that roughly 96.5% of real images carry no credential at all. It reads only file metadata, never pixels, and touches no network. Returns counts and a capped sample of credentialed files, not a full file listing, so a large directory does not flood the response. If the directory has more images than 'limit', the scan is partial and the result says so explicitly rather than silently truncating.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of image files to scan. If exceeded, the scan is partial and the result says so.
- `path` (string, required): Path to the local directory to scan.
- `recursive` (boolean): Recurse into subdirectories.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp/is-it-ai-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 81
- 2026-09-19: 84
- 2026-09-18: 84
- 2026-09-17: 83
- 2026-09-16: 83
- 2026-09-15: 82
- 2026-09-14: 67
- 2026-09-13: 81
- 2026-09-12: 81
- 2026-09-11: 65
- 2026-09-10: 80
- 2026-09-09: 80
- 2026-09-08: 79
- 2026-09-07: 79
- 2026-09-06: 78
- 2026-09-05: 78
- 2026-09-04: 77
- 2026-09-03: 76
- 2026-09-02: 76
- 2026-09-01: 75
- 2026-08-31: 75
- 2026-08-30: 74
- 2026-08-29: 74
- 2026-08-28: 74
- 2026-08-27: 70
- 2026-08-26: 70
- 2026-08-25: 68
- 2026-08-24: 68
- 2026-08-23: 68
- 2026-08-22: 68

## Common questions

### What is the Is It AI MCP server?

Is It AI MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.JohannsenLum/is-it-ai-mcp. MCP server that reads C2PA Content Credentials: what an image declares about its own origin. This page covers its PyPI package (is-it-ai-mcp).

### Is the Is It AI MCP server safe to use?

Is It AI MCP scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. 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 Is It AI MCP server expose?

Is It AI MCP exposes 2 tools: check_image_provenance, scan_directory. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 336 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Is It AI MCP server still maintained?

Is It AI MCP is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Is It AI MCP server under?

Is It AI MCP declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/is-it-ai-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/is-it-ai-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/JohannsenLum/is-it-ai-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp/is-it-ai-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp/is-it-ai-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/johannsenlum-is-it-ai-mcp/is-it-ai-mcp