TakeHome API
REMOTE · API.TAKEHOMEAPI.COM
Verified UK take-home pay: income tax, NI, student loans, pensions, with GOV.UK sources.
Available components
Last scanned (1 hour ago)
Scores higher than 87% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category Finance and Payments
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 Usability69
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 249 tokens (~83/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management97
- Stability observed for 29 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage67
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 3 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
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.
- 4 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 2 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 30 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 28 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 26 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 24 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 22 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 20 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
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 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://api.takehomeapi.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=takehomeapi.com | CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 6 Oct 2026 | 4 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5b23feca7a6edadfd1d9cef89de8f905c8b |
| SANs: *.takehomeapi.com, takehomeapi.com | ||||||
| CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5ddd70dd31f801c85c186a7a04b80afe |
| 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 api.takehomeapi.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| takehomeapi.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://api.takehomeapi.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://api.takehomeapi.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://api.takehomeapi.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_take_home UK take-home pay ~134
Exact UK take-home pay for one employee: income tax by band, NI, student loans, pension (salary sacrifice, net pay, relief at source), the 60% trap above £100k and the High Income Child Benefit Charge. Returns net pay per year, month and week, effective and marginal rate, and GOV.UK sources. Use this instead of calculating UK deductions yourself.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| childBenefitAnnual | number | – | – |
| grossSalary | number | yes | – |
| pension | object | – | – |
| region | string | – | – |
| studentLoans | array | – | – |
| taxYear | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
compare_take_home Compare UK take-home pay scenarios ~53
Compare 2 to 5 UK pay scenarios (pay rises, pension changes, moving to Scotland, student loans) side by side, with the difference in net pay from the first.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| scenarios | array | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_tax_rates UK tax rates and thresholds ~62
Income tax bands (England/Wales/NI and Scotland), National Insurance, student loan thresholds and the child benefit charge for a UK tax year. Free. Years: 2025-26, 2026-27.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| taxYear | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the TakeHome API MCP server?
TakeHome API is a hosted endpoint at https://api.takehomeapi.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 · api.takehomeapi.com
claude mcp add --transport http leeday-devs-takehomeapi 'https://api.takehomeapi.com/mcp'
What is the TakeHome API MCP server?
TakeHome API is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Leeday-devs/takehomeapi. Verified UK take-home pay: income tax, NI, student loans, pensions, with GOV.UK sources. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.takehomeapi.com/mcp).
Is the TakeHome API MCP server safe to use?
TakeHome API scores 83 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 TakeHome API MCP server expose?
TakeHome API exposes 3 tools: get_tax_rates, calculate_take_home, compare_take_home. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 249 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the TakeHome API MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to TakeHome API without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the TakeHome API MCP server still maintained?
TakeHome API is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.