# Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas (remote · host-gifts.vercel.app)

Hand-picked gift ideas for dinner hosts that assistants turn into shareable wishlists fast. SE + US.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- remote · `host-gifts.vercel.app`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/maggat-host-gifts/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/maggat-host-gifts/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.2.0`

## 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 2026-11-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 3 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 62/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1091 tokens (~121/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 33/100
  - Stability observed for 10 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 80/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 41% 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 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas MCP server?

Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas is a hosted endpoint at https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/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 maggat-host-gifts 'https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "maggat-host-gifts": {
      "url": "https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "maggat-host-gifts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.maggat-host-gifts]
url = "https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "maggat-host-gifts": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add maggat-host-gifts --url 'https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  maggat-host-gifts:
    url: "https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "maggat-host-gifts": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add maggat-host-gifts -t streamable-http -u 'https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "maggat-host-gifts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/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.

### 2026-11-02 (score 67, +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.

### 2026-11-01 (score 66, +41)

- [security improvement] Injection markers: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Transport: fail → pass
- [security] Authorization: Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 3 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
- [functional improvement] Endpoint reachability: not serving MCP → reachable
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-30 (score 25, −40)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: reachable → not serving MCP
- [security regression] Stability: 0.13 → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Transport: pass → fail
- [security] Authorization: Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it.
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-10-29 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-27 (score 64, +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.

### 2026-10-26 (score 63, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-25 (score 63)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `get_health` (~56 tokens)

Health & marketplaces

Health check for Host Gifts. Returns ok, storage, paapi, trackingTag (null until enrolled), defaultDomain, catalogCount, and marketplaces[] (domain, label, tagConfigured). Use this first. OpenAPI: getHealth.

### `list_marketplaces` (~30 tokens)

List Amazon marketplaces

List supported Amazon storefronts. Agents MUST pick the user's marketplace and pass it on search/catalog/resolve.

### `search_gifts` (~137 tokens)

Search host gifts

Search Amazon for hostess / dinner-party gifts on the user's marketplace. ALWAYS pass marketplace + locale. OpenAPI: searchAmazon.

Input parameters:

- `dietaryNotes` (string): Comma-separated dietary notes
- `giftCategory` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `locale` (string, required): User locale, e.g. en, sv, de, fr, es
- `marketplace` (string, required): Amazon storefront domain or id for the end user, e.g. amazon.se, amazon.com, se, de. REQUIRED.
- `occasion` (string)
- `q` (string, required): Search query, e.g. cheese board

### `get_catalog` (~137 tokens)

Curated gift catalog

Paginated curated host gift starters. ALWAYS pass marketplace + locale. Search remains primary discovery. OpenAPI: getCatalog.

Input parameters:

- `giftCategories` (string): Comma-separated gift categories
- `giftCategory` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `locale` (string, required): User locale, e.g. en, sv, de, fr, es
- `marketplace` (string, required): Amazon storefront domain or id for the end user, e.g. amazon.se, amazon.com, se, de. REQUIRED.
- `occasion` (string)
- `offset` (integer)
- `q` (string): Full-text filter

### `resolve_product` (~159 tokens)

Resolve buy link

Resolve an ASIN, pasted Amazon /dp/ URL, or keywords to a buyUrl (trackingTag null until enrolled). ALWAYS pass marketplace + locale. OpenAPI: resolveProduct.

Input parameters:

- `asin` (string): 10-char Amazon ASIN
- `budgetBand` (string)
- `giftCategory` (string)
- `keywords` (string): Search keywords if no ASIN
- `locale` (string, required): User locale, e.g. en, sv, de, fr, es
- `marketplace` (string, required): Amazon storefront domain or id for the end user, e.g. amazon.se, amazon.com, se, de. REQUIRED.
- `occasion` (string)
- `url` (string): Pasted Amazon product URL

### `create_wishlist` (~145 tokens)

Create wishlist

Create a host gift wishlist. Returns id, editToken, ownerUrl, shopUrl, wishlist, storage. Save editToken for add_wishlist_item. OpenAPI: createWishlist.

Input parameters:

- `budgetBand` (string)
- `dietaryNotes` (array)
- `giftCategories` (array)
- `hostName` (string)
- `items` (array)
- `locale` (string): User locale, e.g. en, sv, de, fr, es
- `marketplace` (string): Amazon storefront domain or id for the end user, e.g. amazon.se, amazon.com, se, de. REQUIRED.
- `occasion` (string)

### `create_and_fill` (~188 tokens)

One-shot create and fill

One call: create a curated host / hostess gifts gift wishlist and return shopUrl (share link) + ownerUrl. Preferred agent path: create a wishlist and add ASINs / keywords / search queries in one call. OpenAPI: agentCreateAndFill.

Input parameters:

- `budgetBand` (string)
- `dietaryNotes` (array)
- `giftCategories` (array)
- `hostName` (string)
- `itemAsins` (array)
- `itemKeywords` (array)
- `itemQueries` (array): Each query is searched and added as a wish
- `locale` (string): User locale, e.g. en, sv, de, fr, es
- `marketplace` (string): Amazon storefront domain or id for the end user, e.g. amazon.se, amazon.com, se, de. REQUIRED.
- `occasion` (string)

### `get_wishlist` (~48 tokens)

Get wishlist

Fetch a wishlist by id. Returns wishlist items with buyUrl/linkType when available, plus ownerUrl and shopUrl. OpenAPI: getWishlist.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Wishlist id

### `add_wishlist_item` (~108 tokens)

Add wish item

Add an item to a wishlist. Requires editToken from create. OpenAPI: addWishlistItem.

Input parameters:

- `asin` (string)
- `catalogId` (string)
- `editToken` (string, required): X-Edit-Token from create/mutate response
- `emoji` (string)
- `id` (string, required): Wishlist id
- `name` (string)
- `searchKeywords` (string)
- `title` (string)
- `url` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/maggat-host-gifts/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 67
- 2026-11-03: 67
- 2026-11-02: 67
- 2026-11-01: 66
- 2026-10-31: 25
- 2026-10-30: 25
- 2026-10-29: 65
- 2026-10-28: 64
- 2026-10-27: 64
- 2026-10-26: 63
- 2026-10-25: 63

## Common questions

### What is the Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas MCP server?

Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.maggat/host-gifts. Hand-picked gift ideas for dinner hosts that assistants turn into shareable wishlists fast. SE + US. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp).

### Is the Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas MCP server safe to use?

Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas scores 67 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 Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas MCP server expose?

Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas exposes 9 tools: get_health, list_marketplaces, search_gifts, get_catalog, resolve_product, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,008 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas MCP server still maintained?

Host Gifts – hand-picked gift ideas is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 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://host-gifts.vercel.app/api/mcp
- Website: https://host-gifts.vercel.app/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/maggat-host-gifts/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/maggat-host-gifts/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/maggat-host-gifts/api-mcp