# ng.ranked/ranked (remote · ranked.ng)

Read-only tools over Ranked, a Nigerian business directory with dated regulator register snapshots

- Trust score: 75/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-25

## Components

- remote · `ranked.ng`: 75/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-ranked-ranked/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-ranked-ranked/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://ranked.ng/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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 2026-09-25.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1898 tokens (~189/item across 10 items; 10 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 60/100
  - Stability observed for 18 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 83/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 50% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 75/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "ranked_can_nigerian_pay" implies "pay" and declares readOnlyHint instead, contradicting what its own name says it does.
  - An AI judge read all 11 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 ng.ranked/ranked MCP server?

ng.ranked/ranked is a hosted endpoint at https://ranked.ng/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 ng-ranked-ranked 'https://ranked.ng/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ng-ranked-ranked": {
      "url": "https://ranked.ng/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ng-ranked-ranked": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ranked.ng/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ng-ranked-ranked]
url = "https://ranked.ng/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ng-ranked-ranked": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://ranked.ng/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ng-ranked-ranked --url 'https://ranked.ng/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ng-ranked-ranked:
    url: "https://ranked.ng/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ng-ranked-ranked": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://ranked.ng/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ng-ranked-ranked -t streamable-http -u 'https://ranked.ng/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ng-ranked-ranked": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ranked.ng/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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 75, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-24 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-09-22 (score 74, +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.

### 2026-09-20 (score 73, +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.

### 2026-09-18 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-14 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 69, +1)

- [functional regression] Schema quality: 1660 → 1898
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: 45% → 50%
- [functional] Schema quality: good → excellent
- [functional] New tool “compare_places”

## MCP tools (10)

### `ranked_find_business` (~175 tokens)

Find a Nigerian business, website or app in Ranked's file-backed dataset

Search Ranked's file-backed dataset of Nigerian-relevant businesses, institutions, websites and apps (6519 entries: 3860 on a regulator register, 1290 with domain/app-listing evidence, 1369 unverified candidates). Categories are source/research labels, not live ranking eligibility. Results carry source and snapshot date, plus source and canonical URLs where available; register-backed results carry the register's entry and access date. For live rankings and place pages use ranked_rankings / ranked_place. Ranked Technologies operates some listed products; those carry operated_by_ranked=true, are returned in a separate unranked block, and are never ordered above others (Rule 1). Evidence tier is provenance, not quality.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required): name, domain, category or licence type

### `ranked_can_nigerian_pay` (~98 tokens)

Can someone in Nigeria actually pay for this product?

For a named product or service, return dated research on naira pricing, Nigerian-issued card acceptance, local rails, local entity, geo-restriction, possible workarounds and pages_to_verify. These are snapshot observations, not a current payment guarantee: availability and limits depend on the product, issuer and account. Missing evidence is returned as 'unknown'.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): product or service name, or its domain

### `ranked_check_licence` (~193 tokens)

Does this name appear on a Nigerian regulator's register?

Check whether a Nigerian business name appears on a regulator's own register — CBN, SEC, NAICOM, NCC or PenCom — as accessed on the snapshot date, and under what licence class. Exact normalised-name match first, then partial. Each match carries the register's statement ("Appears on the <REG> register as accessed on <date>..."), the hub_url, the JSON feed_url, and place_url when Ranked has a matching indexable listing. A register row is what the regulator's register listed on the access date. It is not a licence finding by Ranked, registers lag revocations, and absence from Ranked's copy is not proof that a name is unlicensed. Ranked never says "licensed" in its own voice.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `name` (string, required): business name as on the offer, policy or app
- `regulator` (string)

### `ranked_compare` (~103 tokens)

Compare products on Nigeria-usability

Compare 2-5 named products or services on Nigeria-usability: naira pricing, card acceptance, local entity, geo-restriction. Rows are returned in the order given — Ranked does not rank them here. Ranked Technologies operates some listed products; those carry operated_by_ranked=true, are returned in a separate unranked block, and are never ordered above others (Rule 1). Evidence tier is provenance, not quality.

Input parameters:

- `names` (array, required)

### `ranked_by_regulator` (~201 tokens)

List a regulator's register, as accessed

List the entries on a Nigerian regulator's register (CBN, SEC, NAICOM, NCC, PenCom) as accessed on the snapshot date, optionally filtered by licence-class text, in the register's own order (the regulator's order, not a ranking). Source is the regulator's own publication; the licence class is as the regulator states it. Each row carries the register's statement, hub_url, feed_url and place_url where Ranked has a matching listing. A register row is what the regulator's register listed on the access date. It is not a licence finding by Ranked, registers lag revocations, and absence from Ranked's copy is not proof that a name is unlicensed.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): filter on licence class / scope text, e.g. 'microfinance', 'broker', 'ISP', 'PFA'
- `limit` (integer)
- `offset` (integer)
- `regulator` (string, required)

### `ranked_stats` (~52 tokens)

What Ranked's MCP holds, and its rules

Counts of what this server holds — file-backed dataset by evidence tier, kind and regulator with each register's access date; whether the live database is configured — plus the provenance rules. Use to explain provenance to a user.

### `ranked_rankings` (~232 tokens)

Ranked's live ranking for a category in a city

Ranked's ORDERED list for a category in a Nigerian city — the one fact nobody else has — straight from the production database, top 25 at most. Category and city accept a slug ("hotels", "lagos") or a name ("Hotels", "Port Harcourt"). Served ONLY when the base page is published; otherwise { published: false, reason }. Each entry carries rank, url (https://ranked.ng/place/<slug>), Ranked's score and breakdown, Google rating/review count as provenance-carrying source data, an evidence-only verified tier, and data_as_of. The answer carries page_url, feed_url, last_published_at, methodology (https://ranked.ng/how-we-rank) and accessed_on = today. Paid placement never affects position. No product operated by Ranked is ever ranked.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required): category slug or name, e.g. 'hotels' or 'Microfinance Banks'
- `city` (string, required): city slug or name, e.g. 'lagos' or 'Port Harcourt'
- `limit` (integer)

### `ranked_place` (~250 tokens)

One Ranked place page, with its rank and register matches

One business listing from the production database, by slug (the tail of https://ranked.ng/place/<slug>) or by name + city. Returns name, category, city, state, address, phone (business phones are public), website, Google rating/review count, the evidence-only verified tier, its rank on its primary PUBLISHED facet if any, regulator-register matches (with 'as accessed on' provenance), the canonical url, data_as_of (Google listing fetch date when supported; otherwise null), profile_evidence separating listing fetches, review publication and analysis dates, source_facts with dated source citations, and observations: the dated record of what changed on the listing (name, address, phone, website, business status, opening hours), newest first, each with the source that reported it. Places that are not OPERATIONAL are excluded unless includeClosed=true.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): city slug or name (used with name)
- `includeClosed` (boolean)
- `name` (string): business name (used with city when slug is absent)
- `slug` (string): place slug, e.g. 'abbey-mortgage-bank-plc-k5mjcu'

### `compare_places` (~238 tokens)

Two Ranked places side by side, on the published score

Two business listings side by side, by slug (the tail of https://ranked.ng/place/<slug>). A record, not a recommendation: the answer carries each side's displayed rank, Ranked score and six-dimension breakdown on their SHARED published category-city facet, Google rating/review count as source data, the evidence-only verified tier, distance_km between the two listings, and dimension_leads: per dimension which side scores higher on Ranked's published breakdown, with a gap under tie_band_points (5) reported as "even". It never picks a side and never infers rank from score. same_facet=false when the two are not on one category and city (scores are then not comparable and dimension_leads is null); an unpublished facet answers { published: false, reason }. The cite url is the pair page https://ranked.ng/vs/<lo>/<hi> when both sides sit inside its rendered window, else the ranking page.

Input parameters:

- `a` (string, required): first place slug, e.g. 'eko-hotels-and-suites-a1b2c3'
- `b` (string, required): second place slug

### `ranked_hubs` (~158 tokens)

Public hub URLs on ranked.ng, with coverage counts

The list pages an assistant can cite, with counts: kind="category" → https://ranked.ng/<category> hubs with the number of cities that have a published ranking with exact-category matches; kind="city" → https://ranked.ng/city/<slug> hubs with matching published categories; kind="state" → https://ranked.ng/state/<slug> hubs (only states with at least 25 operational listings); kind="data" → the regulator-register hubs, the operator-listed EV charging directory, their JSON feeds and the open-data index (file-backed, no database needed). These are coverage counts, not a claim that search engines index every URL.

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string, required)
- `limit` (integer)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-25: 75
- 2026-09-24: 75
- 2026-09-23: 74
- 2026-09-22: 74
- 2026-09-21: 73
- 2026-09-20: 73
- 2026-09-19: 72
- 2026-09-18: 72
- 2026-09-17: 71
- 2026-09-16: 71
- 2026-09-15: 70
- 2026-09-14: 70
- 2026-09-13: 69
- 2026-09-12: 69
- 2026-09-11: 68
- 2026-09-10: 68
- 2026-09-09: 67
- 2026-09-08: 67
- 2026-09-07: 67

## Common questions

### What is the ng.ranked/ranked MCP server?

ng.ranked/ranked is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ng.ranked/ranked. Read-only tools over Ranked, a Nigerian business directory with dated regulator register snapshots. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://ranked.ng/api/mcp).

### Is the ng.ranked/ranked MCP server safe to use?

ng.ranked/ranked 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 ng.ranked/ranked MCP server expose?

ng.ranked/ranked exposes 10 tools: ranked_find_business, ranked_can_nigerian_pay, ranked_check_licence, ranked_compare, ranked_by_regulator, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,700 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ng.ranked/ranked MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to ng.ranked/ranked without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the ng.ranked/ranked MCP server still maintained?

ng.ranked/ranked 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://ranked.ng/api/mcp
- Website: https://ranked.ng/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-ranked-ranked/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-ranked-ranked/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-ranked-ranked/api-mcp