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xkcd Comic Suggester

REMOTE · XKCDAI.ONRENDER.COM · SCANNED AUG 3

Suggests a relevant xkcd comic during a conversation, via semantic search over every comic.

+6 this week 59 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (6 categories)

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 →

Endpoint Security57
Transport & Reachability100
Schema Quality & AI Usability54
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 373 tokens (~373/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 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 Management27
  • Stability observed for 8 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
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.

remote · xkcdai.onrender.com

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http papjuli-xkcdai https://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.papjuli-xkcdai]
url = "https://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "papjuli-xkcdai": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add papjuli-xkcdai --url https://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  papjuli-xkcdai:
    url: "https://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp"
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "papjuli-xkcdai": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

Changelog

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.

  • 2 Aug 26 +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.

  • 31 Jul 26 +3
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 30 Jul 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
  • 29 Jul 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 28 Jul 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.

  • 27 Jul 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
  • 26 Jul 26 53

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

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 3 Aug 2026 · Probed https://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=onrender.com CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US 24 Jul 2026 22 Oct 2026 ECDSA 256 ECDSA-SHA256 756bcb97dcf1455f0ebf70e5dbe07256
SANs: onrender.com, *.onrender.com
CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US 13 Dec 2023 20 Feb 2029 ECDSA 256 ECDSA-SHA384 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3
CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE 15 Nov 2023 28 Jan 2028 ECDSA 384 SHA256-RSA 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b
DNSSEC insecure

Validation of xkcdai.onrender.com. Not signed

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
com. present 19718 13 Verified
onrender.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
Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp Verified 200
http (plaintext) http://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp HTTPS enforced 301 https://xkcdai.onrender.com/mcp
MCP tools — 1 exposed · ~373 tokens

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.

Tool Tokens
find_xkcd ~373

Find xkcd comics semantically relevant to the current conversation. Call this whenever an xkcd comic might enrich the conversation — when the discussion lands on a topic xkcd is famous for skewering (programming, science, statistics, relationships, the absurdity of standards, etc.). Pass a concise description of the current topic or theme as `context` (a phrase or sentence works better than a whole transcript), e.g. "spending hours automating a task that was faster to do by hand" or "code finally compiling". IMPORTANT — deciding whether to mention one. xkcd has a comic for almost every topic, so this tool will nearly always return something. A result being returned does NOT mean you should bring it up. Use the `score` as a signal and apply your own judgment about conversational fit: score >= 0.75 strong match — usually worth mentioning if it fits the moment 0.66 - 0.75 plausible — mention only if it genuinely lands < 0.66 weak/tangential — almost always better to stay silent Only one comic, at most, per topic — and only when it actually adds something. When you do share one, cite it by number and title with its `url`, and quote the `alt` (mouseover) text — it's half the joke. Returns a dict with a `results` list (num, title, score, url, image, alt, explain_url) and a `count`. An empty list means nothing cleared the floor.

NameTypeReqDescription
contextstringyes
max_resultsinteger
min_scorenumber

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.