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Trust breakdown (6 categories)

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. How we score →

Supply Chain Security0
  • Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
  • Known CVEs could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.Unverified
  • Install-script risk not yet assessed.Unverified
  • Dependency health could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.Unverified
Provenance & Transparency45
Schema Quality & AI Usability67
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 760 tokens (~253/item across 3 items; 3 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 Management0
  • Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass

Unverified: 2 categories

Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

Install

How do I install the MCP Retrieval server?

MCP Retrieval runs locally as a container image, launched with docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 3 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

oci · ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add role1776-mcp-retrieval -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "role1776-mcp-retrieval": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "role1776-mcp-retrieval": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add role1776-mcp-retrieval -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "role1776-mcp-retrieval": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "docker",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  role1776-mcp-retrieval:
    command: "docker"
    args: ["run", "--rm", "-i", "ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "role1776-mcp-retrieval": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "docker",
      "Arguments": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "role1776-mcp-retrieval": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7"
      ]
    }
  }
}
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.

  • 17 Aug 26 37

    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 23 Aug 2026 · Analysed oci/ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7

Provenance No attestation

The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.

Result No attestation
Ecosystem oci
Reason No attestation published
MCP tools · 3 exposed · ~760 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
web_scrape ~233

Downloads pages by their links and returns the main text as markdown. Links are fetched in parallel; a single call handles up to 10 of them, so batch all links you need into one call instead of calling the tool per link. Size: the 'max_chars' limit applies to each page separately, not to the whole response — 5 links stay under the limit each and the response holds all 5 texts. The limit counts characters, not tokens. A page cut short ends with '[truncated]' and its 'truncated' field is set; the cut-off part cannot be fetched afterwards, so treat what you got as all there is for that page.

NameTypeReqDescription
max_charsintegertruncate each page separately to N characters, default and maximum 20000; only lowers the limit, higher values are ignored
remove_linksbooleanstrip markdown links from the text
robots_txtbooleanrespect the page robots.txt
timeout_msintegertimeout for the whole call in milliseconds
urlsnull|arrayyeslinks to pages, downloaded in parallel
NameTypeReqDescription
metadataobjectyes
resultsnull|arrayyes

No examples provided.

web_search ~320

Searches the web for one or more queries and returns snippets with links. Queries run in parallel. IMPORTANT: Always write search queries in English for best results and relevance. For images use the 'web_search_images' tool; both tools can be called in the same turn when a query needs text and images. Freshness: set the 'date' field to restrict results by recency — 'd' (past day), 'w' (past week), 'm' (past month), 'y' (past year). Use it to prefer the most recent pages when the user asks about news or anything time-sensitive; leave it empty for all time. Query operators (put them inside the query string itself): 'site:example.com term' limits the search to one site; 'filetype:pdf term' restricts to a file type; double quotes "exact phrase" force an exact match; a leading '-' excludes a word (term -foo); 'intitle:term' requires the word in the page title. Operators can be combined, e.g. 'site:arxiv.org filetype:pdf transformers'.

NameTypeReqDescription
datestringfilter results by freshness: 'd' past day, 'w' past week, 'm' past month, 'y' past year; empty means all time
max_resultsintegermaximum number of snippets per query
queriesnull|arrayyessearch queries in English, executed in parallel
timeout_msintegertimeout for the whole call in milliseconds
NameTypeReqDescription
metadataobjectyes
resultsnull|arrayyes

No examples provided.

web_search_images ~207

Searches for images by one or more queries, executed in parallel. IMPORTANT: Queries must be in English ONLY. Freshness: set the 'date' field to restrict results by recency — 'd' (past day), 'w' (past week), 'm' (past month), 'y' (past year); leave it empty for all time. Query operators can be embedded in the query string: 'site:example.com term' limits to one site, double quotes "exact phrase" force an exact match, and a leading '-' excludes a word.

NameTypeReqDescription
datestringfilter results by freshness: 'd' past day, 'w' past week, 'm' past month, 'y' past year; empty means all time
max_imagesintegermaximum number of images per query
queriesnull|arrayyesqueries in English for image search
timeout_msintegertimeout for the whole call in milliseconds
NameTypeReqDescription
metadataobjectyes
resultsnull|arrayyes

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the MCP Retrieval server?

MCP Retrieval is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Role1776/mcp-retrieval. Local Go MCP server: DuckDuckGo/Bing web + image search, readability scraping to Markdown. This page covers its container image (ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.7).

Is the MCP Retrieval server safe to use?

MCP Retrieval scores 37 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 MCP Retrieval server expose?

MCP Retrieval exposes 3 tools: web_scrape, web_search, web_search_images. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 760 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the MCP Retrieval server still maintained?

MCP Retrieval is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 August 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 MCP Retrieval server under?

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