# Ponisha Freelance (pypi · ponisha-mcp)

Read-only Ponisha (ponisha.ir) freelance market: projects, bids, freelancers, skill demand.

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- pypi · `ponisha-mcp`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sepehr071-ponisha-mcp/ponisha-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sepehr071-ponisha-mcp/ponisha-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `ponisha-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 50/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 1 of 35 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to sepehr071/ponisha-mcp).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 3 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 68/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2810 tokens (~200/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 99/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 98% 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 14 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 15 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: 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 Ponisha Freelance MCP server?

Ponisha Freelance runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx ponisha-mcp. 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 sepehr071-ponisha-mcp -- uvx ponisha-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sepehr071-ponisha-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ponisha-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "sepehr071-ponisha-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ponisha-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add sepehr071-ponisha-mcp -- uvx ponisha-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "sepehr071-ponisha-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "ponisha-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add sepehr071-ponisha-mcp --command uvx --arg ponisha-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  sepehr071-ponisha-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["ponisha-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "sepehr071-ponisha-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "ponisha-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add sepehr071-ponisha-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a ponisha-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sepehr071-ponisha-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ponisha-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 65, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-11-02 (score 80, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-01 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (14)

### `pn_search_projects` (~299 tokens)

Search projects

Search Ponisha projects (Iran's freelance marketplace) by text, skills, category, status and budget.

Use this to find work to bid on or to see what employers ask for. Results are compact cards; call pn_project
for the full brief and competition, pn_bids for the offers already made. Budget filters are applied to the
fetched page (the site has none), so with a budget filter up to 50 projects per page are scanned.

Input parameters:

- `category`: Top-level category slug or id from pn_categories, e.g. dev-and-it.
- `limit` (integer): How many results to return (max 50).
- `max_budget`: Keep projects whose budget range starts at or below this (Toman).
- `min_budget`: Keep projects whose budget range reaches at least this (Toman).
- `page` (integer): Result page, starting at 1.
- `query` (string): Free text in Persian or English, e.g. 'طراحی لوگو' or 'django'. Empty = all.
- `skills`: Skills to require, as names, slugs or ids from pn_skills (e.g. ['python', 'wordpress']). Projects/freelancers must have ALL of them.
- `sort` (string): Order of results; ending_soon = bidding closes first.
- `status` (string): open = still taking bids (default); all includes finished and closed projects.

### `pn_project` (~166 tokens)

Project details

Get one Ponisha project: full description, budget, skills, deadline and the employer's track record.

Use after pn_search_projects. The employer block (projects created/completed, rating, member since) shows
whether the employer pays and finishes work. A finished project also shows accepted_price (what the winner was
paid) and done_by. Set include_bid_sample=true for price statistics of the first 20 offers (slow on projects
with many bids: Ponisha takes up to 30 s); pn_bids lists the offers themselves, pn_reviews the employer's
reviews, pn_user_projects the employer's other projects.

Input parameters:

- `include_bid_sample` (boolean)
- `project_id` (integer, required): Numeric project id from pn_search_projects, e.g. 762909.

### `pn_bids` (~147 tokens)

Project bids

List the offers freelancers made on a Ponisha project: price, days, pitch and each bidder's track record.

Use to see the competition on a project before bidding or to compare bidders. Prices are Toman. Bidder
names link to pn_profile. Ponisha serves these slowly (about 3 s, up to 30 s on projects with 100+ bids), so
keep limit small; page through with `page`.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Offers per page (max 30).
- `page` (integer): Result page, starting at 1.
- `project_id` (integer, required): Numeric project id from pn_search_projects, e.g. 762909.

### `pn_search_freelancers` (~278 tokens)

Search freelancers

Search Ponisha freelancers by text, skills, category, level and portfolio, ranked by score.

Use to find who to hire or to see who leads a niche. Cards carry score, average rating and review count;
call pn_profile for the full profile, pn_reviews for what employers wrote, pn_portfolios for their work.
Rating is the average employer score (max 5). The site has no city filter.

Input parameters:

- `category`: Top-level category slug or id from pn_categories, e.g. design-and-creativity.
- `has_portfolio` (boolean): Only freelancers with portfolio items.
- `level` (string): Exact level: 1 (level 1), 2 (level 2), top (Ponisha's top freelancers); any = no filter.
- `limit` (integer): How many results to return (max 50).
- `page` (integer): Result page, starting at 1.
- `query` (string): Free text, e.g. 'python' or 'گرافیست'. Empty = all.
- `skills`: Skills to require, as names, slugs or ids from pn_skills (e.g. ['python', 'wordpress']). Projects/freelancers must have ALL of them.
- `sort` (string): rating = by total score, highest first.

### `pn_profile` (~134 tokens)

User profile

Get a public Ponisha profile (freelancer or employer): level, skills, statistics, rating and activity.

Use for a username from pn_search_freelancers, pn_bids or pn_project. Shows completed projects, rating,
response rate, member since and last seen; include_resume adds their work history. Next: pn_reviews,
pn_portfolios, pn_user_projects. Private data (contact, real name) is not available.

Input parameters:

- `include_resume` (boolean): Also return the work/education history the user listed.
- `username` (string, required): Ponisha username, e.g. rohammasmoei.

### `pn_skills` (~106 tokens)

Find skills

Find Ponisha skills (about 700 tags) by name to use in the skills filters of other tools.

Use first when the user names a skill; pass the returned slug or id as `skills` to pn_search_projects,
pn_search_freelancers or pn_market.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max skills to return.
- `query` (string, required): Part of a skill name or slug, Persian or English, e.g. 'پایتون' or 'logo'.

### `pn_categories` (~113 tokens)

Categories

List Ponisha's top-level project categories, or the sub-categories of one.

Use to get the `category` value for pn_search_projects and pn_search_freelancers (top level only;
sub-categories are for reference). with_counts shows which categories have the most open and total projects.

Input parameters:

- `slug`: A top-level category slug to list its sub-categories; omit for the top level.
- `with_counts` (boolean): Add open and all-time project counts per top-level category (14 searches).

### `pn_market` (~110 tokens)

Skill market

Summarize demand and supply for one skill on Ponisha: open projects, budgets, competition, related skills.

Use for "is it worth bidding on X", "what do X projects pay" or "how crowded is X". Based on the 50 newest
open projects with that skill (budgets in Toman, medians of the project budget midpoints) and the freelancer
count for the skill.

Input parameters:

- `skill` (string, required): One skill name, slug or id from pn_skills.

### `pn_reviews` (~182 tokens)

Reviews

Read the reviews employers wrote about a Ponisha user, or recent reviews for a whole skill.

Give exactly one of username or skill. For a user it also returns the score summary (star counts, quality,
communication, timeline, expertise, hire-again averages, success rate): use it to judge a freelancer before
hiring or an employer before bidding. For a skill it shows what employers praise or complain about in that
field (only the newest 2000 reviews are reachable). Next: pn_profile, pn_project.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Reviews per page (max 30).
- `page` (integer): Result page, starting at 1.
- `skill`: Instead of a user: recent reviews across one skill (name, slug or id).
- `username`: Reviews received by this user, e.g. rohammasmoei.

### `pn_portfolios` (~218 tokens)

Portfolios

Search Ponisha portfolio items (about 500k work samples), or list one user's portfolio.

Use to see real examples of a kind of work or to check what a freelancer has built. Search is ranked by
Ponisha's quality score; items carry views, likes, skills and the author. With username, query/skills are
ignored and the user's items are listed (title and link only). Next: pn_profile for the author.

Input parameters:

- `category`: Top-level category slug or id from pn_categories (search mode only).
- `limit` (integer): Items per page (max 30).
- `page` (integer): Result page, starting at 1.
- `query` (string): Free text, e.g. 'طراحی لوگو'. Empty = all.
- `skills`: Skills to require, as names, slugs or ids from pn_skills (e.g. ['python', 'wordpress']). Projects/freelancers must have ALL of them.
- `username`: List this user's portfolio instead of searching.

### `pn_services` (~213 tokens)

Service packages

Browse Ponisha's ready-made service packages (fixed-price offers such as logo design or WordPress themes).

Use when the user wants to buy a defined service at a known price instead of posting a project. About 80
packages exist in a few categories. Prices are Toman. Next: pn_service for deliverables and add-ons,
pn_profile for the seller.

Input parameters:

- `category`: Service category slug, id or name part, e.g. logo-design (see `categories`).
- `limit` (integer): Packages per page (max 30).
- `max_price`: Most expensive package price (Toman).
- `min_price`: Cheapest package price (Toman).
- `min_rating`: Minimum seller rating (e.g. 4.5, max 5).
- `page` (integer): Result page, starting at 1.
- `query` (string): Words that must appear in the name or description. Empty = all.
- `sort` (string): popular = most finished projects first.

### `pn_service` (~62 tokens)

Service package details

Get one Ponisha service package: price, delivery time, what is included, requirements and paid add-ons.

Use after pn_services to compare what a fixed-price offer really delivers. Prices are Toman.

Input parameters:

- `service_id` (integer, required): Package id from pn_services.

### `pn_user_projects` (~137 tokens)

User projects

List the projects a Ponisha user is attached to: an employer's own projects or a freelancer's finished work.

Use to check an employer's history (what they ask for, how many finish) or what a freelancer has delivered.
Call pn_project with an id for the full brief and the accepted price.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Projects per page (max 30).
- `page` (integer): Result page, starting at 1.
- `status` (string): finished = completed projects (default); open = still taking bids.
- `username` (string, required): Ponisha username, e.g. rohammasmoei.

### `pn_trend` (~157 tokens)

Skill trend

Show how demand and budgets for one skill changed over time on Ponisha, from the newest to the oldest projects.

Use for "is demand for X growing" or "what did X pay a year ago". Samples `points` pages of 50 projects spread
across the skill's whole history (all statuses) and reports, per sample, the period covered, the posting rate
per month, the median budget and the median bids. Budgets are Toman; the newest 10000 projects are reachable.
For today's numbers use pn_market.

Input parameters:

- `points` (integer): How many moments in history to sample (each 50 projects).
- `skill` (string, required): One skill name, slug or id from pn_skills.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sepehr071-ponisha-mcp/ponisha-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 65
- 2026-11-04: 80
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 65

## Common questions

### What is the Ponisha Freelance MCP server?

Ponisha Freelance is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.sepehr071/ponisha-mcp. Read-only Ponisha (ponisha.ir) freelance market: projects, bids, freelancers, skill demand. This page covers its PyPI package (ponisha-mcp).

### Is the Ponisha Freelance MCP server safe to use?

Ponisha Freelance scores 65 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 Ponisha Freelance MCP server expose?

Ponisha Freelance exposes 14 tools: pn_search_projects, pn_project, pn_bids, pn_search_freelancers, pn_profile, and 9 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,322 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Ponisha Freelance MCP server still maintained?

Ponisha Freelance 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.

### What licence is the Ponisha Freelance MCP server under?

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

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/ponisha-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/ponisha-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/sepehr071/ponisha-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sepehr071-ponisha-mcp/ponisha-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sepehr071-ponisha-mcp/ponisha-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sepehr071-ponisha-mcp/ponisha-mcp