# Kadent Scan (remote · mcp.kadent.so)

Free, read-only security scanner for remote MCP servers, before you connect them.

- Trust score: 88/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- remote · `mcp.kadent.so`: 88/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/so-kadent-kadent-scan/scan-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/so-kadent-kadent-scan/scan-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-09-21.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 83/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 149 tokens (~149/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 90/100
  - Stability observed for 27 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% 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 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 2 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 Kadent Scan MCP server?

Kadent Scan is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/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 so-kadent-kadent-scan 'https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "so-kadent-kadent-scan": {
      "url": "https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "so-kadent-kadent-scan": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.so-kadent-kadent-scan]
url = "https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "so-kadent-kadent-scan": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add so-kadent-kadent-scan --url 'https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  so-kadent-kadent-scan:
    url: "https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "so-kadent-kadent-scan": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add so-kadent-kadent-scan -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "so-kadent-kadent-scan": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/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.

### 2026-09-21 (score 88, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-19 (score 87, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 86, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 85, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-13 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-11 (score 83, +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.

### 2026-09-08 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-06 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (1)

### `scan_mcp_server` (~114 tokens)

Scan an MCP server for security risks

Runs a free, read-only security scan of a remote MCP server before you connect it. Performs an ordinary MCP handshake (never anything more invasive), lists the server's tools, rates each one's capabilities (private-data access, untrusted content, network egress, destructive actions), flags prompt-injection patterns in tool descriptions, and reports whether the lethal trifecta is reachable. Scan only servers you run or are entitled to connect to.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): The https:// URL of the remote MCP server to scan

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 88
- 2026-09-20: 87
- 2026-09-19: 87
- 2026-09-18: 86
- 2026-09-17: 86
- 2026-09-16: 85
- 2026-09-15: 85
- 2026-09-14: 84
- 2026-09-13: 84
- 2026-09-12: 83
- 2026-09-11: 83
- 2026-09-10: 82
- 2026-09-09: 82
- 2026-09-08: 82
- 2026-09-07: 81
- 2026-09-06: 81
- 2026-09-05: 80
- 2026-09-04: 80
- 2026-09-03: 79
- 2026-09-02: 79
- 2026-09-01: 78
- 2026-08-31: 78
- 2026-08-30: 77
- 2026-08-29: 77
- 2026-08-28: 76
- 2026-08-27: 76
- 2026-08-26: 75
- 2026-08-25: 74

## Common questions

### What is the Kadent Scan MCP server?

Kadent Scan is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as so.kadent/kadent-scan. Free, read-only security scanner for remote MCP servers, before you connect them. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp).

### Is the Kadent Scan MCP server safe to use?

Kadent Scan scores 88 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 Kadent Scan MCP server expose?

Kadent Scan exposes 1 tool: scan_mcp_server. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 114 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Kadent Scan MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Kadent Scan MCP server still maintained?

Kadent Scan is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 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://mcp.kadent.so/scan/mcp
- Website: https://kadent.so/scan
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/so-kadent-kadent-scan/scan-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/so-kadent-kadent-scan/scan-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/so-kadent-kadent-scan/scan-mcp