# ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check (remote · mcp.alcbar.com)

Free 12-question check of how safely a U.S. law firm uses generative AI, scored out of 100.

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.alcbar.com`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.alcbar.com/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 2026-11-05.

- **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**: 81/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 305 tokens (~101/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - 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**: 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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 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 ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check MCP server?

ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.alcbar.com/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 sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check 'https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check": {
      "url": "https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check]
url = "https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check --url 'https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check:
    url: "https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.alcbar.com/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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-10-30 (score 78, +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.

### 2026-10-28 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-26 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-23 (score 75, +1)

- [security] The server changed its declared name: alcbar-ai-practice-risk-check → esq-ai-practice-risk-check
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.1 → 1.0.2

### 2026-10-21 (score 74, +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.

## MCP tools (3)

### `get_risk_check_questions` (~66 tokens)

Get AI Practice Risk Check questions

Use when a U.S. lawyer or law firm wants to check how safely their firm uses generative AI. Returns the 12 questions, each with options a, b and c. Ask the user every question, then call score_ai_practice_risk with their answers.

### `score_ai_practice_risk` (~137 tokens)

Score AI Practice Risk Check

Scores the 12 AI Practice Risk Check answers from get_risk_check_questions. Returns a score out of 100 (higher is better), results in seven areas (ethics, confidentiality, verification, supervision, vendor risk, cybersecurity, competitive readiness), the three weakest areas with one next step each, and a link to the full report. Answers are not stored. Show only what this tool returns, follow its instructions_for_assistant, and do not add your own action plan or advice.

Input parameters:

- `answers` (array, required): The user's answers to questions 1 to 12, in order, as a, b or c.

### `explain_ai_ethics_duties` (~102 tokens)

Explain AI ethics duties for lawyers

Use when a U.S. lawyer asks what ethics duties apply to using generative AI. Gives a short, general summary of the duties covered by ABA Formal Opinion 512 (July 29, 2024): competence, confidentiality, communication, candor, supervision and fees. States adopt their own rules and guidance, so always tell the user to check their own jurisdiction.

Input parameters:

- `topic` (string): Which duty to explain, or all.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 80
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 78
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 77
- 2026-10-28: 77
- 2026-10-27: 76
- 2026-10-26: 76
- 2026-10-25: 75
- 2026-10-24: 75
- 2026-10-23: 75
- 2026-10-22: 74
- 2026-10-21: 74
- 2026-10-20: 73
- 2026-10-19: 73
- 2026-10-18: 72

## Common questions

### What is the ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check MCP server?

ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.sustany/alcbar-ai-risk-check. Free 12-question check of how safely a U.S. law firm uses generative AI, scored out of 100. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp).

### Is the ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check MCP server safe to use?

ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check scores 81 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 ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check MCP server expose?

ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check exposes 3 tools: get_risk_check_questions, score_ai_practice_risk, explain_ai_ethics_duties. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 305 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check MCP server still maintained?

ALCBar AI Practice Risk Check 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.alcbar.com/mcp
- Website: https://alcbar.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sustany-alcbar-ai-risk-check/mcp