CounselorAI
REMOTE · API.COUNSELORAI.APP
College-access writing and financial-aid analysis tools for counselors, students, and families.
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Last scanned (22 hours ago)
Scores higher than 97% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category Education and Research
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 → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security89
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, but the challenge carries no valid RFC 9728 metadata, so a client cannot discover where to get a token. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present. View diagnostics → Pass
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability65
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2460 tokens (~189/item across 13 items; 13 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 Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage97
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 91% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 13 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 14 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Checks we ran (13)
- TLS certificate
- Authorization
- HTTPS
- HSTS header
- DNSSEC
- Transport
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Does not apply to this hosted endpoint (2)
- Supply Chain SecurityScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
- Provenance & TransparencyScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
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.
- 7 Oct 26 0
- Tool “scholarship” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “scholarship” changed its title: Scholarship matching → Scholarship research links cosmetic
- 2 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 28 Sept 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
- 25 Sept 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
- 15 Sept 26 0
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- 6 Sept 26 0
- Tool “awardlens” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- “awardlens” reworded the description of “scorecardData” cosmetic
- 3 Sept 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 2 Sept 26 0
First indexed and scored.
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 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://api.counselorai.app/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=counselorai.app | CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 14 Sept 2026 | 13 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 6cc79e510c83baa0aa00756d540c1a0c277 |
| SANs: *.counselorai.app, counselorai.app, counselordesk.app, www.counselordesk.app | ||||||
| CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5ddd70dd31f801c85c186a7a04b80afe |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of api.counselorai.app. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Trust anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| app. | DS published | 23684 | 8 | Verified |
| counselorai.app. | No DS | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication Challenged, unverified
The endpoint asked for a token, but we could not retrieve and validate the RFC 9728 metadata that tells a client how to obtain one.
| Result | Challenged, unverified |
|---|---|
| Enforced | On tool calls |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| strict-transport-security | max-age=31536000 |
Protected resource metadata
| Retrieved | No |
|---|---|
| Problem | No resource metadata |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://api.counselorai.app/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://api.counselorai.app/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://api.counselorai.app/mcp |
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. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
account_balance Check remaining credits ~29
Free. Returns the credits left on this API key. Call it before a long run of billed calls.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
aid Aid estimate explainer ~197
Explain what a family is likely to see across a list of schools and why, in plain language. An explanation for a counselor to walk a family through, never an official determination, and the output says so. Cost: about 73 credits (~$0.073) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| context | string | – | Household situation that affects the estimate. |
| fafsaContext | string | – | What is already known from the FAFSA, including the SAI if it has come back. |
| income | string | – | Household income, as the family stated it. |
| repayContext | string | – | What the family has said about borrowing and what they can carry. |
| schoolCount | integer | – | How many schools are being compared. |
| schoolSummaries | string | – | One line per school: name, cost of attendance, anything already known about the offer. |
| studentName | string | – | The student this is about. Used in the output text. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
appeal Financial aid appeal letter ~394
Draft a financial aid appeal letter to a college financial aid office. Call this when a family needs to ask for a review of an award: income dropped, an expense appeared, another school offered more, or the FAFSA was wrong. Returns the letter, not advice on whether to appeal. Runs a 5-step drafting pipeline, so it is the most expensive tool here and the slowest, typically 30 to 60 seconds. Cost: about 353 credits (~$0.353) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| amountNeeded | string | – | The gap being asked for. |
| appealType | string | – | What the appeal rests on. changed_circumstances is income loss or a new expense since the FAFSA, competing_offer is a match request, special_circumstances asks for a Professional Judgment review, err… |
| competing | string | – | A competing offer to cite, if there is one. |
| counselorName | string | – | Who the letter is from. The counselor stays the author; this tool drafts, it does not sign. |
| currentAward | string | – | What the school offered, as written on the award letter. |
| keyDetails | string | yes | The circumstances, in the counselor or family's own words. This is what the letter is built out of, so specifics beat summaries. |
| length | string | – | Roughly 330, 440 or 560 words. |
| naturalness | integer | – | How plainly the letter should read. 1 is formal institutional, 5 is conversational. |
| schoolName | string | – | The institution the appeal goes to. |
| status | array | – | Student circumstances the letter should carry without labeling them. homeless and housing_insecure are the same category. |
| studentName | string | – | The student this is about. Used in the output text. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
awardlens Read an award letter ~203
Break down one to three financial aid award letters: what is grant, what is loan, what is work-study that has to be earned, what the supported net price is, and what renewal conditions are buried in the language. Identifies missing facts and questions for the aid office. With more than one letter it compares them side by side. Read-only. Cost: about 173 credits (~$0.173) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| letter1 | string | yes | First award letter, pasted as plain text. |
| letter2 | string | – | Second award letter, to compare against the first. |
| letter3 | string | – | Third award letter. |
| scorecardData | array | – | Optional College Scorecard lines to ground the comparison: acceptance rate, graduation rate, average net price. Include the original Letter number and school/campus; unverified caller-supplied contex… |
| studentName | string | – | The student this is about. Used in the output text. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
fafsa FAFSA checklist ~243
Produce a FAFSA action checklist for one student, keyed to their grade, dependency status and income band. Answers the process question a family actually has: what do we do, in what order, by when. Does not compute an award. Cost: about 87 credits (~$0.087) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dependency | string | – | Dependency drives whose income is reported. unsure is a valid answer and changes the checklist. |
| grade | string | – | How far out the family is. 12 means act now. |
| income | string | – | Household income band. Drives whether Pell is in play. |
| notes | string | – | Anything else that should shape the output. |
| schools | string | – | Schools on the list, if known. Deadlines differ by school. |
| specials | array | – | Situations that change the filing rules: divorced or separated parents, a stepparent, a sibling also in college, undocumented status, foster care, housing instability, disability, a mid-year income c… |
| studentName | string | – | The student this is about. Used in the output text. |
| timeline | string | – | Where they are in the cycle. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
humanize Humanize reader-facing text ~183
Rewrite reader-facing prose so it sounds direct, specific, and personal without changing facts or inventing a voice. Use it for outreach, emails, letters, posts, and narrative copy. It preserves quoted text and checks the result against the source. It does not evade or promise to beat AI detectors. Do not use it for code, SQL, JSON, legal text, or technical specifications. Cost: about 413 credits (~$0.413) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| audience | string | – | Who will read the text. This changes vocabulary and formality, not the facts. |
| preserveFormatting | boolean | – | Keep headings, lists, paragraph breaks, links, and other formatting. |
| strength | string | – | light makes surface fixes, standard rewrites AI-sounding sentences, aggressive may rebuild paragraph flow. |
| text | string | yes | The reader-facing prose to edit. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
letterlens Review a letter ~134
Analyze a finished recommendation letter and return specific fixes: what is vague, what is asserted without evidence, what reads as generated. Read-only and far cheaper than drafting. Use it to critique a draft, not to rewrite one, and use revision to apply the fixes. Cost: about 93 credits (~$0.093) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| focus | string | – | A specific thing to look hardest at, if there is one. |
| letterText | string | yes | The letter to review, as plain text. |
| purpose | string | – | What the letter is for. A scholarship letter is read differently from a transfer letter. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
profile Student profile summary ~208
Turn raw counselor notes into a structured student profile. Run this first when working one student across several tools: it is cheap, and its output is good input for the relationship, traits and story fields on rec, or keyDetails on appeal. Cost: about 87 credits (~$0.087) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| academics | string | – | Coursework, GPA, testing, academic trajectory. |
| activities | string | – | – |
| challenges | string | – | What the student has had to work around. |
| goals | string | – | – |
| grade | string | – | – |
| major | string | – | – |
| notes | string | – | Anything else that should shape the output. |
| school | string | – | – |
| strengths | string | – | What the counselor has actually observed, not adjectives. |
| studentName | string | – | The student this is about. Used in the output text. |
| tags | array | – | Background categories. Same vocabulary the scholarship tool uses, so a profile feeds straight into it. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
quote_call Quote a tool call before paying for it ~88
Free. Validates the input for a tool and returns the exact credit hold a real call would take at your price, plus whether your balance covers it. Use it to budget before a billed call or to lint an input for free.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| input | object | – | The input you intend to send. Optional; omit for the default estimate. |
| tool | string | yes | Tool name from tools/list. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
rec Letter of recommendation ~348
Draft a letter of recommendation from counselor notes. Call this to WRITE a letter. To critique one that already exists, call letterlens instead, which is much cheaper. Runs the same 5-step pipeline as appeal. Cost: about 369 credits (~$0.369) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| contribution | string | – | What the student adds to a campus. |
| counselorName | string | – | Who the letter is from. The counselor stays the author; this tool drafts, it does not sign. |
| major | string | – | – |
| profType | string | – | Only when purpose is professional: which professional school, since each reads for different things. |
| purpose | string | – | What the letter is for. undergraduate, graduate, internship and other are legacy aliases kept working for existing integrations. |
| recipient | string | – | Who receives it, if named. |
| relationship | string | – | How the counselor knows the student, and for how long. |
| resumeText | string | – | Resume or activity list as plain text. |
| sampleText | string | – | A sample of the counselor's own writing, so the letter lands in their voice rather than a generic one. |
| schools | string | – | Target school or program. |
| selectivity | string | – | How selective the target is. Shifts how much evidence the letter has to carry. |
| story | string | – | A specific moment worth telling. The single highest-value field here. |
| studentName | string | – | The student this is about. Used in the output text. |
| traits | string | yes | Three standout traits. Send prose, not a list of adjectives: the pipeline turns each one into a scene and needs something to work from. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
revision Revise a draft ~95
Apply one instruction to an existing letter and return the revised text. Pair it with letterlens: review to find the problems, revise to fix them. Changes only what the instruction asks for. Cost: about 97 credits (~$0.097) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| currentText | string | yes | The letter as it stands. |
| instruction | string | yes | What to change. One instruction per call gets a cleaner result than a list. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
scholarship Scholarship research links ~199
Search for current scholarship pages to review. A page in the result is a research lead, not a verified match. Confirm program terms, deadline, and student eligibility on the sponsor page before advising the student. Live web search makes this slower and costlier than the other analysis tools. Cost: about 165 credits (~$0.165) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| activities | string | – | Extracurriculars and leadership. |
| backgrounds | array | – | Eligibility categories that unlock specific award pools. |
| gpa | string | – | – |
| grade | string | – | Grade level or transfer status. |
| major | string | – | Intended field. Departmental awards are usually the least contested. |
| notes | string | – | Anything else that should shape the output. |
| state | string | – | State of residence. State and regional awards have far smaller applicant pools than national ones. |
| studentName | string | – | The student this is about. Used in the output text. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
translate Translate for families ~106
Translate counselor-facing output into a family's language, holding the financial aid terms in English on purpose. FAFSA, Pell, SAI, COA and the loan names stay untranslated so a family can match what the school actually sends them against what they were told. Read-only. Cost: about 173 credits (~$0.173) per call.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourceText | string | yes | The text to translate. Usually the output of another tool. |
| targetLang | string | yes | Target language code. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the CounselorAI MCP server?
CounselorAI is a hosted endpoint at https://api.counselorai.app/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.
remote · api.counselorai.app
claude mcp add --transport http the-825-counselorai 'https://api.counselorai.app/mcp'
What is the CounselorAI MCP server?
CounselorAI is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.The-825/counselorai. College-access writing and financial-aid analysis tools for counselors, students, and families. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.counselorai.app/mcp).
Is the CounselorAI MCP server safe to use?
CounselorAI scores 89 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 CounselorAI MCP server expose?
CounselorAI exposes 13 tools: appeal, rec, letterlens, awardlens, fafsa, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,427 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the CounselorAI MCP server require authentication?
Yes. CounselorAI asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.
Is the CounselorAI MCP server still maintained?
CounselorAI 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 did VerifyMCP test on the CounselorAI MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on CounselorAI, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.