# Socketlist (remote · socketlist.pages.dev)

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- Trust score: 80/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `socketlist.pages.dev`: 80/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/thunderbid-socketlist-mcp/socketlist.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/thunderbid-socketlist-mcp/socketlist)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://socketlist.pages.dev/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**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 297 tokens (~74/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 70/100
  - Stability observed for 21 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 93/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 80% 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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 Socketlist MCP server?

Socketlist is a hosted endpoint at https://socketlist.pages.dev/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 thunderbid-socketlist-mcp 'https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thunderbid-socketlist-mcp": {
      "url": "https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "thunderbid-socketlist-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.thunderbid-socketlist-mcp]
url = "https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "thunderbid-socketlist-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add thunderbid-socketlist-mcp --url 'https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  thunderbid-socketlist-mcp:
    url: "https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "thunderbid-socketlist-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add thunderbid-socketlist-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thunderbid-socketlist-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://socketlist.pages.dev/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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-10-31 (score 78, +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.

### 2026-10-29 (score 77, +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.

### 2026-10-27 (score 76, +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.

### 2026-10-25 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-10-23 (score 74, +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.

### 2026-10-20 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_servers` (~86 tokens)

Search MCP servers

Search the Socketlist directory of open-source MCP servers by keyword (name, description, topics). Results are ranked by relevance, then GitHub stars.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Optional category slug from list_categories, e.g. "databases"
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required): Keywords, e.g. "postgres", "browser automation", "jira"

### `get_server` (~63 tokens)

Get MCP server details

Get details for one MCP server by its Socketlist slug: description, repository, stars, category, README-derived features/tools/requirements and, when known, a ready-made install config copied from the README.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Server slug as returned by search_servers

### `list_categories` (~22 tokens)

List categories

List all Socketlist categories with their slugs and number of servers.

### `best_for` (~74 tokens)

Best MCP servers for a use case

Return the curated "best MCP servers for X" list for a use case or client (e.g. "claude-code", "jira", "postgresql", "web-scraping"). Call with an unknown value to get the list of available use cases.

Input parameters:

- `use_case` (string, required): Use-case slug or name

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 80
- 2026-11-04: 80
- 2026-11-03: 79
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 78
- 2026-10-31: 78
- 2026-10-30: 77
- 2026-10-29: 77
- 2026-10-28: 76
- 2026-10-27: 76
- 2026-10-26: 75
- 2026-10-25: 75
- 2026-10-24: 74
- 2026-10-23: 74
- 2026-10-22: 73
- 2026-10-21: 73
- 2026-10-20: 73
- 2026-10-19: 72
- 2026-10-18: 72
- 2026-10-17: 71
- 2026-10-16: 71
- 2026-10-15: 70

## Common questions

### What is the Socketlist MCP server?

Socketlist is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.thunderbid/socketlist-mcp. Search a directory of 800+ open-source MCP servers: find, compare and get install configs. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp).

### Is the Socketlist MCP server safe to use?

Socketlist scores 80 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 Socketlist MCP server expose?

Socketlist exposes 4 tools: search_servers, get_server, list_categories, best_for. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 245 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Socketlist MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Socketlist MCP server still maintained?

Socketlist 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://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/thunderbid/socketlist-mcp
- Website: https://socketlist.pages.dev/mcp-server/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/thunderbid-socketlist-mcp/socketlist.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/thunderbid-socketlist-mcp/socketlist.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/thunderbid-socketlist-mcp/socketlist