# PetalPal Plant Care (remote · petalpal.top)

Plant and flower care for 202 species in ten languages, with source links and editorial status.

- Trust score: 76/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `petalpal.top`: 76/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/top-petalpal-plant-care/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/top-petalpal-plant-care/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://petalpal.top/api/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**: 83/100
  - 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 is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 64/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 405 tokens (~202/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 94/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 83% 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 2 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 current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the PetalPal Plant Care MCP server?

PetalPal Plant Care is a hosted endpoint at https://petalpal.top/api/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 top-petalpal-plant-care 'https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "top-petalpal-plant-care": {
      "url": "https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "top-petalpal-plant-care": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.top-petalpal-plant-care]
url = "https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "top-petalpal-plant-care": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add top-petalpal-plant-care --url 'https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  top-petalpal-plant-care:
    url: "https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "top-petalpal-plant-care": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add top-petalpal-plant-care -t streamable-http -u 'https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "top-petalpal-plant-care": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://petalpal.top/api/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 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.

### 2026-11-02 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-10-31 (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.

### 2026-10-29 (score 73, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-28 (score 72)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `search_plants` (~181 tokens)

Search flowers and plants

Find plants by name, common alias or plant ID across ten languages. Returns canonical plant IDs, category and care-page links. Cut flowers and rooted potted plants are separate entries. Use a returned plant_id with get_plant_care; if several plants fit, ask the user which one they have.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Optional category: cut = cut flowers; pot = flowering potted plants; leaf = foliage; succ = succulents.
- `language` (string): Language of the returned guide. Use zh-Hans for Simplified Chinese; en for English. Plant-name search works across all languages.
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required): A plant name, common alias or canonical ID, such as 绿萝, golden pothos or pothos. Search the plant name rather than a whole care question.

### `get_plant_care` (~151 tokens)

Get a plant care guide

Retrieve the PetalPal care guide for an exact plant_id returned by search_plants: light, watering, temperature, feeding or flower food, first steps, daily care, FAQs and pet notes. Includes the original page, available references and editorial status. General reference, not photo identification or a diagnosis; never substitute cut-flower care for a rooted plant.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Language of the returned guide. Use zh-Hans for Simplified Chinese; en for English. Plant-name search works across all languages.
- `plant_id` (string, required): Exact plant_id from search_plants, such as pothos, rose (cut flower) or rose-pot (rooted potted rose).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/top-petalpal-plant-care/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 76
- 2026-11-04: 75
- 2026-11-03: 75
- 2026-11-02: 75
- 2026-11-01: 74
- 2026-10-31: 74
- 2026-10-30: 73
- 2026-10-29: 73
- 2026-10-28: 72

## Common questions

### What is the PetalPal Plant Care MCP server?

PetalPal Plant Care is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as top.petalpal/plant-care. Plant and flower care for 202 species in ten languages, with source links and editorial status. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://petalpal.top/api/mcp/).

### Is the PetalPal Plant Care MCP server safe to use?

PetalPal Plant Care scores 76 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 PetalPal Plant Care MCP server expose?

PetalPal Plant Care exposes 2 tools: search_plants, get_plant_care. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 332 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the PetalPal Plant Care MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the PetalPal Plant Care MCP server still maintained?

PetalPal Plant Care 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://petalpal.top/api/mcp/
- Website: https://petalpal.top/en/mcp/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/top-petalpal-plant-care/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/top-petalpal-plant-care/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/top-petalpal-plant-care/api-mcp