# HaulierScope (remote · haulierscope.co.uk)

Check UK goods and PSV operator licences: status, vehicles, changes, inquiries and insolvency.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `haulierscope.co.uk`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences/haulierscope.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences/haulierscope)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://haulierscope.co.uk/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 2026-10-18.

- **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**: 63/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2227 tokens (~148/item across 15 items; 15 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 20/100
  - Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 89/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 62% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 15 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 16 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 HaulierScope MCP server?

HaulierScope is a hosted endpoint at https://haulierscope.co.uk/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 uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences 'https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences": {
      "url": "https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences]
url = "https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences --url 'https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences:
    url: "https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences -t streamable-http -u 'https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://haulierscope.co.uk/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.

### 2026-10-18 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-16 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-13 (score 68, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 68)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (15)

### `search_operators` (~156 tokens)

Search operator licences

Find GB goods vehicle and PSV operators by company name, operator licence number (e.g. OB1234567) or Companies House number. Returns up to `limit` matches with status, licence type, traffic area, town and the canonical page URL. Exact licence and company numbers rank first; names match companies and organisations only (sole traders and partnerships are found only by exact licence number and are never named). Optional filters narrow by traffic area, vehicle category, status, licence type or presence in the latest DVSA file.

Input parameters:

- `filters` (object)
- `limit` (integer): Maximum results (1–50)
- `query` (string, required): Company name, licence number (two letters + seven digits) or company number

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `get_licence` (~134 tokens)

Get an operator licence

Full record of one GB operator licence by its number: holder (company name and number; never a sole trader's or partner's name), licence type, status, vehicles and trailers authorised, continuation date, operating centres, Companies House status, DVSA earned recognition, upcoming public inquiries, Traffic Commissioner decisions, Gazette insolvency notices and the change history between DVSA files. Licences no longer in the latest file are returned with in_current_file: false.

Input parameters:

- `licence_number` (string, required): Operator licence number, e.g. OB1234567 (O = goods, P = PSV; second letter = traffic area)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `get_company` (~116 tokens)

Get a company's operator licences

All operator licences held by one company or organisation, by Companies House number (e.g. 02155951 or SC096849): totals of licences, vehicles, trailers and operating centres, each licence with its status and continuation date, Companies House status (liquidation, administration, receivership, accounts overdue; dissolved only when verified by number and name), earned recognition, public inquiries, Traffic Commissioner decisions and Gazette notices.

Input parameters:

- `company_number` (string, required): Companies House number, e.g. 02155951 or SC096849

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `area_stats` (~100 tokens)

Traffic area statistics

Statistics for one of the eight GB traffic areas: licences, operators, vehicles and trailers authorised, the mix by licence type and status, the largest operators by vehicles authorised, and towns with at least five company licences (with links).

Input parameters:

- `area` (string, required): Traffic area: slug (e.g. 'scotland', 'north-west-of-england'), letter (B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M) or name

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `recent_changes` (~193 tokens)

Changes between DVSA files

What changed between one DVSA operator licence file and the one before: licences new to the file, no longer in the file, back in the file, status changes, licence type, vehicle and trailer authorisation, operating centre and continuation date changes. Companies are listed with before/after values; sole trader and partnership changes are counted only. Defaults to the latest file; pass `release` (YYYY-MM-DD) for an earlier one (data_status lists them).

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Traffic area: slug (e.g. 'scotland', 'north-west-of-england'), letter (B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M) or name
- `change_type` (string): Only this kind of change
- `limit` (integer)
- `offset` (integer)
- `release` (string): DVSA file date, YYYY-MM-DD (default: latest)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `upcoming_public_inquiries` (~120 tokens)

Upcoming public inquiries

Traffic Commissioner public inquiries listed for companies (date, time, venue, legal grounds and the official notice), from the weekly Applications and Decisions and Notices and Proceedings, optionally for one traffic area. Inquiries for sole traders and partnerships are counted, not named. Being called to an inquiry is not a finding against the operator.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Traffic area: slug (e.g. 'scotland', 'north-west-of-england'), letter (B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M) or name

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `insolvency_watch` (~137 tokens)

Haulier insolvency watch: administration and liquidation

Companies holding operator licences that the Companies House register shows in liquidation, administration or receivership, largest fleets first, with totals by traffic area and recent Gazette insolvency notices. Optionally for one traffic area. Companies only. Accounts overdue is not insolvency: use filing_watch. Each fact is dated to the register; whether a licence continues is a matter for the Traffic Commissioner.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Traffic area: slug (e.g. 'scotland', 'north-west-of-england'), letter (B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M) or name
- `limit` (integer)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `filing_watch` (~107 tokens)

Companies House filing watch: accounts overdue

Companies holding operator licences whose accounts were overdue at the Companies House register date, largest fleets first, with totals by traffic area. Optionally for one traffic area. Companies only. A filing fact, not a sign of insolvency.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Traffic area: slug (e.g. 'scotland', 'north-west-of-england'), letter (B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M) or name
- `limit` (integer)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `new_licences` (~147 tokens)

New operator licences granted

New goods vehicle and PSV operator licences granted in one publication month, from the Traffic Commissioners' weekly Applications and Decisions and Notices and Proceedings: company, licence number, licence class, traffic area, bulletin and GOV.UK link. Optionally for one traffic area. Companies and organisations are named; sole traders and partnerships are counted only.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Traffic area: slug (e.g. 'scotland', 'north-west-of-england'), letter (B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M) or name
- `limit` (integer)
- `month` (string): Publication month, YYYY-MM (default: the latest month)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `licences_ended` (~171 tokens)

Operator licences revoked, surrendered or terminated

Operator licences the Traffic Commissioners published in one month as revoked, surrendered or terminated, each with the heading it was printed under (official wording), the date with effect from, the bulletin and its GOV.UK link, and where the company can add a statement. Optionally for one traffic area. Companies and organisations are named; sole traders and partnerships are counted only. Quote the official heading; do not restate a surrender or termination as a revocation.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Traffic area: slug (e.g. 'scotland', 'north-west-of-england'), letter (B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M) or name
- `limit` (integer)
- `month` (string): Publication month, YYYY-MM (default: the latest month)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `tc_decisions` (~174 tokens)

Traffic Commissioner decisions

Written regulatory decisions the Traffic Commissioners published on GOV.UK (revocations, suspensions, curtailments, refusals, warnings and more): company, licences, outcome, decision date, appeal status and the decision document, with counts by outcome and traffic area. Optionally for one traffic area and/or one outcome code (from by_outcome, e.g. 'revocation'). Companies are named; decisions about sole traders, partnerships or people are counted only.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Traffic area: slug (e.g. 'scotland', 'north-west-of-england'), letter (B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M) or name
- `limit` (integer)
- `outcome` (string): Outcome code from by_outcome, e.g. revocation

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `biggest_operators` (~152 tokens)

Biggest operators rankings

Ranking of companies by vehicles authorised in the latest DVSA file: 'haulage-companies' (Standard goods licences, top 100 nationally) or 'coach-and-bus-operators' (PSV licences), or the top 50 in one traffic area. Each row: rank, company, company number, vehicles and trailers, licences, main traffic area, earned recognition, Companies House status and share of all vehicles in scope. Companies only.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Traffic area: slug (e.g. 'scotland', 'north-west-of-england'), letter (B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M) or name
- `kind` (string)

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `data_status` (~71 tokens)

Data status

Date and age of every source behind HaulierScope (DVSA operator licence file, Companies House register, DVSA earned recognition list, Traffic Commissioner notices and decisions, The Gazette), when we last checked for a newer DVSA file, and every DVSA file held (usable as `release` in recent_changes).

Output parameters:

- `attribution` (string): Attribution text to show with the data
- `canonical_url` (string): The human-readable HaulierScope page for this result
- `data` (object)
- `file_date`: Date of the DVSA operator licence file the data describes (null before the first import)
- `licence` (string): Licence of the source data
- `markdown_url` (string|null): Markdown version of the canonical page
- `retrieved_at` (string): When this response was generated (ISO timestamp)
- `source` (string): Data source(s) the result is built from
- `source_url` (string): Where the primary source dataset is published

### `search` (~49 tokens)

Search HaulierScope

Search HaulierScope for operators (company name, licence number or company number) and guides. Returns ids to pass to fetch. Prefer search_operators for structured operator results.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `results` (array)

### `fetch` (~76 tokens)

Fetch a HaulierScope page

Full text (Markdown) of a result from search: an id like 'licence:OB1234567', 'company:02155951' or 'guide:vet-a-haulier', or a HaulierScope page URL. The text carries the DVSA file date, sources and the canonical URL.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `id` (string)
- `metadata` (object)
- `text` (string)
- `title` (string)
- `url` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences/haulierscope#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 71
- 2026-10-17: 70
- 2026-10-16: 70
- 2026-10-15: 69
- 2026-10-14: 69
- 2026-10-13: 68
- 2026-10-12: 68

## Common questions

### What is the HaulierScope MCP server?

HaulierScope is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as uk.co.haulierscope/operator-licences. Check UK goods and PSV operator licences: status, vehicles, changes, inquiries and insolvency. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp).

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

HaulierScope scores 71 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 HaulierScope MCP server expose?

HaulierScope exposes 15 tools: search_operators, get_licence, get_company, area_stats, recent_changes, and 10 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,903 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the HaulierScope MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the HaulierScope MCP server still maintained?

HaulierScope is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 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://haulierscope.co.uk/mcp
- Website: https://haulierscope.co.uk/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences/haulierscope.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences/haulierscope.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-haulierscope-operator-licences/haulierscope