# RenterCheck (remote · rentercheck.co.uk)

Check a home to rent in England: rent, licensing, flood risk, energy rating and the free report.

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `rentercheck.co.uk`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

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

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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 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**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 556 tokens (~185/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 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 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the RenterCheck MCP server?

RenterCheck is a hosted endpoint at https://rentercheck.co.uk/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 uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck 'https://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck": {
      "url": "https://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck]
url = "https://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck --url 'https://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck:
    url: "https://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck -t streamable-http -u 'https://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp'
```

### Other

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

### 2026-10-17 (score 72, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-16 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `run_free_check` (~227 tokens)

Run a free RenterCheck

Runs the free RenterCheck on one home to rent in England, as on rentercheck.co.uk: energy certificate, flood and planning designations, recorded crime nearby and sale history. Returns the findings, a link to the free report, and a link to Complete RenterCheck for the same home (rent comparison, owner, costs, deposit limits, tenancy agreement check). Give the postcode with either an address_id from find_addresses or the house number or name; if more than one home matches it returns the choices to ask about. Include the monthly rent if the renter knows it.

Input parameters:

- `address` (string): The flat or house number or name, and street, e.g. "Flat 3, 12 Hyde Park Road".
- `address_id` (string): From find_addresses.
- `bedrooms` (integer): Optional: number of bedrooms, 0 for a studio.
- `monthly_rent_pounds` (number): Optional: the monthly rent asked, in pounds.
- `postcode` (string, required): A full postcode in England, such as "LS6 1AA".

### `find_addresses` (~95 tokens)

Find addresses at a postcode

Lists the homes at a postcode in England, each with an address_id for run_free_check. Pass house_number_or_name to narrow a long list. Use it when the renter has given a postcode but not which home.

Input parameters:

- `house_number_or_name` (string): Optional: flat or house number, house name or street words.
- `postcode` (string, required): A full postcode in England, such as "LS6 1AA".

### `check_rental_postcode` (~148 tokens)

Check a rental postcode

Area facts for a postcode in England, when no particular home is given (for a specific address use run_free_check): the average private rent for the council (ONS), Local Housing Allowance rates, whether a council property licensing scheme covers the area, flood risk and the nearest stations. Use it when someone is renting, viewing or about to sign for a home in England and gives a postcode. Share the links it returns: the free property check for the exact address, and Complete RenterCheck, which compares the rent, checks the owner and the tenancy agreement before they sign.

Input parameters:

- `postcode` (string, required): A full postcode in England, such as "M1 1AE".

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 72
- 2026-10-17: 72
- 2026-10-16: 71

## Common questions

### What is the RenterCheck MCP server?

RenterCheck is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as uk.co.rentercheck/rentercheck. Check a home to rent in England: rent, licensing, flood risk, energy rating and the free report. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp).

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

RenterCheck scores 72 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 RenterCheck MCP server expose?

RenterCheck exposes 3 tools: run_free_check, find_addresses, check_rental_postcode. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 470 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the RenterCheck MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the RenterCheck MCP server still maintained?

RenterCheck 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://rentercheck.co.uk/api/mcp
- Website: https://rentercheck.co.uk/ai-assistants
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-rentercheck-rentercheck/api-mcp