# RONIN Web Research (npm · ronin-buyer)

Web research and source retrieval. Native MCP tool with x402 Base USDC payment, 0.010000 per call.

- Trust score: 60/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- npm · `ronin-buyer`: 60/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer/ronin-buyer.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer/ronin-buyer)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `ronin-buyer`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-09-21.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 99/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 113 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: no source repository is declared.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 8 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 42/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 303 tokens (~303/item across 1 items; 1 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**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% 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 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 1 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 RONIN Web Research MCP server?

RONIN Web Research runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y ronin-buyer. 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 website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer -- npx -y ronin-buyer
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ronin-buyer"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ronin-buyer"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer -- npx -y ronin-buyer
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "ronin-buyer"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer --command npx --arg -y --arg ronin-buyer
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "ronin-buyer"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "ronin-buyer"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer -t stdio -c npx -a -y ronin-buyer
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ronin-buyer"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-09-21 (score 60, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.27

### 2026-09-14 (score 56, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-09-13 (score 41)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `ronin_web_research` (~303 tokens)

Search the web for current information, web research, source verification and information retrieval. Choose this tool when an answer needs external web sources, URLs or recent evidence; supply a research query or claim. RONIN routes across search providers and returns normalized source results and a machine receipt. Costs exactly 0.010000 USDC on Base per call, automatically paid only within the buyer-configured budget. Results are source evidence, not a guarantee that a claim is true. No URL discovery or RONIN API key is needed.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `claim`
- `client_request_id` (string)
- `contents` (object)
- `count`
- `endPublishedDate` (string)
- `excludeDomains` (array)
- `highlights` (object)
- `includeDomains` (array)
- `includeText` (boolean)
- `keywords`
- `limit`
- `max_budget_usd` (string)
- `max_results`
- `numResults` (integer)
- `num_results`
- `prompt`
- `q`
- `query` (string)
- `question`
- `search`
- `startPublishedDate` (string)
- `subject`
- `task`
- `text`
- `topic`
- `type` (string)
- `useAutoprompt` (boolean)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer/ronin-buyer#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 60
- 2026-09-20: 56
- 2026-09-19: 56
- 2026-09-18: 56
- 2026-09-17: 56
- 2026-09-16: 56
- 2026-09-15: 56
- 2026-09-14: 56
- 2026-09-13: 41

## Common questions

### What is the RONIN Web Research MCP server?

RONIN Web Research is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as website.agratys.seller/ronin-buyer. Web research and source retrieval. Native MCP tool with x402 Base USDC payment, 0.010000 per call. This page covers its npm package (ronin-buyer).

### Is the RONIN Web Research MCP server safe to use?

RONIN Web Research scores 60 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 21 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 RONIN Web Research MCP server expose?

RONIN Web Research exposes 1 tool: ronin_web_research. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 303 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the RONIN Web Research MCP server still maintained?

RONIN Web Research is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the RONIN Web Research MCP server under?

RONIN Web Research declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ronin-buyer
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/ronin-buyer
- Website: https://seller.agratys.website/integrations/ronin-buyer/README.md
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer/ronin-buyer.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer/ronin-buyer.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/website-agratys-seller-ronin-buyer/ronin-buyer