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The Fine Print MCP server

Which MCP servers are The Fine Print's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-31

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameai.howtocancel/the-fine-printverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under howtocancel.ai. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-31
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-31
  • Tools4
  • Server calls itselfthe-fine-print
  • Server version2026-10-31
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-31 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 169 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Its tools do every use case we checked: look up steps to cancel a subscription; compare return windows across retailers before buying; check whether a company recently changed its return or cancellation policy.
  • Checked on 3 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "look up steps to cancel a subscription", the likely first call is get_policy.
  • For "compare return windows across retailers before buying", the likely first call is compare_return_windows.
  • For "check whether a company recently changed its return or cancellation policy", the likely first call is list_policy_changes.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 3, the first on 2026-10-31
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 3 so far
  • What an agent can do with it3 of 3 use cases
  • Answeredmeasuring3 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer126 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 290 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (4), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 4 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Every tool passes all six checks.

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · look up steps to cancel a subscription
  • can do · compare return windows across retailers before buying
  • can do · check whether a company recently changed its return or cancellation policy

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers4 tools · read 2026-10-31
  • list_companies

    Every company The Fine Print covers, with its slug, kind (subscription or retailer) and the date its policy was last checked.

  • get_policy

    How to cancel a subscription, or a store's return policy: the steps, deadlines, fees, exceptions and catches, with the company's own help page as the source and the date it was checked.

  • compare_return_windows

    Every retailer's return window side by side, longest first, with holiday extensions and fees. Answers questions no single shop's help page can.

  • list_policy_changes

    Dated log of changes we have recorded to these companies' cancellation and return policies.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-fine-print": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http howtocancel https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://api.howtocancel.ai/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.