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Which MCP servers are HowToRomania'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 2026-10-27

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameio.howtoromania/apiverified in the MCP registry

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

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-27
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-27
  • Tools15
  • Server calls itselfhowtoromania
  • Server version0.5.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-27 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 193 ms.

Should an agent connect itConnect it
  • Its tools do every use case we checked: Check a Romanian supplier's VAT status before paying; Parse incoming Romanian e-factura invoices into JSON; Screen a Romanian company for pending court cases.

Once connected

  • For "Check a Romanian supplier's VAT status before paying", the likely first call is lookup_company.
  • For "Parse incoming Romanian e-factura invoices into JSON", the likely first call is parse_efactura.
  • For "Screen a Romanian company for pending court cases", the likely first call is get_company_court_cases.
  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 8 of 18 tools: check arguments before calling.

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: 7, the first on 2026-10-27
  • INITE MCP score94 of 100answers 100 · does the job 100 · definitions 76 · context 93 · connects 100
  • What an agent can do with it3 of 3 use cases
  • Answered100% of days7 of 7 daily checks
  • Median first answer227 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 3,903 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (18), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsB · 76 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 18 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 8 of 18
  • Not saying whether it only reads or can destroy: 18 of 18

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · Check a Romanian supplier's VAT status before paying
  • can do · Parse incoming Romanian e-factura invoices into JSON
  • can do · Screen a Romanian company for pending court cases

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 offers15 tools · read 2026-10-27
  • lookup_company

    Given a Romanian CUI/CIF (fiscal code, optionally prefixed RO), returns ANAF public registry data in English: name, addresses, trade register number, VAT status, active/inactive, e-Factura registration, plus the BNR EUR/RON rate.

  • get_company_financials

    Annual financial statements filed with ANAF for a Romanian company (by CUI), in English: net turnover, revenue, expenses, gross/net profit (negative = loss), employees, assets, cash, debts, equity, plus net margin, debt-to-equity, ROE/ROA…

  • get_company_court_cases

    Court cases (portal.just.ro, Ministry of Justice) where a Romanian company (by CUI) is a party: summary (total, by category/stage/company role, pending vs decided, insolvency) and a case list with court, subject, stage, company role…

  • get_court_case

    Full detail of a Romanian court case by its number (e.g. 9430/271/2025) from portal.just.ro: court, subject, stage, parties with roles (natural persons masked), all hearings with outcomes, and appeals. Criminal cases return only category…

  • get_company_risk_report

    One-call due-diligence report for a Romanian company (by CUI): ANAF status (active/inactive, VAT, e-Factura), last 3 years of financials, court-case summary (portal.just.ro) and ONRC registry data when available, with a transparent…

  • get_company_representatives

    Trade-register data for a Romanian company (by CUI) from the ONRC monthly open-data snapshot: registration number, EUID, legal form, registry status (decoded), authorized CAEN codes and legal representatives (names and roles, e.g…

  • validate_efactura

    Validates a UBL 2.1 invoice/credit note against RO e-Factura rules (CIUS-RO) using ANAF's public validation service (XSD + Schematron, no ANAF account needed) plus fast local checks (totals, VAT breakdown, CUI checksums, RO county codes…

  • generate_efactura

    Builds a valid RO e-Factura (CIUS-RO 1.0.1, UBL 2.1) invoice XML from simple JSON: seller/buyer (just the CUI is enough: name, address, county code and VAT status are auto-filled from ANAF), lines with quantity, unit price and VAT rate…

  • parse_efactura

    Turns a UBL 2.1 e-Factura invoice or credit note XML (e.g. downloaded from ANAF SPV) into clean English JSON: number, dates, type, currency, seller/buyer (name, VAT id, CUI, address, contact), payment means and IBAN, lines (name…

  • efactura_to_pdf

    Renders a valid e-Factura XML as PDF using ANAF's public transformation service (no ANAF account). Returns the PDF as a base64 resource. The XML must pass validation. Costs 1 credit; not billed on errors.

  • search_legislation

    Finds Romanian normative acts on legislatie.just.ro by citation or title words: 'Legea 31/1990', 'OUG 195/2002', 'HG 1/2016', 'Codul fiscal', 'Codul muncii', or words from the title. Ranked so the main act comes first (codes and laws…

  • get_legal_act

    Current consolidated text of a Romanian act by legislatie.just.ro id (from search_legislation), split by article: title, issuer, publication, consolidation date, version list and articles (number, heading, text, count of amendments)…

  • get_legal_article

    One article in its current consolidated form, e.g. Codul fiscal (171282) art. 291 (VAT rates), with paragraph/letter structure and dated amendment notes (what changed it and when). Article numbers like '293^1' are supported. Costs 1…

  • get_legal_act_history

    Consolidation dates (with version ids) and the dated list of amendments for a whole act or one article: date in force, what was changed and by which act. Useful for 'what was the VAT rule on date X'. Costs 2 credits; not billed if not…

  • get_new_legal_acts

    Acts newly indexed by legislatie.just.ro (laws, government ordinances and decisions, ministerial orders, court decisions published in Monitorul Oficial) with an in-force date on/after `since` (default: last 7 days, max 35). Costs 1…

How to connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.howtoromania.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http howtoromania https://api.howtoromania.io/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://api.howtoromania.io/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.