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Which MCP servers are ShipNote'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 2026-11-02

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameco.shipnote/shipnoteverified in the MCP registry

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

When we asked itchecked 2026-11-02
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-11-02
  • Tools3
  • Server calls itselfshipnote
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-11-02 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 149 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.
  • Checked on 2 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • create_draft change data without a sign-in: anyone with the address can call them.
  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 2 of 3 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: 2, the first on 2026-11-02
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 2 so far
  • Answeredmeasuring2 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer1139 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 759 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (3), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsB · 89 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 3 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 2 of 3

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · turn a registry gift list into personalized thank you cards
  • not sure · mail holiday cards addressed and stamped from a card list
  • not sure · send one batch of client thank-you cards

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

  • Tools that change data, on a server that answers without a sign-in: create_draft

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 offers3 tools · read 2026-11-02
  • list_card_designs

    List the occasions ShipNote makes postcards for, and the card designs available for one occasion, each with the id that create_draft accepts as design. Read-only: it saves nothing.

  • quote_price

    Price for printing, stamping and mailing a number of ShipNote postcards within the US. Read-only: it saves nothing and charges nothing.

  • create_draft

    Save a DRAFT of postcards, from a single card to one person (e.g. "send a thank-you postcard to my aunt") to a whole registry or guest list, and return a link where the sender adds their return address, reviews every card, and pays on…

How to connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shipnote": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.shipnote.co/api/mcp/claude"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http shipnote https://www.shipnote.co/api/mcp/claude

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://www.shipnote.co/api/mcp/claude 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.