Scamcheck MCP Server

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Scamcheck MCP Server is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. 49 installs a week from npm. It exposes 1 tools. Last commit 8 Jul 2026.

Scan suspicious messages, URLs, and text for scams with AI. Free tier - no API key required.

Installs per day peak 305 · avg 23 · -24% w/w

a month agotoday

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 0%

47 days agonow

29.7%

Uptime 24h

27 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

336 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Installs / week

npm and PyPI

Scamcheck MCP Server does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 32.2% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add scamcheck-mcp-server --transport http https://scamcheck.tech/api/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scamcheck-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://scamcheck.tech/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.scamcheck-mcp-server]
url = "https://scamcheck.tech/api/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scamcheck-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://scamcheck.tech/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scamcheck-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://scamcheck.tech/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SCAMCHECK_API_KEY (Optional API key for higher limits (free anonymous tier works without it)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

Available tools 1

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

scan

scan_message

Scan a suspicious message, URL, or text for scam indicators using ScamCheck AI. Returns a verdict (Likely Scam / Suspicious / Likely Safe), risk score 0-100, category, confidence percentage, reasons flagged, and recommended actions. Use this whenever a user shares a message they received and wants to know if it's a scam.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://scamcheck.tech/api/mcp	streamable-http	answering	168 ms	12 min ago

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Scamcheck MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Scamcheck MCP Server do?

It exposes 1 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: scan_message. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Scamcheck MCP Server working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 27 of 91 checks got a reply (29.7%), average response time 336 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Scamcheck MCP Server?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Scamcheck MCP Server need an API key?

No. Scamcheck MCP Server completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 1 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Scamcheck MCP Server?

It answers our handshake in 336 ms on average, which is faster than 46% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

How many people use Scamcheck MCP Server?

The npm package scamcheck-mcp-server was installed 49 times in the last week. Week over week that is -24%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Scamcheck MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.