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MachineWitness

by martinschenkversion 1.3.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud
Registry nameeu.machinewitness/archive

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

EU archive of the machine-readable web: check a domain, order a time-stamped record or extract.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

  • Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
  • Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
  • The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Which app do you use?

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

  1. Open Settings → Connectors
  2. Press Add custom connector
  3. Paste the address below and press Add
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Add2https://…3
https://machinewitness.eu/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http archive https://machinewitness.eu/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "archive": {
      "url": "https://machinewitness.eu/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "archive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://machinewitness.eu/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

  1. Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
  2. Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
  3. Paste the address below, give it a name and save
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Create2https://…3
https://machinewitness.eu/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

We have not read this server’s tool list yet; we check endpoints in rotation.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

  • ✓ Pass

    Maker matches the repo

    The registry name was verified against the domain machinewitness.eu (the registry checks domain ownership)

  • … Not checked yet

    Still maintained

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • … Not checked yet

    Has a licence

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • … Not checked yet

    Endpoint responds

    Not checked yet; we check endpoints in rotation

  • … Not checked yet

    Sign-in with OAuth

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    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

    Not checked yet; we read the tool list when we check the endpoint

Compared with others in Otheri

  • More stars than 0% of the other 32744 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 64% of the other 32744 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32744 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is MachineWitness safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.3.0) reached the registry 22 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, Date Math

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README from the maker

Open the README

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MachineWitness MCP server: is this domain on the record?

MachineWitness is an evidentiary archive of the machine-readable web in the European Union. Every day two independent witnesses record what public domains serve to machines (robots.txt, ai.txt, TDM reservations, llms.txt, and the headers and meta tags of the homepage) and seal that day into a published Merkle root with an external timestamp.

This server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client ask whether a domain is observed, suggest one, and order a time-stamped record of public addresses, in the same conversation in which the question comes up. Hosted by machinewitness.eu; this repository holds the public metadata, the server code is not open source.

https://machinewitness.eu/mcp

Streamable HTTP · no authentication · listed in the official MCP registry as eu.machinewitness/archive.

A witness, not a detective

The archive records; it does not evaluate, rank or accuse. The tools answer whether a domain is observed and from when. They never return file contents, and there is no way to list or search the observed set. A record states what an address delivered at a given time; it is not an assessment and not legal advice.

Tools

  • check_coverage: is a domain observed, from which sealed day, which files, at what cadence. Metadata only. *read-only*
  • capture_status: where a point-in-time record stands, by its reference. Returns no customer data. *read-only*
  • suggest_domain: suggest a domain for observation, with a reason a person reads. Always answered with "received", never with a promise. *write*
  • order_capture: up to twenty public addresses on one domain. Every address is checked for free first; the tool then returns a payment link and charges nothing itself. After payment, both witnesses fetch and picture each address, each capture gets its own qualified electronic time-stamp, and the record is delivered by e-mail. *write*
  • order_extract: one to twenty observed domains. Returns a payment link for an evidence extract, everything the archive recorded on each domain as one verifiable document; a domain never observed is refused by name before payment. Charges nothing itself. *write*
  • order_observation: one to 500 domains, yearly or monthly. Returns a payment link for daily observation; a domain already observed daily in the core is refused by name. Charges nothing itself. *write*

Six languages for payment page and e-mails: en, de, es, fr, it, pl.

Setup

{

"mcpServers": { "machinewitness": { "type": "streamableHttp", "url": "https://machinewitness.eu/mcp" } } }

See llms-install.md for a one-call check that it works.

Connect in your assistant

Every client below takes the same address, https://machinewitness.eu/mcp, with no authentication. No account, no API key.

  • Claude Code, as a plugin (server plus a short skill that says when to use it):
  /plugin install machinewitness --marketplace martinschenk/machinewitness-mcp
  • Claude Code, server only: claude mcp add --transport http machinewitness https://machinewitness.eu/mcp
  • Claude (web and desktop): add a custom connector with the address above.
  • ChatGPT: in developer mode, create a connector with the address above, authentication "none".
  • Le Chat (Mistral): add a custom MCP connector with the address above, "no authentication".
  • Perplexity, Grok, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and other MCP clients: add a remote (Streamable HTTP) server with the address above.

Full reference, including the plain HTTP API: machinewitness.eu/api. Fees: machinewitness.eu/services.

Privacy

The tools ask only for what their purpose needs: a domain, a reply address for a suggestion, addresses to record and a delivery address for an order. Never a purpose or a matter. What is kept and for how long: machinewitness.eu/privacy


Operated by Martin Schenk S.L., Madrid · machinewitness.eu · questions: contact@machinewitness.eu

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