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Verified Handles
Look up and edit Verified Handles' records of whose social accounts and identifiers are genuine
Official · James Haworth Remote (hosted) · Streamable HTTP SecurityWeb search
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Remote (hosted)
Add in one click
Opens the app, which asks before it adds the server.
Or add it by command or config
Claude CodeTerminal
claude mcp add --transport http verified-handles https://verifiedhandles.org/mcpClaude (desktop and web)Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
https://verifiedhandles.org/mcpChatGPTSettings → Apps → Advanced → Developer mode, then Create app
https://verifiedhandles.org/mcpCursor~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"verified-handles": {
"url": "https://verifiedhandles.org/mcp"
}
}
}VS Code.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"verified-handles": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://verifiedhandles.org/mcp"
}
}
}Codex~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.verified-handles]
url = "https://verifiedhandles.org/mcp"Gemini CLITerminal
gemini mcp add --scope user --transport http verified-handles https://verifiedhandles.org/mcpWhat it does
Verified Handles is a public directory of people, organisations and things, each listed with the social media handles and other identifiers that have been checked as really theirs. This MCP server is the site's own hosted endpoint, so an assistant can answer questions such as "is this X account the official one, and whose is it?" by looking up an entry by its VHID, short name or Wikidata QID, searching entries, finding which entries list a given handle or profile URL, fetching up to 50 records at once, and reading an entry's public edit history.
With no key it only reads the public record. Connected with an API key or by signing in through OAuth, it acts as the user's account and lists the tools that account's role allows: proposing changes and new entries for a reviewer, editing entries live where the entry's policy permits, setting images from Wikimedia Commons, reporting entries, proposing data from Wikidata, and tracking or withdrawing the user's own submissions. Trusted editors also get entry notes, image uploads, the application and review queues and Wikidata correction tools; administrators get many more (126 tools in all).
Every tool that changes something runs as a dry run by default, showing the exact change and whether the account may make it; a second call with dry_run set to false makes it, and destructive or site-wide changes also need a confirm value naming the target. The GitHub repository holds only the setup guides, tool schemas, changelog and a Claude Desktop extension; the server's code is not published there.
What it needs
An MCP client that speaks Streamable HTTP, or the mcp-remote bridge (Node.js 18 or later) for Claude Desktop's config file. Reading needs nothing else. Changing anything needs a Verified Handles account, signed in through OAuth at the /mcp/account address or with an API key made under Console, Account, Manage API keys.
Limits
Without a key only five read tools are listed; what a key can do is capped by its role ceiling and the account's role, and live edits are allowed entry by entry, otherwise only proposals for a reviewer. API keys expire after 1 to 90 days, with at most 5 per account and 10 connected OAuth apps. No-key calls are limited to 60 a minute per IP address (shared by everyone on that address, such as all claude.ai connectors); keyed calls to 120 a minute per key. It is hosted only; the server code is not public.
Who it suits
Suits anyone who wants an assistant to check whether a social account or identifier is the verified one for a person or organisation, which works with no account at all. Contributors and editors of Verified Handles can also use it to propose or make edits, manage images and work through their submissions, with dry runs guarding each change. It is not a general identity or account-lookup service: it only knows the entries in this one directory, and it needs a network connection to the vendor's server.
Tools 40 of 126
get_entry- Fetch one entry's public record by VHID, short name or Wikidata QID
search_entries- Search entries by words, Wikidata QID or VHID
find_by_handle- Find which entries list a given handle or profile URL
get_entry_history- Read an entry's public edit history, newest first
get_entries- Fetch up to 50 entries' public records in one call
list_entry_notes- List the notes attached to an entry (trusted editors)
search_commons_images- Search Wikimedia Commons for an image to use on an entry
update_entry_fields- Edit an entry's title, subtitle, description or short name live
update_entry_handles- Add or remove handles on an entry live
update_entries- Make live edits to up to 25 entries at once
propose_entry_changes- File change proposals for up to 25 entries at once
set_wikidata_ownership- Choose whether the Wikidata sync or editors manage an entry's fields and handles
set_entry_image- Set an entry's lead image from the site or Wikimedia Commons
set_entry_gallery- Replace the ordered list of extra images an entry shows
add_entry_note- Add a note to an entry (trusted editors)
edit_entry_note- Change an existing entry note (trusted editors)
delete_entry_note- Remove an entry note (trusted editors)
propose_entry_revert- Propose restoring an entry to an earlier revision
propose_entry_change- Propose a change to one entry for a reviewer
propose_new_entry- Propose a new entry for a reviewer
report_entry- Report an entry to the site team, as the page's Report form does
list_applications- List the applications queue (reviewers)
assess_application- Assess an entry application (reviewers)
approve_application- Approve an entry application (reviewers)
ask_applicant- Send an applicant a question (reviewers)
reject_application- Reject an entry application (reviewers)
mark_application_spam- Mark an application as spam (reviewers)
comment_on_application- Comment on an application (reviewers)
list_review_queue- List submissions waiting for review (reviewers)
review_submission- Decide on a waiting submission (reviewers)
list_my_submissions- List the account's own proposals, claims, reports and applications
retract_my_submission- Withdraw one of the account's open submissions
comment_on_my_submission- Add a message to one of the account's submissions
revoke_api_key- Revoke one of the account's API keys immediately
upload_image- Upload an image file to the site (up to 70 MB)
upload_image_from_url- Store an image on the site from a web address
propose_from_wikidata- Propose an entry's handles and text from a Wikidata item
propose_wikidata_correction- Propose a correction to a Wikidata item, with a reference
propose_wikidata_changes- Propose several changes to Wikidata items, with references
get_reconcile- Compare an entry's handles with its Wikidata item