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Castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins worldwide: search, nearby, fame ranking, statistics. CC0.

v1.0.3 · active · repository · website · descriptor JSON · versions

An agent can connect right now, no human step.Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.
Quality79good
Trust92of 100
Uptime, 30 days98%
Latency p50442 ms

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8 clients · secrets stay placeholders
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "castles": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
claude mcp add --transport http castles https://thecastlemap.com/mcp
[mcp_servers.castles]
url = "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "castles": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "castles": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=castles&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vdGhlY2FzdGxlbWFwLmNvbS9tY3AifQ%3D%3D"
}
{
  "servers": {
    "castles": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "castles": {
      "httpUrl": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
extensions:
  "castles":
    enabled: true
    name: "castles"
    type: streamable_http
    uri: "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
    timeout: 300

Quality 79 / 100good

protocol75 · weight 25
  • warn
    protocol.modernnewest supported version is 2025-06-18; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
  • n/a
    protocol.statelessonly applies to 2026-07-28 servers
  • pass
    protocol.transportstreamable HTTP
  • n/a
    protocol.list_ttlonly applies to 2026-07-28 servers
authorizationn/a · weight 15
  • n/a
    auth.prm, auth.as_metadata, auth.cimdno remote uses OAuth
  • n/a
    auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL
tool hygiene71 · weight 30
  • pass
    tools.descriptionsevery tool has a description
  • pass
    tools.description_lengthdescriptions are concise
  • pass
    tools.schemasevery tool has an object input schema
  • fail
    tools.annotationsno tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
  • fail
    tools.directory_hintsno tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: get_castle (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); castles_near (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); top_castles (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
  • pass
    tools.token_costabout 906 tokens to load every tool
  • pass
    tools.api_dumptools are not a one-to-one API dump
stability100 · weight 15
  • pass
    stability.changes2 tool changes in 30 days
  • pass
    stability.rug_pullno tool changed its meaning under the same name
dependenciesn/a · weight 15
  • n/a
    deps.known_vulns, deps.mcp_sdk_version, deps.resolvableno npm or PyPI package

7 tools, about 906 tokens to load them all · tool set 809f858620dc · tools last changed 2026-10-19 · checked 2026-10-20 10:35 UTC

Tool changes

  • search_castleschangeddescription
    before

    Search the atlas’s 9,079 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match). Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and category. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each has coordinates, founding century, fame rank and links to its atlas page and Wikipedia. If nothing matches, retry with a shorter fragment of the name.

    after · 96% of words in common

    Search the atlas’s 9,035 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match). Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and category. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each has coordinates, founding century, fame rank and links to its atlas page and Wikipedia. If nothing matches, retry with a shorter fragment of the name.

  • search_castleschangeddescription
    before

    Search the atlas’s 8,672 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match). Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and category. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each has coordinates, founding century, fame rank and links to its atlas page and Wikipedia. If nothing matches, retry with a shorter fragment of the name.

    after · 93% of words in common

    Search the atlas’s 9,079 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match). Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and category. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each has coordinates, founding century, fame rank and links to its atlas page and Wikipedia. If nothing matches, retry with a shorter fragment of the name.

Full history: list_changes · trend: quality JSON.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 92 / 100

provenance85
liveness99
freshness85
hygiene100

+repository +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-98% ~updated-51d-ago

Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.

Endpoints

remoteauthreachableuptime 30dp50protocollast ok
https://thecastlemap.com/mcp streamable-httpnoneyes98%442 ms2025-06-182026-10-20

Tools (7)

castles_nearList landmarks within a radius of a WGS84 coordinate, nearest first, each with distance_km. Radius defaults to 100 km (max 2,000). For "castles near <place>", geocode the place yourself, then call this with its latitude/longitude.
get_castleFetch one landmark’s full record by slug (preferred, e.g. "palace-of-versailles") or exact name: coordinates, founding year and century, worldwide fame rank, photo URL with photographer credit and licence, Wikipedia link and its readership signals (Wikidata sitelinks, Wikipedia pageviews over the last 60 days summed across its largest language editions). Unsure of the slug? Call search_castles first.
get_statisticsHeadline statistics computed live from the atlas: totals by type, top countries, busiest founding century, oldest landmarks, geographic extremes and the most famous entry. The source for claims like "which country has the most castles" or "when were castles built"; the full write-up lives at thecastlemap.com/statistics/.
list_countriesEvery country in the atlas with its landmark count, most first — answers "which country has the most castles" (France leads). Returns country name and ISO code per row; country pages are browsable from the countries_index URL.
random_castleOne random landmark with its full record, optionally limited to a country — for discovery, quizzes and "castle of the day" features.
search_castlesSearch the atlas’s 9,035 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match). Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and category. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each has coordinates, founding century, fame rank and links to its atlas page and Wikipedia. If nothing matches, retry with a shorter fragment of the name.
top_castlesThe most famous landmarks worldwide or in one country, ordered by Castlemap fame rank — a blend of Wikipedia coverage and readership; rank 1 is the most famous (Great Wall of China). The direct answer to "most famous castles in <country>"; filter by country and/or category.

Schemas: list_tools.

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Official server.json
{
  "name": "com.thecastlemap/castles",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "remotes": [
    {
      "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp",
      "type": "streamable-http"
    }
  ],
  "version": "1.0.3",
  "repository": {
    "id": "1301452583",
    "url": "https://github.com/Flightmussy/castlemap-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "websiteUrl": "https://thecastlemap.com/data/",
  "description": "Castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins worldwide: search, nearby, fame ranking, statistics. CC0."
}