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OSINTTransport & ShippingMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

AIS Trail

Live AIS ship positions, vessel history, port calls and events, plus sanctions flags. Read-only.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed public checksAudited Nov 13, 2026

Every public check ran and passed. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit

Does it work?
YesConnected in 452 ms.
Sign-up?
None neededIt answered without any account or key.
Can it change things?
No, read-onlyAll 12 tools say they only read.
Endpointhttps://api.aistrail.com/mcp

Source code Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 1.6.0

What we checked, the evidence, and the tools it offers.

What we checked

Security

  • Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).

  • Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.

Safety labels

  • Passed: Every tool says whether it only reads or can change things.

Tools

  • Passed: 12 tools listed.

  • Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.

Protocol

  • Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).

  • Passed: Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest).

  • Passed: Unknown requests are refused.

Connection

  • Passed: The server responds.

Tools (12)

As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.

  • search_vesselsFind ships by name (or part of it), MMSI (9 digits) or IMO number (7 digits). Returns live ships first, then ships out of range with their last known position (up to 7 days). List results are compact…Read-only
  • get_vesselEverything known about one ship now: identity (name, IMO, call sign, flag, type, size), last position, speed, course, heading, navigational status, destination (port codes decoded) and ETA as given b…Read-only
  • vessels_in_areaShips heard in the last hour inside a box (at most 5° on each side), largest first. List results are compact rows (mmsi, name, category, flag (ISO code from the MMSI), lat, lon, speed_kn, course_deg,…Read-only
  • vessels_nearShips heard in the last hour within a radius (at most 50 nautical miles) of a point or of another ship, nearest first. List results are compact rows (mmsi, name, category, flag (ISO code from the MMS…Read-only
  • vessel_trackWhere a ship has been between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), from the AIS Trail archive. Needs an AIS Trail API key sent by the MCP client as the HTTP header 'Authorization: Bearer ap_live_…' (keys at ht…Read-only
  • data_statusHow many ships are live now (live_ships_private: how many of them are private vessels, counted only), how many are known from the last 7 days, the date range of the history archive per source with av…Read-only
  • find_portFind ports by name (or part of it), UN/LOCODE (e.g. FIHEL) or two-letter country code (e.g. FI) in the port reference (World Port Index and UN/LOCODE ports): id (for port_calls), name, country, UN/LO…Read-only
  • vessel_port_callsPort calls of a ship between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), from the AIS Trail archive: port, arrival, departure, draught on arrival and departure, cargo estimate (loaded, ballast or unchanged, from the…Read-only
  • port_callsShips that called at one port between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), from the AIS Trail archive: ship (with its flag from the MMSI), arrival, departure, draught on arrival and departure, cargo estimate,…Read-only
  • expected_arrivalsShips that have not arrived yet at one port, from the port's own records: estimated arrival and departure (UTC), berth and declared previous port, from 6 hours ago to 14 days ahead, in arrival order.…Read-only
  • vessel_eventsEvents of a ship between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), computed from the AIS Trail archive. from and to are optional: without to, now (24 hours ago on plans without live data); without from, 7 days befo…Read-only
  • lookup_vesselsRecords of up to 20 ships at once from the AIS Trail archive, by mmsi and/or imo (lists): identity and particulars (name, IMO, call sign, type, flag from the MMSI, length, beam, estimated deadweight,…Read-only

Audit history

  1. Nov 13Passed

What we sent

Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.

RequestAnswerTime
initializeHTTP 200452 ms
initializedHTTP 202136 ms
tools/listHTTP 200430 ms
unknown-methodHTTP 200136 ms

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