---
title: "Register any remote MCP server by URL. The server is probed (MCP initialize and tools/list) and the record stores what the server itself answered — name, version, tool definitions — hashed into an integrity fingerprint. The entry is external: Rightshold does not host the server, and its publisher is unclaimed until the publisher proves control of the server's domain."
method: POST
path: "/v1/store/external"
tags: ["Store"]
---

# Register any remote MCP server by URL. The server is probed (MCP initialize and tools/list) and the record stores what the server itself answered — name, version, tool definitions — hashed into an integrity fingerprint. The entry is external: Rightshold does not host the server, and its publisher is unclaimed until the publisher proves control of the server's domain.

`POST /v1/store/external`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.rightshold.com`
- URL: `https://www.rightshold.com/v1/store/external`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Headers

- `X-Request-Id` string

## Request body

- object: Fields seen in accepted requests; required ones are proven by tests (omitting each returns a 4xx naming it).
  - `url` string, required
  - `registry_name` string

## Response `200`

OK

- object: Inferred from 11 recorded responses; required fields appeared in every one; additional properties may appear.
  - `server` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `slug` string, required
    - `url` string, required
    - `registry_name` string, nullable, required
    - `kind` string, required
    - `hosted` boolean, required
    - `server` object, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `version` string, required
      - `protocol_version` string, required
    - `publisher` object, required
      - `status` string, required
    - `linked_store_listing` string, nullable, required
    - `integrity` object, required
      - `fingerprint` string, required
      - `fingerprint_version` integer, required
      - `first_seen_at` string, required
      - `last_checked_at` string, required
      - `last_status` string, required
      - `tool_count` integer, required
      - `note` string, required
    - `scan` object, required
      - `status` string, required
      - `standing_flag_ids` string[], required
      - `note` string, required
    - `shadowing_warnings` object[], required
      - `tool` string, required
      - `others` object[], required
      - `note` string, required
    - `reviews` object, required
      - `total` integer, required
      - `current_count` integer, required
      - `current_average` unknown, required
      - `older_count` integer, required
    - `page_url` string, required
  - `already_registered` boolean, required
  - `next` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `401`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `404`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `405`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `422`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `429`: Request budget exhausted; retry after Retry-After seconds
- `500`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `4XX`: {error, detail}

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