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NameWheel MCP server

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by namewheel.org·org.namewheel/mcp·v1.0.0
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Fair random picks with the wheel in your chat: pick names, split teams, run certified draws.

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NameWheel tools (8, 1 write)

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  • certified_drawwrite actionFree

    Run a TrueSpin certified draw on NameWheel: the winner is sealed by NameWheel's server before it is revealed, randomness from this connection is added, and the result is published on a permanent public proof page (namewheel.org/v/CODE) that anyone can check, with a button that recomputes the draw. Use it when the result must be provable to other people: a class prize, a team decision, a draw announced to a group. IMPORTANT: the title, every entry and the winner become public on the proof page, so only use names the person is happy to publish, and tell them so. Needs a connected NameWheel account (free). To draw against a list locked earlier with freeze_list, pass frozen_code instead of entries.

  • check_planFree

    Say what this NameWheel connection can do: without an account (spins, teams, wheel links, checking draws) or with a connected account (certified draws, frozen lists, the account's draws), and how many certified draws are left today. Use it when the person asks about limits, their account, or why a request was refused.

  • freeze_listFree

    Lock a list of entries in public before a draw, at namewheel.org/f/CODE, with a fingerprint and the exact time. Nobody can add or remove a name after that, and when certified_draw later uses this list (frozen_code), the frozen page links to the result. Use it when entries close before the draw happens. The title and every entry are public. Needs a connected NameWheel account (free).

  • make_teamsFree

    Split a list of names into random teams or groups of even size, and show them as cards in the chat. Use it for class groups, project teams, game sides, rotations. Give either how many teams or how many people per team. Works without an account.

  • my_drawsFree

    List this account's recent NameWheel certified draws (or frozen lists) with their winners and proof links, newest first. Needs a connected NameWheel account.

  • open_wheel_linkFree

    Make a namewheel.org link that opens the full NameWheel wheel with these names already loaded, for spinning on a projector, a stream or a shared screen with sound, modes and themes. Works without an account. Commas inside a name become spaces in the link.

  • spin_wheelFree

    Pick one or more winners at random from a list of names or options, and show the wheel spinning to the result in the chat. Use it whenever the person wants something chosen at random: a student to answer, who goes first, where to eat, a raffle winner among friends. Works without an account. The pick is fair (a cryptographic random number generator), but it is not a certified record; when other people need to be able to check the result later, use certified_draw instead.

  • verify_drawFree

    Check whether a NameWheel certified draw is genuine, from its code or its namewheel.org/v/ link: recomputes the winner from the published secret, the added randomness and the entries, checks the commitment made before the spin, and checks NameWheel's Ed25519 signature on the record. Also says how many draws the host ran on this exact list. Use it when someone asks whether a draw or a giveaway result was real. Works without an account.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-03 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

1 high
  • –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
  • Live reliabilityremote reachable in 1922ms20/20
  • Tool poisoning8 tool descriptions checked15/15
  • Auth qualityopen endpoint exposes 1 write-action tools with no auth3/15
  • Maintenancelast push 0 days ago15/15
  • Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; website matches verified namespace8/10

Findings (1)

  • highWrite-action tools reachable without authenticationauth.open-write
Overall 81/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON

How NameWheel compares

Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
81/100
higher than 62% of 48,255 servers
Tools
8
the typical server has 7
Tools that change things
13%
typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
Uptime
100%
of our recent checks; the typical remote server answers 100%
Response time
104 ms
faster than 83% of 30,031 servers

What its tools let an agent do: 5 read · 2 create · 1 change

Install NameWheel in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http mcp https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp
Add to Cursor

What the publisher says

From the NameWheel repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

NameWheel MCP server

An open source (MIT) MCP server for fair random picks: pick names from a list, split people into random teams, make wheel links, and check certified draws. It runs on your own machine over stdio (Node.js 20+ or Docker), and the same code also runs as a hosted Streamable HTTP server at https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp.

In clients that show MCP Apps (Claude, ChatGPT and others), the NameWheel wheel spins to the result right in the chat. When other people need to check a result later, it runs a certified draw with a permanent public proof page.

Run it locally (stdio)

git clone https://github.com/namewheel/mcp && cd mcp
npm install && npm run build
node dist/stdio.js

Or with Docker:

docker build -t namewheel-mcp .
docker run -i --rm namewheel-mcp

What runs on your machine:

  • Picking winners (spin_wheel): Node's cryptographic random number generator (crypto.randomInt) in this process. No network needed.
  • Teams (maketeams) and wheel links (openwheel_link): computed locally. No network needed.
  • Checking a certified draw (verify_draw): downloads the draw's public record and NameWheel's public key, then recomputes everything locally: the SHA-256 commitment, the HMAC-SHA256 winner and the Ed25519 signature.
  • Limits (check_plan): answered locally.

Only certifieddraw, freezelist and my_draws call the NameWheel API, because a certified draw is published on a public proof page at namewheel.org. They use your own free API key:

NAMEWHEEL_API_KEY=nw_live_... node dist/stdio.js
docker run -i --rm -e NAMEWHEEL_API_KEY=nw_live_... namewheel-mcp

Make a key in one press at namewheel.org/mcp. Without a key the server still starts and everything above works.

Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf and other clients that start local servers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "namewheel": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp/dist/stdio.js"],
      "env": { "NAMEWHEEL_API_KEY": "nw_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

The env block is optional.

Tools

Certified draws publish the title, every entry and the winner on the proof page. The tool description says so, so assistants tell people before running one.

The server also has 5 prompts (pickstudent, splitteams, certifieddrawwithproof, makeadecision, verifya_draw) and 2 resources (namewheel://truespin, how certified draws work, and namewheel://limits).

Or use the hosted server (nothing to install)

The same server runs at https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp (Streamable HTTP). Without an account: 30 calls a minute and 500 a day per connection. Certified draws need a free NameWheel account, connected through the sign-in flow your client shows.

Claude (web, desktop, mobile): Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, paste https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp.

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

NameWheel: common questions

Is NameWheel MCP server safe?
Mostly: it is graded B (81/100). Read the NameWheel safety report
How do I install NameWheel?
It runs remotely at mcp.namewheel.org. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does NameWheel need an API key?
Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is NameWheel maintained?
The last commit was 32 days ago (2026-10-03). The latest release is v1.0.0.
Is NameWheel up?
100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
What can I use instead of NameWheel?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: draw.io MCP server.
How does NameWheel compare with other MCP servers?
safety score 81/100 (higher than 62% of 48,255 servers); tools 8 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 13% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.

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