Good Turn Studio Halal or Not MCP
An MCP server that provides halal verification for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, and crypto. It checks ingredients, barcodes, and financial instruments against the four Sunni schools and major scholarly bodies, returning verdicts, reasoning, and alternatives.
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https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcpWhat its tools do
13 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.
Checks and signals
Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.
- Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
- Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days
What you can do with it
- Check ingredients for halal compliance
- Verify stocks and funds via Shariah screens
- Determine if a cryptocurrency is halal
- Get prayer times for a location
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Protocol and capabilities
- Server
- goodturn-halalornot 1.1.0
- MCP protocol negotiated in check
- 2025-11-25
- Tools
- 13 advertised
- Resources
- Not advertised
- Resource templates
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- Prompts
- Not advertised
{
"tools": {
"listChanged": false
}
}Server-provided instructions
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Tools
13 advertised
check_ingredients — Check an ingredients list
Check an ingredients list. Takes the ingredients exactly as printed on the pack. Returns an overall verdict, a verdict for each school, and every flagged ingredient with the reason.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"ingredients"
],
"properties": {
"context": {
"enum": [
"food",
"cosmetic",
"medicine"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "food",
"description": "'cosmetic' for products used on the skin, 'medicine' for medicines and supplements; these change how alcohol, carmine and necessity are treated."
},
"ingredients": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Ingredients list as printed, comma separated."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Check an ingredients list",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}check_product_by_barcode — Check a product by barcode
Check a product by barcode. Looks the barcode up in Open Food Facts, then Open Beauty Facts, and checks its ingredients.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"barcode"
],
"properties": {
"barcode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "EAN-13, EAN-8 or UPC barcode digits."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Check a product by barcode",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}search_products — Find products by name and check them
Find products by name and check them. Searches Open Food Facts by name or brand (for example 'Haribo Starmix') and returns up to five matches, each with a verdict, plus a 'say' line for the best match. Where a brand states the source of an ingredient its label leaves unnamed (Haribo: pork gelatine in its standard UK range), that statement decides it and is quoted in brand_statement.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"q"
],
"properties": {
"q": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A product, brand or barcode to look up, for example Haribo Starmix or 5000159484695."
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"default": "united-kingdom",
"description": "Open Food Facts country slug, for example united-kingdom, united-states, france. 'world' means no filter. Also picks the Amazon store for halal versions (amazon.co.uk for the UK and Ireland)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Find products by name and check them",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}explain_ingredient — Explain one ingredient or E-number
Explain one ingredient or E-number. For example 'E471', 'carmine', 'prawns', 'whey' or 'alcohol denat'. Returns the verdict for each school and the reasoning.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ingredient or E-number, for example E471, carmine, gelatin or alcohol denat."
},
"context": {
"enum": [
"food",
"cosmetic"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Whether the ingredient is in food or a cosmetic. Defaults to food."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Explain one ingredient or E-number",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}screen_stock — Is this stock halal?
Is this stock halal? Screens a US-listed stock via Mizan: first the business (each standard's excluded industries), then the AAOIFI, Dow Jones Islamic, S&P Shariah and MSCI Islamic debt screens. A company name also works (nvidia, philip morris). Links to halal alternatives in the same industry.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"ticker"
],
"properties": {
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A US stock ticker, for example AAPL or TSLA."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Is this stock halal?",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}ask_is_it_halal — Ask any 'is it halal' question
Ask any 'is it halal' question. Covers money (savings, credit cards, mortgages, BNPL, insurance, pensions, trading), crypto, medicine, food and drink, and everyday life (music, dogs, tattoos, nail polish, smoking, games, photos, jobs). Returns the verdict, the main scholarly views and halal alternatives. Also recognises single ingredients and E-numbers.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"q"
],
"properties": {
"q": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The question in plain words, for example 'Is a credit card halal?'"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Ask any 'is it halal' question",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}check_fund — Is this fund, ETF or pension fund halal?
Is this fund, ETF or pension fund halal? Recognises Shariah funds by name or ticker. For other US-registered funds and ETFs, reads the latest SEC holdings report and screens every holding by industry and debt. UK-listed ETFs (VUSA, CSPX, VWRL, SWDA, EQQQ, ISF and others) and fund names (Vanguard S&P 500, FTSE 100 tracker, LifeStrategy) are answered through a US fund tracking the same index, or from what the index holds, with UK Shariah options.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"ticker"
],
"properties": {
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Fund or ETF ticker (VOO, QQQ, SPUS) or a Shariah fund name."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Is this fund, ETF or pension fund halal?",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}check_crypto — Is this cryptocurrency halal?
Is this cryptocurrency halal? Classifies a coin by what it does (lending, gambling, meme, stablecoin, staking, general-purpose) and gives the scholarly views on crypto and on how it's used.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"coin"
],
"properties": {
"coin": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Coin name or symbol, for example bitcoin, ETH, AAVE."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Is this cryptocurrency halal?",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}check_medicine — Is this medicine halal?
Is this medicine halal? Reads a medicine's active and inactive ingredients from its US label (openFDA) and flags gelatine, alcohol, pig-derived enzymes and heparin. The headline and say line lead with the ruling on necessity, so nobody stops a prescribed medicine; the ingredient reading follows (ingredient_headline, verdict)
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Brand or generic name."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Is this medicine halal?",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}get_prayer_times — Today's prayer times for a place, with Ramadan suhoor and iftar
Today's prayer times for a place, with both Asr times and Ramadan suhoor and iftar. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they differ, with the reasoning and halal alt...
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Latitude of the place, in decimal degrees. Goes with lon instead of city."
},
"lon": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Longitude of the place, in decimal degrees. Goes with lat instead of city."
},
"city": {
"type": "string",
"description": "City name, for example London or Chicago, IL."
},
"date": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date",
"description": "The day, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today."
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"isna",
"mwl",
"umm_al_qura",
"egypt",
"karachi",
"moonsighting"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Calculation method: isna (North America), mwl (Muslim World League), umm_al_qura, egypt, karachi or moonsighting."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Today's prayer times for a place, with Ramadan suhoor and iftar",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}list_topics — Every question the rulebook covers
Every question the rulebook covers. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they differ, with the reasoning and halal alt...
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"category": {
"enum": [
"money",
"crypto",
"medicine",
"food",
"life"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Only topics in this area: money, crypto, medicine, food or life."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Every question the rulebook covers",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}explain_schools — How the four schools differ on food
How the four schools differ on food. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they differ, with the reasoning and halal alt...
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "How the four schools differ on food",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}list_rules — The full rulebook
The full rulebook. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they differ, with the reasoning and halal alt...
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "The full rulebook",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}Prompts
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Resources
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90-day uptime
A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.
- 2026-11-07: 1 of 1 checks answered
30-day availability
Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.
- Successful checks
- 1 of 1 (100%)
- Average latency
- 178 ms
- 95th percentile latency
- 178 ms
Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · probe · passed · 178 ms · metadata changed · 13 tool(s)
Connect from your client
Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http halal-or-not-mcp https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcpCodex
codex mcp add halal-or-not-mcp --url https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"halal-or-not-mcp": {
"url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp"
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"halal-or-not-mcp": {
"type": "streamableHttp",
"url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp",
"disabled": false
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"halal-or-not-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp"
}
}
}Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add --transport http halal-or-not-mcp https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcpClaude Desktop
https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcpWindsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"halal-or-not-mcp": {
"serverUrl": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp"
}
}
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