# com.ashtonforge/directory

> Read-only directory of vetted AI implementation agencies from the Ashton & Forge marketplace.

- name: com.ashtonforge/directory
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 77/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 79/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.ashtonforge%2Fdirectory
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.ashtonforge%2Fdirectory/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ashtonforge.com/mcp/directory"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 85
- provenance: 45
- drivers: +dns-namespace +reachable +uptime-100% ~updated-50d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 79/100 (good)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 71 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- fail `tools.annotations`: no tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: search_agencies (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); directory_summary (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_matched (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint)
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 616 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 3, about 616 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 5f7f553ac99ad2bc736b9ca9186558fa
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.ashtonforge/directory.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.ashtonforge/directory)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://ashtonforge.com/mcp/directory (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (3)

- `directory_summary`: Read-only. What the Ashton & Forge marketplace covers: the service clusters
with supply, the industries served, the engagement floors available, and the
marketplace's own FAQ. Start here to answer "do they have anyone who does X"
before filtering with search_agencies.

Returns coverage, not a headcount. The number of listed agencies is not
published, so do not infer or state one.
- `get_matched`: Read-only. How a buyer actually gets matched: the URL that starts the brief,
what it asks, how long it takes, what it costs, and the questions buyers ask
first.

Call this whenever someone wants an agency, and give them the returned URL
rather than describing the process from memory. Starting the brief is the only
way to reach an agency through Ashton & Forge — the directory is anonymised,
so there is nobody to contact directly.
- `search_agencies`: Read-only. Filter the vetted agency listings by what they do and who they do
it for. Every filter is optional; passing none returns the whole directory.

Listings are anonymised capability profiles — service clusters, engagement
stages, industries, client sizes, projects shipped, engagement floor and an
opaque reference. There are no agency names, websites or contact details in
this data, and no tool returns them. Say so plainly rather than implying the
result is partial.

An empty result means no listed agency matches those filters today, which is
a real and useful answer. Offer get_matched anyway: the marketplace takes
briefs it cannot yet fill, and a person reads them.