# ByeFine parking guides

> Free, no key: UK parking ticket guides, council PCN codes and a legal deadline calculator.

- name: com.byefine/parking-guides
- version: 1.1.3
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 100/100
- quality: 89/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.byefine%2Fparking-guides
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.byefine%2Fparking-guides/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parking-guides": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://byefine.com/api/public/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 100
- drivers: +repository +namespace-matches-repo +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-4d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 89/100 (new)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-06-18; 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: 100 (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
- pass `tools.annotations`: 6 of 6 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,149 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

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

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`, `stability.new_links`: tool history recorded for 3 of the 7 days needed

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

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

- tools: 6, about 1,149 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 8beb129586fe5e4647491eb3ad565ea8
- tools last changed: 2026-11-10T17:32:20.997Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.byefine/parking-guides.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.byefine/parking-guides)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-11-10 `calculate_deadlines` added
  - Work out the time limits the law sets in England for a parking or traffic notice from the dates printed on it: the reduced-amount period, formal representations, when a council's Notice to Owner may come and the latest it may come, the tribunal, POPLA or IAS after a rejection, and whether a private Notice to Keeper came too late for the keeper to be liable. Each date errs early and comes with its legal source. The notice itself is authoritative.
- 2026-11-10 `search_contravention_codes` added
  - Find council penalty charge notice contravention codes from plain words, e.g. "disabled bay", "yellow box junction" or "dropped kerb". Returns each code, its description and its charge level; use explain_contravention_code for more.
- 2026-11-10 `explain_contravention_code` added
  - Explain a council penalty charge notice contravention code (the two-digit code on the PCN, with any suffix letter): what it means, whether it is a higher or lower level contravention, what any suffix means, and the grounds the law allows for formal representations in England. No amounts: those depend on the council and are printed on the notice. Private parking charges do not use these codes.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.byefine%2Fparking-guides/changes

## Remotes

- https://byefine.com/api/public/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (6)

- `calculate_deadlines`: Work out the time limits the law sets in England for a parking or traffic notice from the dates printed on it: the reduced-amount period, formal representations, when a council's Notice to Owner may come and the latest it may come, the tribunal, POPLA or IAS after a rejection, and whether a private Notice to Keeper came too late for the keeper to be liable. Each date errs early and comes with its legal source. The notice itself is authoritative.
- `explain_contravention_code`: Explain a council penalty charge notice contravention code (the two-digit code on the PCN, with any suffix letter): what it means, whether it is a higher or lower level contravention, what any suffix means, and the grounds the law allows for formal representations in England. No amounts: those depend on the council and are printed on the notice. Private parking charges do not use these codes.
- `get_guide`: One guide in full as Markdown, by its slug (from search_guides or list_guides), with the date it was last checked and its official sources.
- `list_guides`: Every guide: its slug, title, a one-line summary and its address on the site.
- `search_contravention_codes`: Find council penalty charge notice contravention codes from plain words, e.g. "disabled bay", "yellow box junction" or "dropped kerb". Returns each code, its description and its charge level; use explain_contravention_code for more.
- `search_guides`: Search ByeFine's plain-English guides to UK parking tickets and other penalty notices (council penalty charge notices, private parking charges, bus lanes, a Notice to Owner, a refused appeal, the independent adjudicators, and more). Returns the best matches with a slug for get_guide. General information for England and Wales, not legal advice.