# com.essentras/placements

> Buy press coverage in 3,800+ vetted media outlets. Price a basket, get a checkout link.

- name: com.essentras/placements
- version: 1.0.1
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 96/100
- quality: 95/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.essentras%2Fplacements
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.essentras%2Fplacements/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "placements": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://essentras.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 85
- drivers: +repository +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-15d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 95/100 (strong)

### protocol: 100 (weight 25)

- pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
- pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- pass `protocol.list_ttl`: tool list is cacheable (ttlMs 3600000)

### 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`: 10 of 10 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 6,414 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 75 (weight 15)

- warn `stability.changes`: 16 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: 10, about 6,414 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 0b06b32dc1c5feab7a70142f971c4965
- tools last changed: 2026-10-19T14:40:02.474Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.essentras/placements.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.essentras/placements)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-19 `search_outlets` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-19 `quote_placements` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-19 `search_outlets` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-19 `quote_service` added
  - The current price of 1 service (and of a tier, when it has tiers), its refund terms, who makes the final decision, and start_url: the page where the buyer reviews and pays. It charges nothing. Services priced per case return the free assessment page instead. Never promise the outcome: the platform decides.
- 2026-10-19 `list_services` added
  - Every Essentras service beyond single placements (Knowledge Panels, Google review removal, removal from Google, Wikipedia, account recovery and unbans, verification, press plans, AI visibility) with its current USD price or the words "priced per case", refund terms, who decides, and the free checker to run first. Optional category filter.
- 2026-10-18 `find_removal_route` added
  - Free and read-only. For something about a person that shows in Google (contact details, an ID number, intimate images, doxxing, a false article, old news, a mugshot, a court record, a review, a post, a data broker profile, their own old content, an outdated page, copied work), returns the same plan as the free route finder on essentras.com. Ask only what it is and, where it matters, where the person lives (US, EU, EEA or UK, or elsewhere); never their name or the page address. Returns the route (source, Google policy, law or suppression) and who decides, the steps, the official Google links with the date they were read, the evidence to prepare, a timeline marked official or not, a fit label from Google’s own criteria (not a success rate), letters to send, what the route will not do, a link to the same plan on the website, and the matching Essentras service with its current price. Official channels only. Google, the publisher or the platform decides, and a refund is never a promise of removal.
- 2026-10-18 `check_wikipedia_notability` added
  - Free and read-only. Tests a subject’s sources against Wikipedia’s notability guidelines (WP:GNG, WP:NCORP, WP:BASIC, WP:CREATIVE), the same verdicts as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask the person what the article would be about, their connection to it, and for each source its type and 5 yes, no or unsure answers (never the outlet, headline, link or the person’s name). Returns a verdict per source (counts, supports facts only, does not count, unclear, counts once) with the Wikipedia rule, its link and the date it was read, an overall band, disclosure duties for a conflict of interest or paid editing, and the Essentras service with its current price only when the band is "Reviewer judgment applies". Press releases, sponsored articles and paid placements, Essentras placements included, never count toward notability. The bands are an Essentras rule of thumb, and volunteer reviewers decide.
- 2026-10-18 `check_review_removability` added
  - Free and read-only. Tells a business owner whether a Google review matches one of Google’s named review rules, the same verdict as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask the person for facts only, never the review text, a name or a link: whose review it is, whether the reviewer was a real customer, what the review contains, whether they can show it, and where they are in Google’s process. Returns the verdict (strong match, arguable, or no policy match), Google’s rule with its policy link and the date it was read, where to report, the evidence to attach, Google’s stated timing, the appeal path, report and reply templates, and the Essentras service with its current price only when the page offers it. A genuine negative review gets “No policy match”: Google does not remove a review for being negative, and the tool says so. Google decides every removal.
- 2026-10-18 `check_knowledge_panel_readiness` added
  - Free and read-only. Scores how ready a person or business is for a Google Knowledge Panel, the same score as the free Entity Readiness Check on essentras.com. Ask the person 11 multiple-choice questions about their sources and what Google shows today (never their name or links): the subject, the panel state, and coverage, quality, wikipedia, wikidata, home, profiles, records, demand, unique. With every answer it returns the score out of 100, the band, each gap with points to gain and the next action, the right next step (claim, edit or fix an existing panel for free, build sources, or the Essentras service with its current price for a strong candidate), and Google sources with read dates. With answers missing it returns the questions still to ask. The score is an Essentras rule of thumb, not a Google metric. Google decides whether to show a panel, and paid placements are paid editorial, not independent coverage.
- 2026-10-18 `check_instagram_recovery_path` added
  - Free and read-only. For the legitimate owner of an Instagram account that was hacked, disabled, locked at a checkpoint, locked by lost 2-factor, or whose email and phone are no longer reachable, returns the official recovery route, the same one as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask only what happened; never the handle, email, phone, password or a code. Returns the route, the owner’s own first step, Instagram’s official help pages with the date they were read, Meta’s position on timing, scam warning signs, and the Essentras recovery service with its current price. Official channels only: no hacking and no account access. Meta decides, and nobody can promise a recovery or a timeline.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.essentras%2Fplacements/changes

## Remotes

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

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (10)

- `check_instagram_recovery_path`: Free and read-only. For the legitimate owner of an Instagram account that was hacked, disabled, locked at a checkpoint, locked by lost 2-factor, or whose email and phone are no longer reachable, returns the official recovery route, the same one as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask only what happened; never the handle, email, phone, password or a code. Returns the route, the owner’s own first step, Instagram’s official help pages with the date they were read, Meta’s position on timing, scam warning signs, and the Essentras recovery service with its current price. Official channels only: no hacking and no account access. Meta decides, and nobody can promise a recovery or a timeline.
- `check_knowledge_panel_readiness`: Free and read-only. Scores how ready a person or business is for a Google Knowledge Panel, the same score as the free Entity Readiness Check on essentras.com. Ask the person 11 multiple-choice questions about their sources and what Google shows today (never their name or links): the subject, the panel state, and coverage, quality, wikipedia, wikidata, home, profiles, records, demand, unique. With every answer it returns the score out of 100, the band, each gap with points to gain and the next action, the right next step (claim, edit or fix an existing panel for free, build sources, or the Essentras service with its current price for a strong candidate), and Google sources with read dates. With answers missing it returns the questions still to ask. The score is an Essentras rule of thumb, not a Google metric. Google decides whether to show a panel, and paid placements are paid editorial, not independent coverage.
- `check_review_removability`: Free and read-only. Tells a business owner whether a Google review matches one of Google’s named review rules, the same verdict as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask the person for facts only, never the review text, a name or a link: whose review it is, whether the reviewer was a real customer, what the review contains, whether they can show it, and where they are in Google’s process. Returns the verdict (strong match, arguable, or no policy match), Google’s rule with its policy link and the date it was read, where to report, the evidence to attach, Google’s stated timing, the appeal path, report and reply templates, and the Essentras service with its current price only when the page offers it. A genuine negative review gets “No policy match”: Google does not remove a review for being negative, and the tool says so. Google decides every removal.
- `check_wikipedia_notability`: Free and read-only. Tests a subject’s sources against Wikipedia’s notability guidelines (WP:GNG, WP:NCORP, WP:BASIC, WP:CREATIVE), the same verdicts as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask the person what the article would be about, their connection to it, and for each source its type and 5 yes, no or unsure answers (never the outlet, headline, link or the person’s name). Returns a verdict per source (counts, supports facts only, does not count, unclear, counts once) with the Wikipedia rule, its link and the date it was read, an overall band, disclosure duties for a conflict of interest or paid editing, and the Essentras service with its current price only when the band is "Reviewer judgment applies". Press releases, sponsored articles and paid placements, Essentras placements included, never count toward notability. The bands are an Essentras rule of thumb, and volunteer reviewers decide.
- `find_removal_route`: Free and read-only. For something about a person that shows in Google (contact details, an ID number, intimate images, doxxing, a false article, old news, a mugshot, a court record, a review, a post, a data broker profile, their own old content, an outdated page, copied work), returns the same plan as the free route finder on essentras.com. Ask only what it is and, where it matters, where the person lives (US, EU, EEA or UK, or elsewhere); never their name or the page address. Returns the route (source, Google policy, law or suppression) and who decides, the steps, the official Google links with the date they were read, the evidence to prepare, a timeline marked official or not, a fit label from Google’s own criteria (not a success rate), letters to send, what the route will not do, a link to the same plan on the website, and the matching Essentras service with its current price. Official channels only. Google, the publisher or the platform decides, and a refund is never a promise of removal.
- `get_outlet`: Full detail for a single outlet by its id (from a search result), including price, turnaround, authority and audience.
- `list_services`: Every Essentras service beyond single placements (Knowledge Panels, Google review removal, removal from Google, Wikipedia, account recovery and unbans, verification, press plans, AI visibility) with its current USD price or the words "priced per case", refund terms, who decides, and the free checker to run first. Optional category filter.
- `quote_placements`: Prices a set of outlets and returns line items, any volume discount, the final total, and a checkout_url. The total matches what the buyer is charged, volume tiers included. It charges nothing and creates no order. checkout_url is the page where the buyer confirms the basket and pays; the card is charged at checkout and refunded if the placement is not published or the turnaround is missed.
- `quote_service`: The current price of 1 service (and of a tier, when it has tiers), its refund terms, who makes the final decision, and start_url: the page where the buyer reviews and pays. It charges nothing. Services priced per case return the free assessment page instead. Never promise the outcome: the platform decides.
- `search_outlets`: Searches buyable media placements by budget, authority, geography, topic and link policy. Returns offers with a fixed USD price, turnaround, link disclosure and a stable id that quote_placements accepts. max_price filters the catalogue to a budget.