# Probative legal-market research

> US legal-market research by county and practice: demand, lawyer supply, ad rules. Sources, DOIs.

- name: com.probativegrowth/legal-markets
- version: 1.5.1
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 95/100
- quality: 96/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.probativegrowth%2Flegal-markets
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.probativegrowth%2Flegal-markets/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-markets": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://probativegrowth.com/mcp/markets"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 97
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 85
- drivers: +repository +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-92% +updated-15d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 96/100 (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`: 9 of 9 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,091 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: 83 (weight 15)

- warn `stability.changes`: 8 tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

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

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

- tools: 9, about 2,091 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 67e6a0bd1273ba5f55bf11ee295761cd
- tools last changed: 2026-11-01T04:37:26.998Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.probativegrowth/legal-markets.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.probativegrowth/legal-markets)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-11-01 `get_practice_market` added
  - Google search volume (monthly searches for a lawyer, in English and Spanish, with the top queries and the month-by-month series) and the Google Ads top-of-page bid band…
- 2026-10-30 `supply_trend` added
  - The time series of lawyer supply (private law offices, and any other supply count with two periods) for a state or county. Results are not legal advice.
- 2026-10-30 `demand_trend` changed (description)
  - before: The time series each linked demand dataset holds for a state or county. Not legal advice.
  - after: The time series each linked demand dataset holds for a state or county. Answers "are filings going up or down". Not legal advice.
- 2026-10-30 `rank_markets` added
  - Ranks the states (state "US") or one state's counties by one demand count for the practice. A count, not a score. Results are not legal advice.
- 2026-10-30 `compare_markets` changed (description)
  - before: The same practice-area figures for up to 10 states or counties side by side, plus per-100,000-resident rates where the legal-need dataset gives the population. Results are not legal advice.
  - after: The same practice-area figures for up to 10 states or counties side by side to compare, plus per-100. Not legal advice.
- 2026-10-30 `market_profile` changed (description)
  - before: Every figure the linked open datasets hold for one state or county and one practice area. Results are not legal advice.
  - after: All the figures, the whole picture, of one state or county and one practice area from the linked open datasets. Results are not legal advice.
- 2026-10-30 `supply_gap` changed (description)
  - before: Ranks the states (state "US") or one state's counties by one demand count divided by one supply count. No composite score. Not legal advice.
  - after: Ranks the states (state "US") or one state's counties by demand for each law office. No composite score. Not legal advice.
- 2026-10-30 `resolve` changed (description, inputSchema)
  - before: Turns a place and/or practice phrase into the keys every other tool takes. Example: "Harris County, TX truck accidents".
  - after: Turns a place and/or practice phrase into the keys every other tool takes. Only for turning words into keys; the other tools answer the questions.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.probativegrowth%2Flegal-markets/changes

## Remotes

- https://probativegrowth.com/mcp/markets (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.91525424)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (9)

- `compare_markets`: The same practice-area figures for up to 10 states or counties side by side to compare, plus per-100. Not legal advice.
- `demand_trend`: The time series each linked demand dataset holds for a state or county. Answers "are filings going up or down". Not legal advice.
- `get_practice_market`: Google search volume (monthly searches for a lawyer, in English and Spanish, with the top queries and the month-by-month series) and the Google Ads top-of-page bid band…
- `market_profile`: All the figures, the whole picture, of one state or county and one practice area from the linked open datasets. Results are not legal advice.
- `rank_markets`: Ranks the states (state "US") or one state's counties by one demand count for the practice. A count, not a score. Results are not legal advice.
- `resolve`: Turns a place and/or practice phrase into the keys every other tool takes. Only for turning words into keys; the other tools answer the questions.
- `rules_check`: The lawyer advertising rules (filing, required content, waiting periods, claims, referral, language, recording, texting, privacy). Results are not legal advice.
- `supply_gap`: Ranks the states (state "US") or one state's counties by demand for each law office. No composite score. Not legal advice.
- `supply_trend`: The time series of lawyer supply (private law offices, and any other supply count with two periods) for a state or county. Results are not legal advice.