# com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail

> Dated, sourced claims about AI crawlers and agents, offered as MCP tools.

- name: com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail
- version: 0.1.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 79/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 88/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.rattlesnakesbymail%2Frattlesnakesbymail
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.rattlesnakesbymail%2Frattlesnakesbymail/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

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


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 99
- freshness: 85
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-97% ~updated-31d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 88/100 (good)

### 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: 93 (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`: 5 of 5 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- warn `tools.directory_hints`: 2 of 5 tools declare all four hints; missing: identify_user_agent (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); list_changes (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); lookup_crawler (destructiveHint, idempotentHint)
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 774 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: 5, about 774 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 6524be2d9c7038402c67b18fe19e6c08
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail)
- 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://rattlesnakesbymail.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9747899)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (5)

- `ask`: Match a free-text question against the claims published on Rattlesnakes By Mail, and return the matching claims, or no match when no published claim covers the question. Every question sent to ask is recorded, and a recorded question may be published on the public questions page at Rattlesnakes By Mail. Do not send private or identifying text to ask.
- `identify_user_agent`: Match an unrecognized raw User-Agent header against the crawlers documented on Rattlesnakes By Mail, and return the matched crawler plus instructions for verifying the request. Use identify_user_agent when the crawler behind the User-Agent header is not yet known.
- `list_changes`: List recorded changes to claims on Rattlesnakes By Mail, newest first, with the change date and the affected crawler. Filter by date with since, by crawler with entity, or by both. Use list_changes to detect crawler policy updates published after a given date.
- `lookup_crawler`: Look up a documented crawler on Rattlesnakes By Mail by name, slug, or user-agent string, and return identity fields, current claims, publication dates, and evidence URLs. Use lookup_crawler when the crawler is already named, or when the user agent is already known to belong to a documented crawler.
- `submit_note`: Submit a correction or note about a claim, an entity, or a question on Rattlesnakes By Mail. Requires a client token issued out of band by the publisher. Every note is stored as pending, and an editor reviews every pending note before publication.