# Present Picker

> Gift recommendations matched to the person, the occasion, and your budget.

- name: com.thepresentpicker/present-picker
- version: 1.0.1
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 96/100
- quality: 85/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.thepresentpicker%2Fpresent-picker
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.thepresentpicker%2Fpresent-picker/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "present-picker": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 85
- drivers: +repository +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-3d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 85/100 (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: 93 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- warn `tools.description_length`: 1 tools have descriptions over 1,024 characters, which crowds the context
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 3 of 3 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,538 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

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

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 2 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: 3, about 1,538 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: b07de6b45d67048b8c9ae2340cec3b52
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.thepresentpicker/present-picker.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.thepresentpicker/present-picker)
- 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://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (3)

- `get_gift`: Picked for them, not the store: returns the full detail for one gift idea from the bank: description, why-line, a buying-notes line (what to look for and what to avoid when buying it), a care-and-pairing tip, budget band, who it suits, its interests and styles, and up to 3 similar ideas, each with its own link. Accepts a gift id returned by pick_gift or search_gifts, or a gift name like 'cast iron skillet'. When nothing matches, the result says so and gives example ids.
- `pick_gift`: Returns up to 5 gift ideas from a fixed bank of 255 checked gift ideas, matched to who the gift is for, a budget band, interests, and an optional gift style. Each pick has a one-line description, a why-line explaining the fit, one buying note, its budget band, a link that opens that exact idea on thepresentpicker.com, and a photo link to the picture on that idea's page. Some picks carry a good_to_know line: a plain handling fact the bank states for that idea, such as the weight of a cast iron skillet, present only where the bank states one. The result also carries lead_pick — the top pick at full bank depth, with its buying notes (what to look for and what to avoid) and a care-and-pairing tip — more_ideas with the remaining picks under the heading 'More ideas if that one misses', and answer_text, that focused answer formatted as text: it opens by naming who the gift is for, in the caller's words, and how the top pick fits them. Recipient and budget band are hard filters. A style, when given, is a hard filter too: every pick carries the style, and the result reports total_matches and, on a style call, style_matches. Interests narrow the pool, and picks matching more interests rank first. keyword names a specific item the buyer asked for: picks matching every keyword word rank first inside the same filtered pool, carry their full bank detail, and the result reports keyword_matches (a miss is stated in the note, and a miss carries no lead_pick). exclude names an item the person already has: matching picks are dropped before ranking, and the result notes the drop. A recipient-only call (no budget, interest, style, or keyword) returns a spread across all budget bands, led by a mid-band pick and never by the $100+ band — a starting sampler, not a tailored list. A 'teen' recipient maps to the kid pool and carries a recipient_note explaining how teen picks are drawn from that pool. A 'coworker' recipient draws on the bank's coworker shelf — picks tagged for coworkers, ranked ahead of the general pool — and when a mix returns none of them, recipient_note says so plainly. A relation the bank has no shelf for (a sister, an aunt, an in-law, a cousin) is filed under the closest shelf, and recipient_note states the filing plainly. Ideas are generic product types: the bank names no brands, no stores, and no exact prices. When fewer than 5 ideas fit the exact mix, the result says so.
- `search_gifts`: Picked for them, not the store: searches the fixed bank of 255 gift ideas by interest, by keyword, or by both, with optional recipient and budget-band filters. Returns up to 10 matches in bank order, each with a one-line description, a why-line, one buying note, its budget band, a photo link, and a link that opens that exact idea on thepresentpicker.com. The result reports the total number of matches, including when there are none.