# AskHound

> Find people asking for or seeking alternatives to a product, live from Stack Exchange and Bluesky.

- name: dev.haullabs/askhound
- version: 0.1.5
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 73/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/dev.haullabs%2Faskhound
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/dev.haullabs%2Faskhound/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "askhound": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-2d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 73/100 (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: 71 (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
- fail `tools.annotations`: no tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: run_intent_pack (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); reply_policy (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); find_conversations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 456 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 1 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: 4, about 456 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 98cb602d5d457d82582f6eb3170cfd94
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/dev.haullabs/askhound.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/dev.haullabs/askhound)
- 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://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (4)

- `build_intent_queries`: Turn a product description into buying-intent search phrases (competitor alternatives, switching, export, pricing pain, recommendations).
- `find_conversations`: Find recent public posts where people ask for a tool, an alternative, or help with a job, so you can decide whether an honest, disclosed reply would help them. Remote server covers Stack Exchange (incl. softwarerecs) and Bluesky; for Hacker News + GitHub run the local MCP: npx -y https://askhound.haullabs.dev/askhound.tgz mcp. Returns url, title, snippet, date, source and required attribution. Never auto-post replies.
- `reply_policy`: The honest-reply rules AskHound users agree to. Read before drafting any reply.
- `run_intent_pack`: build_intent_queries + find_conversations for every phrase, merged and deduplicated, newest first.