# Livestock Counterparty Guard

> USDA P&S checks for livestock buyers, dealers, agencies and packers before sale or onboarding.

- name: io.github.Empower-AI-training/usda-ps-counterparty-guard
- version: 1.0.3
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 97/100
- quality: 92/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.Empower-AI-training%2Fusda-ps-counterparty-guard
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.Empower-AI-training%2Fusda-ps-counterparty-guard/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usda-ps-counterparty-guard": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://livestockverify.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 90
- drivers: +repository +namespace-matches-repo +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-5d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 92/100 (strong)

### protocol: 88 (weight 25)

- pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
- pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- warn `protocol.list_ttl`: tools/list declares ttlMs 0, so clients re-fetch it on every use

### 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`: 1 of 1 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 472 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`: 1 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: 1, about 472 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 09c3cd7788228f14db3451ccbbe2c63b
- tools last changed: 2026-10-06T08:13:28.525Z
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- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-06 `verify_livestock_counterparty` changed (title, description, annotations)
  - before: Read-only USDA Packers and Stockyards livestock counterparty verification. Call when a user or system needs to check a livestock or cattle buyer, dealer, market agency, or packer before a sale, transaction, procurement decision, vendor onboarding, or recurring review. Searches bonded dealers and market agencies buying on commission, bonded market agencies selling livestock on commission, bonded packers, and current suspension windows. Returns source-attributed match status, bond coverage when published, legal/trade-name match basis, region resolution, suspension evidence, and source dates. Do not use this tool as a credit score, solvency determination, legal conclusion, recommendation to transact, or guarantee of payment. Current expired-registration status is unavailable because the USDA expired-registration source currently available for validation is stale.
  - after: Read-only USDA Packers and Stockyards livestock counterparty verification. Call when a user or system needs to check a livestock or cattle buyer, dealer, market agency, or packer before a sale, transaction, procurement decision, vendor onboarding, or recurring review. Use business_name for the legal or trade name; add region when similarly named entities may exist, and omit region if it is unknown. Searches bonded dealers and market agencies buying on commission, bonded market agencies selling livestock on commission, bonded packers, and current suspension windows. The tool does not modify USDA or user systems, and repeated calls against the same certified snapshot are idempotent. If the certified USDA snapshot is stale, it returns SOURCE_STALE without a verification; when direct execution is disabled, it returns PAID_EXECUTION_REQUIRED with the measured Apify handoff instead of claiming a result. Returns source-attributed match status, bond coverage when published, legal/trade-name match basis, region resolution, suspension evidence, and source dates. Do not use this tool as a credit score, solvency determination, legal conclusion, recommendation to transact, or guarantee of payment. Current expired-registration status is unavailable because the USDA expired-registration source currently available for validation is stale.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.Empower-AI-training%2Fusda-ps-counterparty-guard/changes

## Remotes

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

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (1)

- `verify_livestock_counterparty`: Read-only USDA Packers and Stockyards livestock counterparty verification. Call when a user or system needs to check a livestock or cattle buyer, dealer, market agency, or packer before a sale, transaction, procurement decision, vendor onboarding, or recurring review. Use business_name for the legal or trade name; add region when similarly named entities may exist, and omit region if it is unknown. Searches bonded dealers and market agencies buying on commission, bonded market agencies selling livestock on commission, bonded packers, and current suspension windows. The tool does not modify USDA or user systems, and repeated calls against the same certified snapshot are idempotent. If the certified USDA snapshot is stale, it returns SOURCE_STALE without a verification; when direct execution is disabled, it returns PAID_EXECUTION_REQUIRED with the measured Apify handoff instead of claiming a result. Returns source-attributed match status, bond coverage when published, legal/trade-name match basis, region resolution, suspension evidence, and source dates. Do not use this tool as a credit score, solvency determination, legal conclusion, recommendation to transact, or guarantee of payment. Current expired-registration status is unavailable because the USDA expired-registration source currently available for validation is stale.