# Guides by TIC

> Sourced guides to earning online, platform rules, and a check for AI-income offers. Read-only.

- name: io.github.Tori-TIC/tic-guides
- version: 0.1.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 97/100
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.Tori-TIC%2Ftic-guides
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.Tori-TIC%2Ftic-guides/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tic-guides": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tic-guides-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 90
- drivers: +repository +namespace-matches-repo +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-11d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 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: 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`: 5 of 5 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 920 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 920 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 04a92fb876386ba119056216b10448aa
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/io.github.Tori-TIC/tic-guides.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/io.github.Tori-TIC/tic-guides)
- 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://tic-guides-mcp.vercel.app/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (5)

- `check_offer`: Compare an offer someone was pitched (a course, a trading bot, a done-for-you store, a micro-SaaS dream, AI books, voice agencies...) with the 15 schemes in the Reality Check and the 'do not start' guides. Returns what was checked, what could not be checked, and the sources. Use before giving an opinion on any 'AI income' pitch.
- `get_platform_rules`: How a selling or posting platform works for small sellers: fees, house norms, what gets accounts removed, and whether automation or AI help is allowed. Platforms include Etsy, Gumroad, Fiverr, Upwork, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, X, dev.to, Amazon programmes and more.
- `get_way`: Full detail for one way to earn (id from search_ways, or its name): what you sell, honest earnings note, one-time setup, the platform rules, a stop rule and risks, with the link to the public guide.
- `recent_changes`: Dated changes that affect people earning online (fee changes, new rules, headwinds and tailwinds), newest first, each with a 'so what' and a source. Optionally filter by platform.
- `search_ways`: Search 40 sourced guides to earning online (selling digital products, content, services, resale, clipping, AI-assisted work). Filter by verdict, time per day, or free-to-start. Returns short cards with a link to each full guide. Use for 'what could I do with 1 hour a day', 'is X worth trying', or to list options.