# OunceScout

> Live bullion price comparison: spot prices and dealer offers across 24 verified dealers.

- name: io.github.donofdebt/ouncescout
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 93/100
- quality: 82/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.donofdebt%2Founcescout
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.donofdebt%2Founcescout/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

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


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 75
- drivers: +repository +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-14d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 82/100 (good)

### 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: 88 (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`: 10 of 10 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: list_verified_dealers (idempotentHint); get_dealer_price_position (idempotentHint); search_bullion_catalog (idempotentHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,344 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 83 (weight 15)

- warn `stability.changes`: 25 tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

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

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 10, about 1,344 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: c04087ce7fd8519348cc2719e58921b6
- tools last changed: 2026-11-14T05:41:15.042Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/io.github.donofdebt/ouncescout.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/io.github.donofdebt/ouncescout)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-11-14 `get_market_freshness_index` changed (annotations)
- 2026-11-14 `get_premium_index` changed (annotations)
- 2026-11-14 `get_dealer_price_position` changed (annotations)
- 2026-11-14 `list_dealer_offers` changed (annotations)
- 2026-11-14 `get_dealer_profile` changed (annotations)
- 2026-11-14 `list_verified_dealers` changed (annotations)
- 2026-11-14 `calculate_budget_stack` changed (annotations)
- 2026-11-14 `compare_product_dealers` changed (annotations)
- 2026-11-14 `search_bullion_catalog` changed (annotations)
- 2026-11-14 `get_live_spot_prices` changed (annotations)

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.donofdebt%2Founcescout/changes

## Remotes

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

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (10)

- `calculate_budget_stack`: Run the OunceScout Smart Budget Stack Calculator to find the optimal physical Gold & Silver bullion stack for a target USD budget at today's lowest live dealer prices.
- `compare_product_dealers`: Get full side-by-side dealer price quotes, shipping policies, payment basis, and in-stock status for a specific bullion product by slug or product ID.
- `get_dealer_price_position`: For one product, compare a dealer's delivered price with every other dealer's delivered price, return its rank and gap to the lowest offer, and compare its premium over spot with the field median.
- `get_dealer_profile`: Get a verified bullion dealer's public profile, stored shipping-policy summary, current catalog size, and newest/oldest current-offer timestamps.
- `get_live_spot_prices`: Get live Gold (XAU), Silver (XAG), Platinum (XPT), and Palladium (XPD) spot prices in USD per troy ounce, plus the real-time Gold-to-Silver Ratio (GSR).
- `get_market_freshness_index`: Get live real-time price freshness metrics across OunceScout catalog: counts of verified listings under 4 hours, stale items, continuous verification cycle metrics, and IndexNow broadcast status.
- `get_premium_index`: Aggregate premium-over-spot and delivered-price statistics across fresh (<=96h) verified public offers, optionally filtered by metal and product format.
- `list_dealer_offers`: List a dealer's current public offers, stalest first by default, with prices, stock and verification status, observation timestamps, and computed age. Use this as a self-service stale-offer audit.
- `list_verified_dealers`: List OunceScout's verified US bullion dealers, directory statuses, and Featured Dealer (Agate Precious Metals).
- `search_bullion_catalog`: Search and filter OunceScout's canonical gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion catalog (coins, bars, rounds) with lowest verified dealer prices and multi-dealer offer counts.