# io.github.physics-star-cat/databutler-uk-vehicle-rules

> UK vehicle tax (VED) bands, expensive-car supplement, EV rules and MOT fees, sourced.

- name: io.github.physics-star-cat/databutler-uk-vehicle-rules
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 93/100 flags: duplicate-repo
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.physics-star-cat%2Fdatabutler-uk-vehicle-rules
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.physics-star-cat%2Fdatabutler-uk-vehicle-rules/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "databutler-uk-vehicle-rules": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://databutler.dev/api/mcp/uk-vehicle-rules"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 90
- drivers: +repository +namespace-matches-repo +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-15d-ago -duplicate-repo(16 names)
- 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`: 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 348 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: 1, about 348 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 5c5d8fdf72b52a5fd2958643b4b90545
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/io.github.physics-star-cat/databutler-uk-vehicle-rules.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/io.github.physics-star-cat/databutler-uk-vehicle-rules)
- 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://databutler.dev/api/mcp/uk-vehicle-rules (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (1)

- `uk_vehicle_rules_lookup`: UK vehicle tax (VED) and MOT rules for 2026-27, verified against gov.uk, by category: ved-first-year (first-year rate by CO2 band for cars registered on or after 1 April 2017, petrol/RDE2-diesel and other-diesel columns), ved-standard (the flat rate from the second year and the Direct Debit surcharges), ved-expensive-car (list price threshold, annual supplement, years applied), ved-2001-2017 (bands A–M), ved-pre-2001 (engine size), ved-electric (zero-emission cars taxable since 1 April 2025), historic (40-year MOT exemption and the vehicle-tax exemption build date), mot (first MOT at 3 years, maximum fees by class, early renewal, retests, exemptions) and penalties (no MOT, dangerous vehicle, untaxed vehicle). Each figure carries its value, unit, the quoted line from the page, its source URL, effectiveFrom and the previous year's value; the answer carries verifiedDate, freshness and a citation permalink. No category returns the listing; an unknown category answers covered:false with the nearest keys.