# max4.live

> Natural-language search over 8,900+ Max for Live devices for Ableton Live.

- name: live.max4/max4live
- version: 1.0.1
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 75/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/live.max4%2Fmax4live
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/live.max4%2Fmax4live/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "max4live": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.max4.live/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 99
- freshness: 65
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-98% ~updated-117d-ago -no-repository
- 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`: 3 of 3 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 714 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`: 3 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: 3, about 714 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 9e48b03eae9f76bbb23ab393bc910e27
- tools last changed: 2026-09-28T22:41:51.555Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/live.max4/max4live.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/live.max4/max4live)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-09-28 `list_filters` changed (title, annotations)
- 2026-09-28 `get_device` changed (title, annotations)
- 2026-09-28 `search_devices` changed (title, annotations)

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/live.max4%2Fmax4live/changes

## Remotes

- https://mcp.max4.live/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9741379)
- https://mcp.max4.live/sse (sse, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9831933)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (3)

- `get_device`: Get full details for one device by its id from search_devices: a number for maxforlive.com catalogue devices, or a string starting with m4l_ for devices submitted to max4.live by their author.
- `list_filters`: List the valid values for the type, license and sort filters of search_devices.
- `search_devices`: Search 9,000+ Max for Live devices for Ableton Live: the maxforlive.com catalogue (indexed until 2026-08-07) plus devices submitted to max4.live by their authors (origin "own", ids starting m4l_). Fuzzy full-text match (title/author/description, identical to max4.live) plus filters. Compose for natural language, e.g. "popular free MIDI devices from the last 2 weeks" -> type=[MIDI Effect,MIDI Generator,MIDI Transformation], license=[free], sort=downloads, added_after=<date>.