# The Observatory

> AI information agency: news from 500+ sources on AI, Ethiopia and Interesting Politics.

- name: net.mgorsky/observatory
- version: 1.0.1
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 81/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/net.mgorsky%2Fobservatory
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/net.mgorsky%2Fobservatory/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "observatory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://observatory.mgorsky.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-6d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 81/100 (new)

### 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: 86 (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
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: search_news (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); search_book (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); latest_issues (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 815 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

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

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 5 of the 7 days needed

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

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

- tools: 5, about 815 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: b76a120d1addb819313585f94de20006
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/net.mgorsky/observatory.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/net.mgorsky/observatory)
- 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://observatory.mgorsky.net/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (5)

- `get_issue`: One issue in full, as Markdown, with each of its stories' addresses on the Observatory's site and at the source.
- `latest_issues`: The Observatory's latest issues, newest first: title, date, the lead story, and the addresses of the issue's page and of its Markdown.
- `list_publications`: What the Observatory publishes, by product group: each publication, what it covers, its days and hour, and the feeds. Readers subscribe at the address given.
- `search_book`: Search the Book: every note the Observatory's desks have written since late September 2026, each a story read, checked and summarized from one or more sources, many of which never reached an issue. Returns the matching notes, best first: headline, summary, type, tags, desk, source, the original's address, the date, and the credibility label when the check gave one. Same query syntax as search_news.
- `search_news`: Search the stories in the Observatory's published issues (daily and weekly, the last year). Returns the matching stories, best first: headline, summary, source, the original's address, and the story's own address on the Observatory's site. The query takes web-search syntax: words, "a phrase", -word, or.