# BikeTheRail

> Look up U.S. rail-trails: search, nearby trails, trail facts, trailheads and closures.

- name: org.biketherail/trails
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 96/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/org.biketherail%2Ftrails
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/org.biketherail%2Ftrails/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trails": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://biketherail.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 98
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-94% +updated-23d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 96/100 (strong)

### protocol: 88 (weight 25)

- pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
- pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- warn `protocol.list_ttl`: tools/list declares ttlMs 0, so clients re-fetch it on every use

### 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`: 4 of 4 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,030 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: 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
- 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: 4, about 1,030 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 7cf0c61dfad22b6869d529fb045d33db
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/org.biketherail/trails.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/org.biketherail/trails)
- 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://biketherail.org/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9425287)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (4)

- `get_trail`: One trail's facts (length, surface, states, managing organization, official website, year opened), trailheads with parking, restrooms and water, any current closure, the opening of its "About this trail" article, its numbered sources and its page URL. Takes the slug from search_trails or trails_near.
- `list_closures`: Current trail closures and detours posted by trail managers and agencies, optionally for one state, with the source notice. Trails not listed have no reported closure.
- `search_trails`: Find U.S. rail-trails, canal towpaths and greenways by name, state, surface, kind and length. Returns each trail's page URL and slug (for get_trail). With no query, lists the longest trails that match the filters.
- `trails_near`: Trails within a radius of a latitude and longitude, nearest first, with the distance to the closest point of each trail. For a town or address, pass its coordinates. Optional filters as in search_trails.