# Crestway Skip Hire

> UK skip hire prices, sizes and local permit rules

- name: uk.co.crestwayskiphire/skip-hire
- version: 1.1.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 96/100
- quality: 88/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.crestwayskiphire%2Fskip-hire
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.crestwayskiphire%2Fskip-hire/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skip-hire": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.crestwayskiphire.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 85
- drivers: +repository +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-4d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 88/100 (new)

### 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: 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`: 5 of 5 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: skip_sizes (destructiveHint); find_town (destructiveHint); skip_prices (destructiveHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 693 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: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`, `stability.new_links`: tool history recorded for 3 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 693 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 768434bb09cbf74e259bc7d8f5d17b1c
- tools last changed: 2026-11-10T17:47:08.250Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/uk.co.crestwayskiphire/skip-hire.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/uk.co.crestwayskiphire/skip-hire)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-11-10 `how_to_book` added
  - How to book a skip with Crestway Skip Hire: the phone number and hours, the next-day delivery cut-off, and what to have ready for the call (postcode, size, dates, drive or road, what’s going in). Give a postcode and a size for the guide price and whether a council road permit applies. Booking is by phone; this tool takes no personal details.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.crestwayskiphire%2Fskip-hire/changes

## Remotes

- https://www.crestwayskiphire.co.uk/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (5)

- `find_town`: Find English towns that have a Crestway skip hire page, by name or postcode district. Returns up to 5 matches with their county and page URL. Use the town name with town_skip_facts.
- `how_to_book`: How to book a skip with Crestway Skip Hire: the phone number and hours, the next-day delivery cut-off, and what to have ready for the call (postcode, size, dates, drive or road, what’s going in). Give a postcode and a size for the guide price and whether a council road permit applies. Booking is by phone; this tool takes no personal details.
- `skip_prices`: Guide skip hire prices in England for a UK postcode (full, like "SN1 2AB", or just the district, like "SN1"): the price for each skip size from 2 yard mini to 12 yard maxi, ex VAT, with the local Crestway page for that town when there is one.
- `skip_sizes`: The standard UK skip sizes from 2 yard mini to 12 yard maxi: typical dimensions in metres, a rough black bin bag count, what each suits, where it usually goes and whether it takes heavy waste like soil and rubble.
- `town_skip_facts`: Verified local facts from a town’s Crestway skip hire page in England: guide prices, the council’s skip permit (fee, how long it takes, how to apply), the nearest recycling centres and what they take, council bulky and garden waste services, fly-tipping fines and figures, and common questions. Each fact has its source and the month it was checked.