# Landlord Lookout: Making Tax Digital

> UK Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: who must use it and when, software that fits, deadlines.

- name: uk.co.landlordlookout/mtd
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 81/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 100/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.landlordlookout%2Fmtd
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.landlordlookout%2Fmtd/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mtd": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 96
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-91% +updated-6d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 100/100 (new)

### protocol: 100 (weight 25)

- pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
- pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- pass `protocol.list_ttl`: tool list is cacheable (ttlMs 3600000)

### 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 1,502 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: 4, about 1,502 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 34924f03c441ff95a1e50aa8bdc0524f
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/uk.co.landlordlookout/mtd.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/uk.co.landlordlookout/mtd)
- 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://landlordlookout.co.uk/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.90909094)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (4)

- `check_mtd`: Says whether a UK sole trader or landlord must use Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax, from when, and why, using the qualifying income tests in HMRC's rules (SI 2026/336). Give the person's income types and, for each tax year you know, their qualifying income: self-employment turnover plus property income before expenses, counting only their share of jointly owned property. Returns the start date, the reasons, GOV.UK sources and a link to the matching Landlord Lookout page.
- `find_mtd_software`: Lists software from HMRC's list of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax software that meets the needs given, in fit order (no product pays for its place). Filters: income types, how records are kept now (spreadsheets needs bridging software), a free plan, number of properties, filing the year-end tax return, other income, VAT, Welsh, and where it runs. Each product comes with its price, why it fits, what to watch out for, its HMRC listing, the vendor's website and a link to Landlord Lookout.
- `get_mtd_deadlines`: The next Making Tax Digital for Income Tax deadlines from today: the next quarterly update (with the period it covers) and the next Self Assessment tax return and payment date, plus the upcoming list, the penalty rules that apply now and a calendar feed. Give start_year to see only the dates for people who start MTD that year.
- `get_mtd_software_product`: Facts about one product on HMRC's list of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax software, by name: price, free plan, income types, whether it files the year-end tax return, VAT, Welsh, where it runs, its HMRC listing, the vendor's website and a link to Landlord Lookout. If several products match, returns their names to choose from.