Should my agent depend on the MCP server com.apievangelist/api-evangelist?

Verdict: allow — rich-solo — safe to depend on As of 2026-08-15T11:28:18Z: a dated observation with receipts, not a warranty.

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com.apievangelist/api-evangelist

Sixteen years of API research as MCP tools — stories, areas, governance blocks & services

— the operator's own registry description reported

Publisher com.apievangelist · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://mcp.apievangelist.com/mcp

allow

verdict

rich-solo

cluster

ok_tools

answers

tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow — rich-solo — safe to depend on

Cluster rich-solo · distinctiveness 0.67 (unusual). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 11,094-server census — see the whole spectrum.

Reach — can an agent get to it?

answersalive_tools

latency301 ms

vs populationtypical

protocolcurrent

authopen

Use — can it use it?

tools57

vs populationhigh

capabilities3

harnessA

Trust — can it rely on it?

identitysolo

servers on its host1

verifiabilityunassessed

duplicate inventoryno

drift events0

answers true0/0 agree

🔏 Signed receipt rr_b0fde630ac49560df0deaed3 · ed25519 · key rs-rcpt-2026-08 — this rating is tamper-evident; an agent gets the full signature from check_server and can verify it against the published key.

Tools last seen

api_coverage api_scorecard apply_overlay audit_pipeline certify_api classify_api_fields code_snippets company_gaps deprecation_posture diff_api_versions export_agent_rules find_areas find_building_blocks find_company_insights find_conversations find_papers find_posts find_related find_services find_solutions find_tags find_tools find_videos find_vocabulary forge_mcp_tools gate_agent_context generate_agent_descriptor get_area get_building_block get_company_insight get_contact get_conversation get_feeds get_guidance_section get_overview get_paper get_post get_service get_solution get_stats get_tag get_timeline get_tool get_video govern_estate governance_report guide_topic insights_adoption insights_dimensions map_api_experience mock_payloads reconcile_waivers score_reusability search_api_evangelist validate_api validate_onboarding verify_certificate

Harness readiness observed

Can an agent's harness pick this tool and call it correctly? Graded on the three things an agent reads — name, description, typed parameters. Band A — an agent can pick and call these reliably.

legibility check	tools passing	ok
name is clear & specific	57/57	✓
has a description	57/57	✓
description is substantive	57/57	✓
parameters are typed	57/57	✓
parameters are described	27/57	27/57

57 of 57 tools graded · 57 with a captured input schema. RS-008, Tier-1 — no domain knowledge, applies to any tool. “Alive” is not the same as “usable”.

Truth checks observed

0/0 answers agree with the published primary source · 2 unverifiable.

claim class	key	verdict	primary source
OFAC SDN screening (vs the official list)	ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS	unverifiable	ofac-sdn
OFAC SDN screening (vs the official list)	MAERSK LINE	unverifiable	ofac-sdn

Protocol conformance observed

2025-06-18

protocol version

—

session model

1.1.0

server version api-evangelist

Capabilities: prompts resources tools

Drift

No confirmed drift on record. Baseline set 2026-08-14; changes appear here after human review.

History observed

Every probe we made, oldest → newest (2 shown, 2026-08-12 → 2026-08-14). Green answered · amber answered-but-walled · red no useful answer. A gap in our cadence is a gap in coverage, not evidence about the server.

changelog (1 events)

date	type	what changed
2026-08-12	outcome	first probe: ok_tools

raw probe records

probed (UTC)	outcome	http	ms	protocol
2026-08-14T19:57:56Z	ok_tools	200	301	2025-06-18
2026-08-12T05:33:11Z	ok_tools	200	150	2025-06-18

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