Should my agent depend on the MCP server com.watchtower-api/sanctions-screening?

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

sanctions screening

com.watchtower-api/sanctions-screening

Sanctions screening, KYB, identifier validation, jurisdiction risk & secret scanning for AI agents

— the operator's own registry description reported

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

allow

verdict

mid-solo

cluster

ok_tools

answers

tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow — mid-solo — safe to depend on

Cluster mid-solo · distinctiveness 0.073 (typical). 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

latency171 ms

vs populationtypical

protocolcurrent

authopen

Use — can it use it?

tools13

vs populationmid

capabilities1

harnessB

Trust — can it rely on it?

identitysolo

servers on its host1

verifiabilityunassessed

duplicate inventoryno

drift events0

answers true0/0 agree

🔏 Signed receipt rr_65c3075226adbea8ab6df93c · 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

check_jurisdiction create_api_key create_watch get_screening_info kyb_check list_watches resolve_lei scan_text screen_crypto_address screen_name screen_names_batch search_lei_by_name validate_identifier

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 B — usable, with rough edges.

legibility check	tools passing	ok
name is clear & specific	13/13	✓
has a description	13/13	✓
description is substantive	12/13	12/13
parameters are typed	13/13	✓
parameters are described	1/13	1/13

13 of 13 tools graded · 13 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

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session model

1.1.0

server version watchtower-sanctions-screening

Capabilities: 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
2026-08-14T19:58:38Z	ok_tools	200	171	2025-06-18
2026-08-12T05:33:52Z	ok_tools	200	142	2025-06-18

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