Should my agent depend on the MCP server com.windowsforum/mcp-server?

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

WindowsForum MCP Server

com.windowsforum/mcp-server

Search WindowsForum.com threads, posts, and Windows news; fetch documents and Microsoft KB info.

— the operator's own registry description reported

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

allow

verdict

mid-solo

cluster

ok_tools

answers

tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow — mid-solo — safe to depend on

Cluster mid-solo · distinctiveness 0.511 (moderate). 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

latency125 ms

vs populationtypical

protocolcurrent

authopen

Use — can it use it?

tools22

vs populationmid

capabilities7

harnessA

Trust — can it rely on it?

identitysolo

servers on its host1

verifiabilityunassessed

duplicate inventoryno

drift events0

answers trueno primary

🔏 Signed receipt rr_63486705ea405e4d43c73726 · 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

fetch get_forum get_forum_statistics get_forum_updates get_kb_article get_latest_registered_users get_online_users get_post get_thread get_thread_posts get_time get_user get_windows_news_posts list_threads search search_elastic search_kb search_mysql search_posts search_semantic search_threads search_users

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	22/22	✓
has a description	22/22	✓
description is substantive	22/22	✓
parameters are typed	22/22	✓
parameters are described	22/22	✓

22 of 22 tools graded · 22 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

Not in the Tier-2 trade lane, or not yet checked. Tier-2 re-derives a server's answers against published primary sources — see truth checks.

Protocol conformance observed

2025-06-18

protocol version

—

session model

3.4.7

server version Universal MCP Server

Capabilities: experimental extensions logging prompts resources tasks 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
2026-08-14T19:58:39Z	ok_tools	200	125	2025-06-18
2026-08-12T05:33:53Z	ok_tools	200	76	2025-06-18

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