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civiq

io.github.civdotiq/civiq

U.S. civic data for AI agents: reps, votes, bills, finance, lobbying, cited gov sources. 47 tools.

— the operator's own registry description reported

Publisher io.github.civdotiq · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://civdotiq.org/api/mcp

allow
verdict
rich-slow-solo
cluster
ok_tools
answers
47
tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow
allow — alive & usable · retrieval-public ● · V3 has answer key ◐
allow — because answers ●, 47 tools legible (band A) ●, no confirmed drift in 2 probes ●; not yet checked: truth (0 runs)

Cluster rich-slow-solo · distinctiveness 0.861 (unusual). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 11,094-server censussee the whole spectrum.

Does it answer? Q1 · observed
answersalive_tools
latency1127 ms
vs populationslow
protocolcurrent
authopen
Can it be used? Q4 · observed
tools47
vs populationhigh
capabilities3
harnessA
Did it hold when checked? Q3–Q4 · derived
identitysolo
servers on its host1
verifiabilityunassessed
duplicate inventoryno
drift events0
answers trueno primary

🔏 Signed receipt rr_88a72c970e653c3e9a310a60 · 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.

Q1Does it answer?alive & usable — 2 probes ●evidence ↓
Q2What is it?retrieval-public ● evidence ↓
Q3Can it be checked?V3 has answer key ◐evidence ↓
Q4Did it hold?harness A · truth not yet run · no drift ●evidence ↓
Q5What company does it keep?rich-slow-solo · 1 on its host (context, not verdict) ◐evidence ↓

● observed · ◐ derived · ○ reported — the verdict synthesizes Q1–Q4; Q5 is context. Methodology →

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)
datetypewhat changed
2026-08-12outcomefirst probe: ok_tools

What kind of tools these are derived

Verification only means something relative to a tool's NATURE — an email-sender has no "true answer", a generator has no answer key. Classification evidence: classified from tool names/descriptions/annotations WE OBSERVED. What checking applies to each kind (the full methodology →):

naturetoolsmeaning what checking applies
retrieval-public45serves public factstruth-checkable against a public source — the V-ladder applies in full
generative1creates contentno answer key exists; disclosure + stability checks, never truth verdicts
predictive1claims about the futurescoreable only in retrospect — the archive scores yesterday's predictions against today's outcome

Tools last seen observed

analyze_consumer_protection_influence analyze_district_comprehensive analyze_energy_policy_influence analyze_environmental_influence analyze_industry_regulatory_landscape analyze_policy_area_ecosystem analyze_vote_prediction compare_legislators get_bill_details get_campaign_finance get_climate_data get_committee_info get_district_banking_profile get_district_consumer_complaints get_district_disaster_history get_district_education_profile get_district_environmental_profile get_district_healthcare_profile get_district_housing_profile get_district_info get_district_research_profile get_federal_debt_context get_federal_fiscal_data get_federal_register get_federal_spending get_housing_affordability get_influence_chain get_representative_profile get_state_climate_profile get_state_energy_profile get_state_public_safety_profile get_vote_record get_voting_history list_state_delegation lookup_representatives search_colleges search_consumer_complaints search_crime_statistics search_epa_facilities search_fdic_institutions search_fema_disasters search_healthcare_providers search_legislation search_lobbying search_nih_grants search_vehicle_complaints search_vehicle_recalls

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 checktools passingok
name is clear & specific47/47
has a description47/47
description is substantive47/47
parameters are typed47/47
parameters are described47/47

47 of 47 tools graded · 47 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
1.0.0
server version civiq

Capabilities: prompts resources tools

Drift observed

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

raw probe records
probed (UTC) outcomehttpmsprotocol
2026-08-14T19:59:26Zok_tools20011272025-06-18
2026-08-12T05:34:39Zok_tools2002622025-06-18

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