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GrantSonar

io.github.romulusfoundry/grantsonar

Search verified-open US grants (federal, state, foundation). Read-only MCP for AI agents.

— the operator's own registry description reported

Publisher io.github.romulusfoundry · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://grantsonar.com/api/mcp

allow
verdict
stale-mid-solo
cluster
ok_tools
answers
9
tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow — stale-mid-solo — safe to depend on

Cluster stale-mid-solo · distinctiveness 0.314 (typical). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 11,094-server censussee the whole spectrum.

Reach — can an agent get to it?
answersalive_tools
latency133 ms
vs populationtypical
protocolbehind
authopen
Use — can it use it?
tools9
vs populationmid
capabilities3
harnessA
Trust — can it rely on it?
identitysolo
servers on its host1
verifiabilityunassessed
duplicate inventoryno
drift events0
answers trueno primary

🔏 Signed receipt rr_50e5d0b3ad5ff71b495676a4 · 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

dismiss_grant draft_application_section get_grant get_my_application list_my_applications list_my_matches save_grant search_grants update_application_section

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 & specific9/9
has a description9/9
description is substantive9/9
parameters are typed9/9
parameters are described9/9

9 of 9 tools graded · 9 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

2025-03-26
protocol version
session model
1.0.0
server version grantsonar

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)
datetypewhat changed
2026-08-12outcomefirst probe: ok_tools
raw probe records
probed (UTC) outcomehttpmsprotocol
2026-08-14T20:00:10Zok_tools2001332025-03-26
2026-08-12T05:35:23Zok_tools2002702025-03-26

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