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tc39-mcp

io.github.xyzzylabs/tc39-mcp

Independent MCP server for the TC39 specs (ECMA-262 + ECMA-402): clauses, search, diffs, history.

— the operator's own registry description reported

Publisher io.github.xyzzylabs · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://mcp.xyzzylabs.ai/tc39/mcp

allow
verdict
stale-mid-shared
cluster
ok_tools
answers
17
tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow
allow — alive & usable · retrieval-public ● · V3 has answer key ◐
allow — because answers ●, 17 tools legible (band B) ●, no confirmed drift in 2 probes ●; not yet checked: truth (0 runs)

Cluster stale-mid-shared · distinctiveness 0.127 (typical). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 11,094-server censussee the whole spectrum.

Does it answer? Q1 · observed
answersalive_tools
latency177 ms
vs populationtypical
protocolstale
authopen
Can it be used? Q4 · observed
tools17
vs populationmid
capabilities2
harnessB
Did it hold when checked? Q3–Q4 · derived
identityshared
servers on its host2
verifiabilityunassessed
duplicate inventoryno
drift events0
answers trueno primary

🔏 Signed receipt rr_990b57c1d390fb0dea584ac9 · 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 B · truth not yet run · no drift ●evidence ↓
Q5What company does it keep?stale-mid-shared · 2 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-public9serves public factstruth-checkable against a public source — the V-ladder applies in full
unclassified6not classifiable from its textTier-1 only until its tools describe themselves
action2changes the worldno true answer exists; we check the CONTRACT (destructive/read-only/idempotent declarations, error legibility) and never fire real actions

Tools last seen observed

clause.get clause.list clause.outline proposal.get proposal.list spec.about spec.crossrefs spec.diff spec.global_search spec.grammar spec.sdo_index spec.search spec.snapshots spec.symbol_resolve spec.tables spec.well_known_intrinsics test262.search

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 checktools passingok
name is clear & specific17/17
has a description17/17
description is substantive17/17
parameters are typed17/17
parameters are described1/171/17

17 of 17 tools graded · 17 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

2024-11-05
protocol version
session model
0.6.2
server version tc39-mcp

Capabilities: prompts 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
2026-08-14T20:00:21Zok_tools2001772024-11-05
2026-08-12T05:35:33Zok_tools2001332024-11-05

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