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Publisher net.programmes · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://programmes.net/mcp

allow
verdict
rich-solo
cluster
ok_tools
answers
59
tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow
allow — alive & usable · computational ● · V n/a
allow — because answers ●, 59 tools legible (band A) ●, no confirmed drift in 2 probes ●; not yet checked: truth (0 runs)

Cluster rich-solo · distinctiveness 0.358 (moderate). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 11,094-server censussee the whole spectrum.

Does it answer? Q1 · observed
answersalive_tools
latency153 ms
vs populationtypical
protocolcurrent
authopen
Can it be used? Q4 · observed
tools59
vs populationhigh
capabilities1
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_5bdd50d64641d008dafe6029 · 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?computational ● evidence ↓
Q3Can it be checked?V n/a for this kind ◐evidence ↓
Q4Did it hold?harness A · truth not yet run · no drift ●evidence ↓
Q5What company does it keep?rich-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
computational25deterministic transformsself-checkable by re-computation and known-answer tests
generative15creates contentno answer key exists; disclosure + stability checks, never truth verdicts
unclassified11not classifiable from its textTier-1 only until its tools describe themselves
retrieval-public5serves public factstruth-checkable against a public source — the V-ladder applies in full
action3changes 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

aes-encrypt ascii base64 bcrypt case char-inspector chmod cidr color color-palette contrast cron css-minify css-units curl-converter data-size diff gitignore hash hmac html html-entity http-status image-base64 json json-csv json-diff json-schema json-ts json-xml jsonpath jwt jwt-encode lorem markdown markdown-table mime morse-code number-base password password-strength random regex roman-numeral slugify sort-lines sql string-escape timestamp totp ulid url url-encode user-agent uuid wifi-qr word-count xml yaml-json

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 & specific59/59
has a description59/59
description is substantive59/59
parameters are typed59/59
parameters are described59/59

59 of 59 tools graded · 59 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 programmes.net

Capabilities: 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
2026-08-14T20:00:33Zok_tools2001532025-06-18
2026-08-12T05:35:48Zok_tools2001552025-06-18

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