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tech.novtriq/engineering

27 engineering compliance and calculation tools for the built environment (UK, EU, UAE).

— the operator's own registry description reported

Publisher tech.novtriq · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://api.novtriq.tech/mcp

allow
verdict
mid-solo
cluster
ok_tools
answers
27
tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow
allow — alive & usable · kind unknown · V n/a
allow — because answers ●, 27 tools legible (band A) ●, no confirmed drift in 2 probes ●; not yet checked: truth (0 runs)

Cluster mid-solo · distinctiveness 0.262 (typical). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 11,094-server censussee the whole spectrum.

Does it answer? Q1 · observed
answersalive_tools
latency320 ms
vs populationtypical
protocolcurrent
authopen
Can it be used? Q4 · observed
tools27
vs populationmid
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_43c940393ee07beb12eae774 · 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?kind unknown ● 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?mid-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
unclassified14not classifiable from its textTier-1 only until its tools describe themselves
retrieval-public8serves public factstruth-checkable against a public source — the V-ladder applies in full
computational4deterministic transformsself-checkable by re-computation and known-answer tests
generative1creates contentno answer key exists; disclosure + stability checks, never truth verdicts

Tools last seen observed

assess_epbd_score building_carbon_footprint building_readiness calculate_carbon calculate_pue check_grid_feasibility_uae check_nis2_readiness check_uae_bim_compliance check_uae_cybersecurity contractor_vetting dgnb_bim_readiness digital_renovation_passport eed_datacentre_pack estimate_cooling_load eu_cost_benchmarking eurocode_beam_designer eurocode_column_checker get_technical_dd_quote heatpump_heatloss mees_checker part_o_overheating part_s_ev roi_calculator sap_sbem_precheck thermal_load uae_climate_ghg uk_planning_checker

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 & specific27/27
has a description27/27
description is substantive27/27
parameters are typed27/27
parameters are described8/278/27

27 of 27 tools graded · 27 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
3.0.0
server version novtriq-engineering

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
2026-08-14T20:00:46Zok_tools2003202025-06-18
2026-08-12T05:35:59Zok_tools2003112025-06-18

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