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Compensation Professional — compensation library, answers, and wage-compliance data

By compensationprofessional.com Verified namespace

Read-only access to Compensation Professional's compensation-focused book library, query-shaped...

WebsiteSecurity & identity
Connect to Compensation Professional — compensation library, answers, and wage-compliance data
Checks passed
13 / 22

1 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
526 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
6

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Responded

The server completed its last measured handshake. This is an observation, not a guarantee.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 526 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name compensationprofessional-discovery.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 6 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 526 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 526 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    8 of 8 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-09-08T17:12:46.311466Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

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Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http compensation-professional-compensation-library-answers-and-wage-compliance-data https://compensationprofessional.com/api/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 6

check_wage_locations

Checks the binding minimum-wage rate for up to 50 US locations in one call (city/county rate when it applies, else state, else federal). Each location may be a place name ("Spokane, WA", "Texas", "TX") or a jurisdiction slug. A city with no rule of its own on file returns its state's rate with noLocalRule:true. An unmatched location returns found:false with a reason instead of being omitted. 113 known jurisdictions, e.g.: federal, alaska, alabama, arkansas.

Discovered
get_answer

Returns one authored /answers page as structured content: question, short answer, problem frame, and citations. Known slugs (14): how-to-set-pay-ranges, what-should-we-pay-for-a-role, is-our-pay-competitive, how-to-tie-executive-pay-to-performance, executive-compensation-components, how-much-executive-pay-at-risk, business-case-for-changing-rewards, make-financial-case-for-compensation, ….

Discovered
get_library_work

Returns one compensation library work's bibliographic record and (when profiled) its thesis.

Discovered
get_wage_jurisdiction

Returns one tracked jurisdiction's current minimum-wage rate, effective date, validation status, and next scheduled step. 113 known jurisdictions, e.g.: federal, alaska, alabama, arkansas.

Discovered
list_compensationprofessional_feeds

List Compensation Professional's free machine-readable feeds and their MCP/REST availability. OpenAPI is also published at https://compensationprofessional.com/openapi.json.

Discovered
search_library

Search or list the compensation-focused book library by title/author substring and/or classifier tag. No filters returns the first page.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected526 ms6

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