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Read-only probes

MCP server · Browser & web scraping

com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail

Dated, sourced claims about AI crawlers and agents, offered as MCP tools.

Checks passed
13 / 22

1 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
129 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

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

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 129 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-06-18, serverInfo.name Rattlesnakes By Mail.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 6 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

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

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 129 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 129 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

    12 of 12 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 2026-09-19T21:22:26.420117Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail

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 com-rattlesnakesbymail-rattlesnakesbymail https://rattlesnakesbymail.com/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 6

ask

Match a free-text question against the claims published on Rattlesnakes By Mail, and return the matching claims, or no match when no published claim covers the question. Every question sent to ask is recorded, and a recorded question may be published on the public questions page at Rattlesnakes By Mail. Do not send private or identifying text to ask.

Discovered
get_snapshot

Return the daily snapshot of crawler activity on Rattlesnakes By Mail for one UTC date: dated facts, a table of crawler requests, context against each crawler's recent history, and links. Pass a six digit label such as 261101 or an ISO date such as 2026-11-01. The numbers come from one website and describe what these crawlers did here, not across the web.

Discovered
identify_user_agent

Match an unrecognized raw User-Agent header against the crawlers documented on Rattlesnakes By Mail, and return the matched crawler plus instructions for verifying the request. Use identify_user_agent when the crawler behind the User-Agent header is not yet known.

Discovered
list_changes

List recorded changes to claims on Rattlesnakes By Mail, newest first, with the change date and the affected crawler. Filter by date with since, by crawler with entity, or by both. Use list_changes to detect crawler policy updates published after a given date.

Discovered
lookup_crawler

Look up a documented crawler on Rattlesnakes By Mail by name, slug, or user-agent string, and return identity fields, current claims, publication dates, and evidence URLs. Use lookup_crawler when the crawler is already named, or when the user agent is already known to belong to a documented crawler.

Discovered
submit_note

Submit a correction or note about a claim, an entity, a question, or a daily snapshot on Rattlesnakes By Mail. Requires a client token issued out of band by the publisher. Every note is stored as pending, and an editor reviews every pending note before publication.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected129 ms6