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MCP server · Code & DevOps

Contribution Exchange

Contribution Exchange MCP: domain discovery, policies, preflight, proposals, and signals.

Checks passed
14 / 22

1 failed · 7 not measured

Median response
3189 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?
103
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
310
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
402

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 3417 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-06-18, serverInfo.name contribution-exchange.

  • 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 3189 ms over 2 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 3394 ms over 2 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    2 of 2 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Pass
    Stable tool list

    No tool was removed and no required parameter was added in the last 30 days.

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.

  • Fail
    Parameters documented

    21 of 33 parameters have a description (64%). 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.

  • Pass
    Source repo linked

    A 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 2026-08-26T17:26:24.310218Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    The GitHub licence lookup has not returned an OSI result yet.

Start using Contribution Exchange

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 contribution-exchange https://signalaf.com/api/exchange/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 6

exchange_discover_domain

Determine whether a domain publishes a Contribution Exchange profile. Returns the canonical Exchange manifest, policy URLs, signal URLs, and whether the domain is self-hosted or delegated to a Steward. Read-only — does not propose, commit, or authorize anything. Enforces HTTPS, redirect limits, timeouts, and SSRF protections (blocks loopback, link-local, private-network, and metadata-service targets).

Discovered
exchange_get_attempt

Get detail for a signal attempt. Read-only. Enforces attempt visibility — actors may only read their own private attempts. Returns attempt status and verification result if available. Attempt status is NOT an exchange state. Verification is Steward-controlled and cannot be self-asserted.

Discovered
exchange_get_policy

Fetch the canonical Contribution Exchange policy for a domain or its delegated Steward. Returns authority ceilings, consideration limits, human-review requirements, and supported behavior. Read-only — does not mutate state or perform preflight evaluation. Distinguishes a missing policy from an unavailable service.

Discovered
exchange_get_signal

Get full detail for a single Exchange Signal by ID. Read-only. Returns the complete signal including constraints, participation rules, verification configuration, consideration declaration, and follow-on behavior. A signal does NOT create a Commitment, authorize execution, or guarantee payment.

Discovered
exchange_list_signals

List domain-published Exchange Signals (problems, requests, challenges, bounties, verification tasks, discoveries, experiments). Read-only. Returns canonical URLs, signal revision, revision hash, and status. Signal status is DISTINCT from exchange status — a signal does not create a Commitment or authorize execution. Supports the same filters and pagination as the HTTP API.

Discovered
exchange_preflight

Evaluate a proposed contribution against the same policy logic used by the real proposal flow. Returns whether the proposal is likely to be auto-engaged, accepted for review, escalated to a human, or rejected as invalid. READ-ONLY: performs no proposal insertion, notification, event creation, or state transition. The result is advisory and time-bound — a favorable preflight does NOT guarantee engagement, Commitment, authorization, payment, or execution. Uses the same evaluateProposal function as the canonical proposal route.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected3417 ms6
Connected2961 ms6