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Independent measurements of remote MCP servers. Every observation has a timestamp.

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MCP server · Knowledge & memory

GovTube

Search what U.S. officials said on camera, with timestamps and citations. Not a government site.

Checks passed
13 / 22

1 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
372 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
7

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Outdated check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 372 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name GovTube.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 7 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 372 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 372 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

    30 of 30 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 2026-10-14T02:07:16.167951Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using GovTube

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 govtube https://api.govtube.us/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 7

govtube_get_coverage

Totals for the whole index, video and official transcripts counted apart: video sessions, hours and words transcribed; official transcripts (text, no timing); each source; date ranges, last update, items awaiting review and known gaps. Cite this with any count. For the list of sessions use govtube_list_sessions.

Discovered
govtube_get_transcript_window

Return speaker turns overlapping [start_ms, end_ms] with their text, for checking context. A turn with cluster null and speaker "No speaker label" holds words no voice was found for. The words are as heard; don't attribute them to a neighbouring speaker. Not available for official transcripts without timing (timing_granularity "document"): read those at the result's document_url, or resolve the citation for the surrounding turns.

Discovered
govtube_get_video

Metadata, speakers, playback asset and the rights and use restrictions of the video's source.

Discovered
govtube_list_sessions

Every indexed item, one page at a time: video sessions and official transcripts (White House transcripts, Congressional Record speeches, one item per speech). Newest first; on the same day, video sessions before official transcripts. Each has title, date, source, length, words, whether it plays, and how many speakers are confirmed. `total` matches govtube_get_coverage's counts for the same source.

Discovered
govtube_list_video_instances

Page through one video's matches by passage, in time order. A passage is a run of instances whose excerpts overlap, shown as one quote. `offset` and `limit` count passages; `next_offset` is null on the last page. `passage_count` and `instance_count` cover the whole video. With detail="full", `instances` also lists every instance of the page one by one.

Discovered
govtube_resolve_citation

Check that a cited instance still says the quoted words after corrections, and return its context. The result has a share_url to link. gd2./gd1. ids cite words in an official transcript: the result has positions instead of times, citation_text to paste, document_highlight_url, and `certifies` saying what is (and is not) certified.

Discovered
govtube_search_instances

Find spoken instances of words or a phrase across official videos and White House transcripts. Returns one small page: counts for the whole result, then up to 5 videos (newest first, or most instances first with sort="most_instances"), each with up to 3 passages (quotes; overlapping instances merged), each passage listing its instances with citation id and share_url. `notes` and `more_passages` say what else there is: use `next_cursor` for more videos, govtube_list_video_instances for the rest of one video, and detail="full" for larger pages. White House transcripts have no timing (`timing_granularity` "document", null times, a `position` and a `document_url`).

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected372 ms7