Data Collection

trimtabist.com

Provides real-time vessel tracking and status information for container gateways.

2 endpoints22 known toolsFirst detected July 28, 2026Last detected July 29, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://ais.trimtabist.com/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: trimtab-ais
Version: 0.1.0

Capabilities

toolsresources

Server instructions

Own-recorded AIS truth for US container gateways (+ India, partial). Own-recorded terrestrial AIS. Zones: 8 US container gateways (LA/Long Beach, NY-NJ, Savannah, Houston, Charleston, Norfolk, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma) + Chennai (partial) + JNPT/Mundra/Pipavav/Hazira/Vizhinjam/Colombo (recorded; currently little/no terrestrial coverage). Mid-ocean not covered. Archive begins 2026-07-26 (gap 2026-07-26T17:20Z→2026-07-27T12:16Z, disclosed). Built by Mrigank Singh — mriganksingh.ai

Known tools 9

gateway_conditions

Current conditions at monitored container gateways: vessels at berth and at anchor, broken down by vessel class (container / bulk-general / tanker / other), with container-terminal breakdown.

Potential side effects

vessel_status

Last observed status of a vessel by name (partial ok) or MMSI: position, physical state (underway/anchored/moored), zone, terminal if berthed at a known container terminal, speed, declared destination.

Potential side effects

has_vessel_berthed

Whether a vessel has berthed (moored) at any monitored gateway within a lookback window.

Inferred read-only

recent_events

Recent detected events (ZONE_ENTER/LEAVE, ANCHOR_START/END, BERTH_START/END, DEPARTED, SEMANTIC_NOTE) at monitored gateways.

Inferred read-only

list_instruments

The catalogue: every Trimtab instrument and the series it publishes, with provenance grade (observed / reported / modelled), time horizon, coverage, and whether each series is currently fit to publish.

Potential side effects

describe_series

Full detail for one series: what it measures, its unit, its source and method, how it should be cited, what it covers, and its current trust state.

Inferred read-only

query_series

Fetch the observations of a series.

Inferred read-only

check_agreement

What the cross-instrument checks say.

Inferred read-only

search_series

Find series by plain-language terms across names, descriptions, instruments and units.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.trimtab-ais]
url = "https://ais.trimtabist.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trimtab-ais": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ais.trimtabist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: trimtab-ais
Remote MCP URL: https://ais.trimtabist.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trimtab-ais": {
      "url": "https://ais.trimtabist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "trimtab-ais": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ais.trimtabist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "trimtab-ais",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://ais.trimtabist.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

ENDPOINT 2

https://trimtabist.com/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: trimtab-ais
Version: 0.3.0

Capabilities

toolsresourcespromptscompletions

Server instructions

The Trimtab US Trade Ledger: verified ground truth on the physical economy of US trade. Free, no key. START HERE — three tools answer most questions in one call: - tariff_story(hs or product, origin) — what it costs to import something, and what changed. Replaces hs_search + tariff_lookup + tariff_burden. - origin_profile(origin) — a trading partner whole: volumes, top commodities, gateways, tariff burden, trend. - compare(kind, subject_a, subject_b, measure) — two origins, commodities or gateways on one axis with the arithmetic done. - commodity_profile(commodity) — one HS chapter whole: who supplies it, what each origin pays on it. - month_in_review(month?) — the month's pulse: the bill, the biggest movers, the measures that took effect. Then the raw instruments: trade_query (containerised import volume/value by origin x commodity x gateway), tariff_burden (nationwide paid-rate history from duty receipts), tariff_lookup (raw schedule lines and Chapter-99 measures with Federal Register citations), rulings_search (CBP classification case law), hs_search (product -> candidate codes), event_studies (pre-registered findings, nulls included), and five registry tools (list_instruments / search_series / describe_series / query_series / check_agreement) for the graded, citable series catalogue. TWO RULES THAT PREVENT WRONG ANSWERS: 1. Never quote a Chapter-99 addon_pct as "the tariff." Those measures are matched by origin and sector, not by your code; many are product-specific. The measured collected rate from receipts is the composed truth — quote that. 2. trade_query counts containerised seaborne goods at 8 gateways. tariff_burden counts everything cleared nationwide by sea, air and land. Different universes; never divide one into the other. The registry catalogue and the frozen AIS archive (2026-07-26 to 2026-08-06 only; live recording retired 2026-08-08 — nothing current) are reached through one router: ledger_meta({tool, arguments}) with sub-tools list_instruments / search_series / describe_series / check_agreement / gateway_conditions / vessel_status / has_vessel_berthed / recent_events. Grades bind everywhere: OBSERVED / REPORTED / MODELLED — a modelled quantity (TEU is gross tonnage ÷ 11) is never quotable as a measurement. Errors here are instructions: they carry did_you_mean and a retry_with object you can pass straight back. Every response carries citations and caveats — quote them.

Known tools 13

tariff_story

The complete tariff answer for one product from one origin, in a single call: what importers ACTUALLY paid at the border (measured from official duty receipts), the statutory MFN base rate beneath it, the trade-war measures that opened the gap with their Federal Register citations, the shape of the change over the window, and the CBP rulings count on the code.

Potential side effects

origin_profile

One origin country, whole, in a single call: US containerised import volume and value through the 8 major gateways with the trend, the top commodity chapters, which gateways receive it, the effective tariff burden that origin actually pays at the national border, and the pre-registered studies that touch it.

Inferred read-only

commodity_profile

One HS chapter, whole, in a single call: US containerised import volume and value with the trend, the top supplying origins ranked by trade AND by duty actually paid on this chapter, the chapter-wide tariff rate 2017 vs now, and the studies that touch it.

Potential side effects

compare

Put two subjects on the same axis over the same months and compute the difference: two origin countries, two commodity chapters (or HS6 codes), or two US gateways, measured on trade weight, value, unit value, tariff burden or duty paid.

Potential side effects

month_in_review

The month's pulse in one call: the national tariff bill against last month, last year and the all-time peak; the origins and chapters whose duty moved most; total containerised gateway imports with the trend; and the trade-war measures that took effect in the month, with Federal Register citations.

Potential side effects

trade_query

Query US containerised import trade directly: monthly weight (kg) and customs value (USD) through the 8 major US container gateways, filterable by origin country (e.

Potential side effects

tariff_burden

What US importers ACTUALLY paid in tariffs, measured from official receipts — not the rulebook: monthly duty collected, dutiable value and consumption value by origin country and commodity (HS2 chapter name or 2/6-digit HS code), 2017→present, US national level.

Inferred read-only

tariff_lookup

Raw tariff-schedule lookup for one HS code: the statutory MFN base rate from the current Harmonized Tariff Schedule, the Chapter-99 trade-war provisions that name a given origin (each with its Federal Register citation), and what was actually collected at the border on that code from official duty receipts.

Potential side effects

hs_search

Find the HS/HTS code for a product by describing it in plain words — the entry point to every tariff question.

Inferred read-only

rulings_search

Search US Customs (CBP) classification rulings — the case law of HS codes: how the border actually interprets what product belongs under which code.

Inferred read-only

event_studies

Pre-registered event studies of every major shock to US containerized trade 2018–2026 (the Event Atlas): tariff waves and their front-running/payback, COVID collapse and boom, the LA/LB queue crisis and the hidden-queue mechanism, the 2022 freight collapse, the ILA strike at daily grain, the Red Sea null, and the AIS-vs-Census cross-check.

Potential side effects

query_series

Fetch the data of a series — monthly US port trade by country and commodity, vessel events, ETA reliability — as periods and values.

Potential side effects

ledger_meta

Router to the ledger's meta and archive tools — call with {tool, arguments}.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.trimtab-ais]
url = "https://trimtabist.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trimtab-ais": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://trimtabist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: trimtab-ais
Remote MCP URL: https://trimtabist.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trimtab-ais": {
      "url": "https://trimtabist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "trimtab-ais": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://trimtabist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "trimtab-ais",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://trimtabist.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for trimtabist.com was fetched 2026-07-31T04:19:06.984Z.

Trust status Neutral

trimtabist.com is assessed as Neutral: No suspicious signals found, but no strong positive signal either

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.