INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

census_lookup

Get the live health verdict for one MCP server by its exact registry name (e.

mcpcensus.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://api.mcpcensus.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for census_lookup and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

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

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-census]
url = "https://api.mcpcensus.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-census": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.mcpcensus.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: mcp-census
Remote MCP URL: https://api.mcpcensus.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": {
    "mcp-census": {
      "url": "https://api.mcpcensus.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-census": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.mcpcensus.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "mcp-census",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://api.mcpcensus.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

census_search — Search MCP servers by keyword or partial name (e.
census_stats — Ecosystem headline numbers from the live census (same payload as GET /v1/stats).
census_recent — Newest MCP servers by real first_seen_at (same payload as GET /v1/recent).
census_coverage — Public transparency report (same payload as GET /v1/coverage).
census_watch_subscribe — Subscribe this agent (or a human email) to alerts for ONE specific MCP server.
census_watch_list — List active per-server watches for this API key.
census_watch_unsubscribe — Deactivate a watch by id.
census_preflight — Evaluate one exact MCP server under a documented built-in install policy.