American Default Research
Read-only U.S. household-finance research: economic indicators, county scores, ADI and citations.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.
Every public check ran and passed. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit
- Does it work?
- YesConnected in 208 ms.
- Sign-up?
- None neededIt answered without any account or key.
- Can it change things?
- No, read-onlyAll 6 tools say they only read.
https://mcp.americandefault.org/mcpSource code Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 1.1.1
What we checked
Security
Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).
Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.
Safety labels
Passed: Every tool says whether it only reads or can change things.
Tools
Passed: 6 tools listed.
Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.
Protocol
Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).
Passed: Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest).
Passed: Unknown requests are refused.
Connection
Passed: The server responds.
Tools (6)
As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.
- get_indicatorFetch a compact snapshot of an American Default economic indicator by slug. Returns latest value, unit, frequency, direction, pre-computed aggregates (period averages, extremes, sustained runs), edit…Read-only
- get_indicator_v2Fetch an explicitly versioned compact indicator snapshot. Returns the latest value and canonical citation plus `trend_suppressed` and `series_breaks` comparison-safety fields. Callers must pass `resp…Read-only
- get_county_scorecardFetch a county's County Distress Index (CDI) scorecard by 5-digit FIPS code. Returns the 0-100 score (the share of the other U.S. counties with a lower composite, rounded down; field composite_score)…Read-only
- get_adi_compositeFetch the latest quarterly reading of the American Distress Index (ADI) composite. Returns the composite score (0-100), band (1-5) with its label, the composite's rank in its own published history (r…Read-only
- search_indicatorsSearch the 120-indicator registry by keyword. Returns ranked matches (up to `limit`, default 10, max 50) with slug, branded name, underlying name, category, and canonical URL. Scoring is substring+pr…Read-only
- get_cross_correlationsFetch statistically-validated leading/lagging relationships for an indicator. Source: the five-filter leading-indicator scanner (cross-correlation → first-differenced CCF → multi-crisis validation →…Read-only
Audit history
- Nov 13Passed
What we sent
Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.
| Request | Answer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| initialize | HTTP 200 | 208 ms |
| initialized | HTTP 202 | 152 ms |
| tools/list | HTTP 200 | 84 ms |
| resources/list | HTTP 200 | 110 ms |
| prompts/list | HTTP 200 | 87 ms |
| unknown-method | HTTP 200 | 75 ms |
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