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WeatherMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

UK Data: UK air quality (Defra)

Live UK air pollution from Defra monitors: NO2, PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the Daily Air Quality IndexThe vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed public checksAudited Nov 13, 2026

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 434 ms.
Sign-up?
None neededIt answered without any account or key.
Can it change things?
No, read-onlyAll 7 tools say they only read.
Endpointhttps://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/air-quality

Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 1.0.0

What we checked, the evidence, and the tools it offers.

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: 7 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 (7)

As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.

  • air_quality_stations_nearLists the official Defra AURN air quality monitoring sites near a UK point, nearest first, with the headline pollutants each currently measures (NO2, ozone, PM2.5, PM10). Every UK-AIR station id is c…Read-only
  • no2_level_nearLatest hourly nitrogen dioxide (NO2) reading in ug/m3 at the nearest working Defra AURN monitor, with its Daily Air Quality Index band (1-10, Low to Very High) and health advice. NO2 is mainly traffi…Read-only
  • pm25_level_nearLatest hourly fine particulate (PM2.5) reading in ug/m3 at the nearest working Defra AURN monitor, plus its 24-hour mean and the Daily Air Quality Index band and health advice that mean gives. PM2.5…Read-only
  • pm10_level_nearLatest hourly coarse particulate (PM10) reading in ug/m3 at the nearest working Defra AURN monitor, plus its 24-hour mean and the Daily Air Quality Index band and health advice that mean gives. Usefu…Read-only
  • ozone_level_nearLatest hourly ground-level ozone (O3) reading in ug/m3 at the nearest working Defra AURN monitor, plus its 8-hour mean and the Daily Air Quality Index band and health advice that mean gives. Ozone pe…Read-only
  • air_quality_index_nearOne answer to "what is the air quality near me today": the overall UK Daily Air Quality Index (1-10, Low, Moderate, High or Very High) with health advice, calculated from the latest NO2, ozone, PM2.5…Read-only
  • air_pollutant_historyHourly readings of one pollutant at one Defra UK-AIR monitor over a period of 1 to 168 hours (7 days): up to 100 hourly rows are shown (the latest), while the minimum, maximum, mean, peak hour and da…Read-only

Audit history

  1. 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.

RequestAnswerTime
initializeHTTP 200434 ms
initializedHTTP 202280 ms
tools/listHTTP 200482 ms
unknown-methodHTTP 20049 ms

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