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American Default Research MCP Server

org.americandefault/research
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American Default Research is answering right now. Last checked 1 min ago. It exposes 6 tools. Last commit 27 Jul 2026.

Read-only MCP for U.S. household distress: 96 indicators, ADI composite, 3,144 counties.

Uptime history 39 hours of history
39 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
6
Tools
read from the server
223 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 27 Jul 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 1 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add research --transport http https://mcp.americandefault.org/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research": {
      "url": "https://mcp.americandefault.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.research]
url = "https://mcp.americandefault.org/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research": {
      "url": "https://mcp.americandefault.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research": {
      "url": "https://mcp.americandefault.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 6

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

indicator
get_indicator
Fetch 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), editorial prose (when available), and canonical APA / MLA / Chicago / news-copy citations. Raw historical series is NOT included — use https://americandefault.org/api/indicators/{slug}.json for the full data. Slug examples: 'the-buffer' (personal savings rate), 'mortgage-delinquency', 'initial-unemployment-claims-sa'.
get_indicator_v2
Fetch 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 `response_version='v2'`; unsupported versions fail closed. The legacy `get_indicator` tool remains pinned to its original v1 shape.
adi
get_adi_composite
Fetch the latest quarterly reading of the American Distress Index (ADI) composite. Returns the composite score (0-100), band (1-5) with its label and the literal reading gloss, the composite's own rank in history, and the five-domain breakdown (Delinquency, Default & Legal, Debt Burden, Labor, Safety Net & Buffer) with domain scores and member component percentiles. Updated quarterly.
county
get_county_scorecard
Fetch a county's County Distress Index (CDI) scorecard by 5-digit FIPS code. Returns composite score (0-100), score label, national + state rank, 5-domain breakdown (Delinquency, Default & Legal, Debt Burden, Labor, Safety Net & Buffer), key findings, and pre-baked APA / MLA / Chicago / news-copy citations. Accepts 4-digit FIPS with implicit leading zero. 3,144 counties available.
cross
get_cross_correlations
Fetch statistically-validated leading/lagging relationships for an indicator. Source: the five-filter leading-indicator scanner (cross-correlation → first-differenced CCF → multi-crisis validation → Granger causality → out-of-sample validation). Returns two lists: `as_leader` (pairs where this indicator precedes its follower) and `as_follower` (pairs where another indicator precedes this one). Only fully-validated pairs are included — partial matches are not surfaced. Most of the 103 indicators return empty lists; only a handful of pairs clear the full gauntlet.
indicators
search_indicators
Search the 103-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+prefix over slug, branded_name, name, and category — e.g. query 'savings' returns both The Buffer (personal saving rate) and The Safety Net (emergency savings survey). Use this when you want to discover which slug corresponds to a concept before calling `get_indicator`.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.americandefault.org/mcp streamable-http answering 229 ms 1 min ago

American Default Research — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can American Default Research do?
It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_adi_composite, get_county_scorecard, get_cross_correlations, get_indicator, get_indicator_v2, search_indicators. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is American Default Research working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 223 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect American Default Research?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does American Default Research need an API key?
No. American Default Research completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 6 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is American Default Research?
It answers our handshake in 223 ms on average, which is faster than 57% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is American Default Research open source?
Yes — it is published under the NOASSERTION licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.