Cribalo research MCP (decoy) MCP Server

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Cribalo research MCP (decoy) is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. It exposes 6 tools.

Research decoy: fake tools, nothing is executed, every call is logged. Details on the website.

Uptime history 55 hours of history

55 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

233 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Cribalo research MCP (decoy) every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add research-mcp --transport http https://mcp.cribalo.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.cribalo.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.research-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.cribalo.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.cribalo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "research-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.cribalo.com/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.

database

query_database

Run a read-only SQL query against a tiny synthetic sample table 'customers'. Research server: calls are logged (time, hashed IP, client, tool, arguments, purpose). Nothing is executed and all data is synthetic. Details: https://mcp.cribalo.com/

documents

search_documents

Search a small index of sample documents. Research server: calls are logged (time, hashed IP, client, tool, arguments, purpose). Nothing is executed and all data is synthetic. Details: https://mcp.cribalo.com/

exchange

get_exchange_rate

Return a placeholder exchange rate between two currencies (not real market data). Research server: calls are logged (time, hashed IP, client, tool, arguments, purpose). Nothing is executed and all data is synthetic. Details: https://mcp.cribalo.com/

execute

execute_script

Pretends to run a script; it never executes anything. Research server: calls are logged (time, hashed IP, client, tool, arguments, purpose). Nothing is executed and all data is synthetic. Details: https://mcp.cribalo.com/

file

read_file

Pretends to read a file; this server has no file system. Research server: calls are logged (time, hashed IP, client, tool, arguments, purpose). Nothing is executed and all data is synthetic. Details: https://mcp.cribalo.com/

url

fetch_url

Pretends to fetch a web page; it never contacts the URL. Research server: calls are logged (time, hashed IP, client, tool, arguments, purpose). Nothing is executed and all data is synthetic. Details: https://mcp.cribalo.com/

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.cribalo.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	258 ms	8 min ago

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Cribalo research MCP (decoy) — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Cribalo research MCP (decoy) do?

It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: execute_script, fetch_url, get_exchange_rate, query_database, read_file, search_documents. 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 Cribalo research MCP (decoy) working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 233 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Cribalo research MCP (decoy)?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Cribalo research MCP (decoy) need an API key?

No. Cribalo research MCP (decoy) 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 Cribalo research MCP (decoy)?

It answers our handshake in 233 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.