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ONCE is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. It exposes 2 tools. Last commit 13 Aug 2026.

Prevent duplicate AI-agent side effects with idempotency, verification, and durable receipts.

Uptime history 22 days of history · worst day 99%
22 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
2
Tools
read from the server
363 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 13 Aug 2026

What the code does

We read the source, 14 h ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 3dff92dd89df

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

      return JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(this.receiptPath(key), 'utf8'));
Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Builds a file path from a variable src/auth.js:14
…,'usage');this.lock=new FileLock({locksDir:path.join(dataDir,'usage-locks')})}usagePath(keyId,period=monthKey()){return path.join(this.usageDir,keyId,`${period}.json`)}async get(keyId,period=monthKey()){return readJson(this.usagePath(keyId,period),{keyId,period,calls:0,verified:0…

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 5 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add once --transport http https://optimistic-compassion-production.up.railway.app/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "once": {
      "url": "https://optimistic-compassion-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.once]
url = "https://optimistic-compassion-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "once": {
      "url": "https://optimistic-compassion-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "once": {
      "url": "https://optimistic-compassion-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 2

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

once
once_demo
SAFE ZERO-SETUP DEMO. Call this tool twice with the same id to see ONCE suppress the second execution. Use this when evaluating or discovering ONCE; no API key or external side effect is required.
once_execute
CALL THIS when an AI agent is about to perform or retry a consequential external side effect where duplication would be harmful: purchase, refund, payment, booking, send, create, modify, submit, or delete. ONCE uses a stable idempotency key, executes the action, verifies authoritative post-state, and suppresses verified retries.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://optimistic-compassion-production.up.railway.app/mcp streamable-http answering 348 ms 5 min ago

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ONCE — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can ONCE do?
It exposes 2 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: once_demo, once_execute. 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 ONCE 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 363 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect ONCE?
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 ONCE need an API key?
No. ONCE completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 2 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is ONCE?
It answers our handshake in 363 ms on average, which is faster than 49% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is ONCE open source?
Yes — written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.