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          "schema": "Every tool's input schema declares additionalProperties false, and the docs call tools/list the field-level reference (25). llms.txt and .md pages for agents (10). Detailed tool guidance, including which to start with and what not to request (18 of 20). Typed inputs with enums, required combinations and no untyped data objects (15). A table of JSON-RPC error codes with their data fields, and worked calls (12 of 15). No public changelog found (404) (0). 25 + 10 + 18 + 15 + 12 + 0 = 80.",
          "security": "OAuth bounded by role with no scope choice, or scoped API keys (22 of 30). Read-only users get only read tools; write tools follow the role (14 of 20). The docs warn that event messages, command output and request bodies can hold customer data or secrets, and tell the agent to ask before expanding them; secrets are redacted (12 of 15). No audit log of MCP calls found (0). The security page covers encryption and relies on AWS's certifications; no security.txt (404) and no disclosure policy found (10 of 20). 22 + 14 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 58.",
          "transparency": "robots.txt disallows the terms and privacy pages, so neither was read (5 of 30, terms exist but weren't readable). Data handling only from the security page (encryption, backups) (10 of 30). No deprecation policy found; the docs version the error codes by protocol revision (5 of 20). Subprocessors not found (5 of 20). 5 + 10 + 5 + 5 = 25."
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            "seen": "2026-11-07"
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            "seen": "2026-11-07"
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          "Incident history not readable",
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        "Strict input schemas (additionalProperties false) with enums and required combinations",
        "Summary modes with paging keep list output small",
        "JSON-RPC error codes with retry_after_seconds and required_scope",
        "Clear guidance on secrets in event messages and output",
        "Free plan for 5 monitors"
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        "71 tools, a heavy context load",
        "No public changelog",
        "Terms and privacy closed to crawlers, so unread",
        "No audit log of agent calls found"
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        "Start with list_monitors and list_issues in summary mode",
        "Ask the user before expanding event messages, command output or request bodies",
        "On a rate-limit error, wait retry_after_seconds",
        "Over the plan's monitor limit, new monitors are saved but disabled"
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          "grade": "C",
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            "tasks"
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        "payments": 40,
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        "schema": 80,
        "security": 58,
        "transparency": 25
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      "Every input schema declares additionalProperties false (https://cronitor.io/docs/mcp-server)",
      "OAuth tokens carry the user's role with no scope selection; API keys keep granular scopes (https://cronitor.io/docs/mcp-server)",
      "Free plan for 5 monitors; Business $2 a monitor and $5 a user a month (https://cronitor.io/pricing)"
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        "value": "The hosted MCP server at cronitor.io/mcp, read from cronitor.io and status.cronitor.io on 7 November 2026. Only an MCP initialize was sent, which asked for sign-in"
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      {
        "label": "Not read",
        "value": "cronitor.io/robots.txt disallows /terms and /privacy, so neither was fetched"
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      "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.",
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      "terms": "",
      "privacy": "",
      "statusPage": "https://status.cronitor.io",
      "changelog": "",
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        "security.txt answered 404."
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          "state": "ok"
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