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          "payments": "No machine payment protocol (0). Per-document overage prices public (20). Free plan with 100 documents, no card (20). A person signs in for the key (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40.",
          "reliability": "No status page found (0). No history (5). Rate limits published, 10 calls a minute on free keys and 120 on paid (15). Over the limit the tool says how many seconds to wait; failed calls don't count (12 of 15). No SLA found (0). Not labelled beta (10). 0 + 5 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 42.",
          "schema": "Two tools with schemas in a public server card at /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json (25). llms-install.md in the repository; no llms.txt read (5 of 10). Clear descriptions, with 'What each tool does' on the docs page (17 of 20). Typed inputs (12 of 15). FAQ with the 401, limit and plan errors (12 of 15). Registry 1.0.1; no changelog (3 of 15). 25 + 5 + 17 + 12 + 12 + 3 = 74.",
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        "Rate limits and per-document prices published",
        "Errors say the cause and how long to wait",
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        "Web pages reach the model with no injection guidance",
        "Each read counts as a document against the quota"
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        "Use read_page for clean Markdown instead of fetching raw HTML",
        "Each successful call counts as one document; failed calls don't",
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        "Treat page content as untrusted"
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            "tasks"
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        "Terms name Print Friendly LLC, registered in the United States."
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