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          "reason": "incident.io status page at status.reducto.ai with API, Parsing, Extraction, Splitting, Editing and Studio components and a history page (20). The history lists 11 incidents since 23 July, nearly all latency or partial degradation of Parse, Extract or Deep Split. The exception is elevated failures on OCR-dependent Parse and Extract on 23 July, during an upstream Google Cloud Vision degradation. Most durations aren't stated, and two Parse degradations were open on 1 October (15 of 30, our call). Edge limits of 1,000 requests a second per key and 300 on job polling (15). 429 bodies carry a code and say to back off or use webhooks, and the SDKs retry 429s with exponential backoff. No Retry-After and no idempotency key (12 of 15). Custom SLA on Enterprise only (0). GA (10)."
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          "points": 13,
          "reason": "OpenAPI spec at docs.reducto.ai/openapi.json per the 30 September check, and the SDK repositories run a spec-drift workflow against it (25). llms.txt per the same check (10). Each MCP tool description says when to use it and how to chain results through jobid:// and get_job, though none says when not to (17 of 20). MCP parameters are plain strings checked against enums at run time, and options takes a free-form dict or JSON string (8 of 15). Validation errors carry a 'What to do' line, and 429 codes 1000 and 2000 are documented (12 of 15). SDK changelogs live on GitHub, but the docs changelog is the password-protected on-prem one. The 1 September pricing migration has a dated page (8 of 15)."
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          "name": "Agent ergonomics",
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          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
          "score": 84,
          "points": 13.65,
          "reason": "Nine MCP tools with short descriptions (25). page_range, chunk_mode, return_images, URL results for large outputs, and list_jobs (18 of 20). Errors say what to do next, and 429 bodies name the fix (18 of 20). jobid:// reuse avoids paying to parse twice, but there's no idempotency key and no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations (8 of 20). parse_document needs only document_url. SDKs in Python, Node.js and Go (15)."
        },
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          "effectiveWeight": 17.5,
          "score": 35,
          "points": 6.13,
          "reason": "Plain bearer API key from Reducto Studio, used for the hosted MCP too. The local server adds a device-code login (20 of 30). No read-only or scoped key, and five of the nine tools start billable jobs with no confirmation step (5 of 20). Returns untrusted document text, no prompt-injection guidance found (0 of 15). get_job and list_jobs let the operator review past jobs, no audit log found (5 of 15). security.txt valid per the provenance check. The trust centre at trust.reducto.ai renders no certifications without JavaScript, and security contact goes to support@reducto.ai (5 of 20)."
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          "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-1,000-page list prices for every endpoint on the public pricing page (20). $150 of free usage (15,000 credits) on Standard, and the page doesn't say whether a card is needed (10 of 20, our call until that's confirmed). A person signs up in a browser, or completes a device-code login for the local MCP (0)."
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          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored."
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          "reason": "Node.js SDK v0.18.0 on 2026-09-10 and Python SDK v0.24.0 on 2026-09-08, and the MCP server moved to MCP Python SDK 2.x on 2026-09-24 (30). Python v0.23.0 and v0.24.0 and Node.js v0.17.0 and v0.18.0 in September (20). No public changelog for the hosted API and issue replies not sampled (5 of 15). Current SDKs in Python, Node.js and Go (15). SDK repositories run CI, end-to-end and spec-drift workflows, and the MCP server tests on Python 3.11 to 3.13 (10)."
        },
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          "points": 5.25,
          "note": "editorial 38, provenance 82",
          "reason": "Closed service under published terms, MCP server MIT (15). Zero data retention purges API artifacts within about 24 hours, and DELETE endpoints exist, but both are Growth and Enterprise only. Standard's default retention and any training use aren't stated in the docs we read (10 of 30). The 1 September pricing change has a dated migration page, and we found no deprecation policy (5 of 20). The MCP server sends PostHog usage telemetry by default, disclosed in the README with REDUCTO_TELEMETRY=0 to opt out. Hosted subprocessors and data locations sit in the JavaScript-only trust centre, with EU and AU endpoints on Growth (8 of 20)."
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        "basis": "public evidence",
        "confidence": "medium",
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          "ergonomics": "Nine MCP tools with short descriptions (25). page_range, chunk_mode, return_images, URL results for large outputs, and list_jobs (18 of 20). Errors say what to do next, and 429 bodies name the fix (18 of 20). jobid:// reuse avoids paying to parse twice, but there's no idempotency key and no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations (8 of 20). parse_document needs only document_url. SDKs in Python, Node.js and Go (15).",
          "maintenance": "Node.js SDK v0.18.0 on 2026-09-10 and Python SDK v0.24.0 on 2026-09-08, and the MCP server moved to MCP Python SDK 2.x on 2026-09-24 (30). Python v0.23.0 and v0.24.0 and Node.js v0.17.0 and v0.18.0 in September (20). No public changelog for the hosted API and issue replies not sampled (5 of 15). Current SDKs in Python, Node.js and Go (15). SDK repositories run CI, end-to-end and spec-drift workflows, and the MCP server tests on Python 3.11 to 3.13 (10).",
          "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-1,000-page list prices for every endpoint on the public pricing page (20). $150 of free usage (15,000 credits) on Standard, and the page doesn't say whether a card is needed (10 of 20, our call until that's confirmed). A person signs up in a browser, or completes a device-code login for the local MCP (0).",
          "reliability": "incident.io status page at status.reducto.ai with API, Parsing, Extraction, Splitting, Editing and Studio components and a history page (20). The history lists 11 incidents since 23 July, nearly all latency or partial degradation of Parse, Extract or Deep Split. The exception is elevated failures on OCR-dependent Parse and Extract on 23 July, during an upstream Google Cloud Vision degradation. Most durations aren't stated, and two Parse degradations were open on 1 October (15 of 30, our call). Edge limits of 1,000 requests a second per key and 300 on job polling (15). 429 bodies carry a code and say to back off or use webhooks, and the SDKs retry 429s with exponential backoff. No Retry-After and no idempotency key (12 of 15). Custom SLA on Enterprise only (0). GA (10).",
          "schema": "OpenAPI spec at docs.reducto.ai/openapi.json per the 30 September check, and the SDK repositories run a spec-drift workflow against it (25). llms.txt per the same check (10). Each MCP tool description says when to use it and how to chain results through jobid:// and get_job, though none says when not to (17 of 20). MCP parameters are plain strings checked against enums at run time, and options takes a free-form dict or JSON string (8 of 15). Validation errors carry a 'What to do' line, and 429 codes 1000 and 2000 are documented (12 of 15). SDK changelogs live on GitHub, but the docs changelog is the password-protected on-prem one. The 1 September pricing migration has a dated page (8 of 15).",
          "security": "Plain bearer API key from Reducto Studio, used for the hosted MCP too. The local server adds a device-code login (20 of 30). No read-only or scoped key, and five of the nine tools start billable jobs with no confirmation step (5 of 20). Returns untrusted document text, no prompt-injection guidance found (0 of 15). get_job and list_jobs let the operator review past jobs, no audit log found (5 of 15). security.txt valid per the provenance check. The trust centre at trust.reducto.ai renders no certifications without JavaScript, and security contact goes to support@reducto.ai (5 of 20).",
          "transparency": "Closed service under published terms, MCP server MIT (15). Zero data retention purges API artifacts within about 24 hours, and DELETE endpoints exist, but both are Growth and Enterprise only. Standard's default retention and any training use aren't stated in the docs we read (10 of 30). The 1 September pricing change has a dated migration page, and we found no deprecation policy (5 of 20). The MCP server sends PostHog usage telemetry by default, disclosed in the README with REDUCTO_TELEMETRY=0 to opt out. Hosted subprocessors and data locations sit in the JavaScript-only trust centre, with EU and AU endpoints on Growth (8 of 20)."
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "what": "status history",
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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          {
            "what": "rate limits",
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "what": "pricing",
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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            "url": "https://github.com/reductoai/reducto-python-sdk",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
          },
          {
            "what": "Node.js SDK tags",
            "url": "https://github.com/reductoai/reducto-node-sdk",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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        "openQuestions": [
          "unchecked: Standard plan default retention and whether customer documents train models",
          "unchecked: certifications and subprocessors in the JavaScript-only trust centre",
          "unchecked: whether the $150 free usage needs a card",
          "The listing said the MCP server has six tools. The docs and source list nine. Patched toolCount, notable and the MCP detail"
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        "Nine MCP tools with when-to-use descriptions, jobid:// chaining and URL results for large outputs",
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        "Coded 429 bodies, and SDKs that retry 429s with backoff",
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        "incident.io status page with per-product components and history"
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        "No public changelog for the hosted API",
        "11 incidents since 23 July, mostly latency, with Parse degraded on 1 October",
        "MCP server sends usage telemetry by default",
        "Plain API keys with no scopes, and no annotations on tools that start billable jobs"
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        "Use `/parse_async` or `/extract_async` with a webhook for anything long; sync calls time out at 900 seconds",
        "Pass `jobid://\u003cjob_id\u003e` from a parse into extract or split so you don't pay to parse twice",
        "Call `get_job` when a tool returns a URL result instead of reading fields from the truncated reply",
        "The hosted MCP can't read local files; run `uvx mcp-server-reducto` when the agent needs to upload from disk",
        "Set `REDUCTO_TELEMETRY=0` in the local server's environment to turn off usage telemetry"
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        "title": "Nine tools that say what to call next",
        "body": "Nine MCP tools, each described in two to five sentences that say when to use it and which tool to call next, plus 30+ file types including XLSX, PPTX and DOCX. An agent reading those descriptions knows its next step without guessing. page_range keeps a job to the pages that matter, large outputs come back as URLs instead of being cut off, and a parse result can be passed by job ID into extract so the same file isn't parsed twice. Bounding boxes and citations on parse and extract output are listed as the vendor's claim and weren't checked here. Validation errors carry a 'What to do' line. The hosted API has no public changelog, since the docs changelog is the password-protected on-prem one. The status page shows 11 incidents since 23 July, mostly latency. Four, because the tool text guides an agent well, and the citation claim is still the vendor's.",
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