Counterfoil MCP server

• Registry namein.counterfoil/medicinesverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under counterfoil.in. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

• Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-29
• Tools6
• Server calls itselfcounterfoil-medicines
• Server version0.3
• Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-29 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 636 ms.

• Its tools do every use case we checked: look up a medicine brand's price and composition; compare the same composition across brands by price per unit; check whether a pack has a government price ceiling.
• Checked on 5 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

• INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 5 so far
• What an agent can do with it3 of 3 use cases
• Answeredmeasuring5 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
• Median first answer576 ms
• Space in an agent's context≈ 750 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (6), which an agent carries on every turn
• Tool definitionsA · 94 of 100
• Typed results0 of 6 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once

• Parameters without a description: in 2 of 6

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

• search_medicines

  Find Indian medicine brands, compositions (molecules) and companies by name in NPPA's price filings. Start here when you have a brand or generic name. Returns names, pack counts and counterfoil.in pages to cite.

• get_brand

  One Indian medicine brand: every pack with its MRP and price per unit as filed with NPPA, composition, whether it is price-controlled and its ceiling, and the cheapest other brands with the same composition and strength.

• compare_prices

  Every brand of one composition sold in India, lowest price per unit first, with the lowest, median and highest per-unit price for each strength and form. Use for 'cheapest <generic>' or 'how much should <generic> cost'.

• company_profile

  An Indian pharmaceutical company group in NPPA's filings: the names it files under, counts of packs, brands and molecules, its largest molecules, batches CDSCO declared not of standard quality, and packs filed above the price ceiling.

• failed_batches

  Drug batches that Indian government laboratories declared not of standard quality (CDSCO monthly alerts): product, batch, manufacturer, what it failed on, and the laboratory. Search by product or manufacturer, and/or a month.

• above_ceiling

  Price-controlled packs whose filed MRP per unit is above NPPA's own ceiling price plus GST, by brand, company or molecule, most above first, with the ceiling order cited.