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Which MCP servers are Dougal Paw's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-11-02

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namecom.dougalpaw/pawpulseverified in the MCP registry

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

When we asked itchecked 2026-11-02
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-11-02
  • Tools6
  • Server calls itselfpawpulse
  • Server version0.3.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-11-02 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 58 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.
  • Checked on 3 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • create_monitor, update_monitor, delete_monitor change data without a sign-in: anyone with the address can call them.

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.

Measured dailydaily checks: 3, the first on 2026-11-02
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 3 so far
  • Answeredmeasuring3 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer55 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 937 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (6), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 97 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 6 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 1 of 6

What an agent can do with it

  • not sure · get alerted when a self-hosted model server stops responding
  • not sure · spot a self-hosted AI server that has slowed down
  • not sure · monitor Ollama, llama.cpp or vLLM without exposing it to the internet

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

  • Tools that change data, on a server that answers without a sign-in: create_monitor, update_monitor, delete_monitor

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 →

Tools it offers6 tools · read 2026-11-02
  • create_monitor

    Create a new anonymous Paw Pulse monitor. Returns ingest_token and manage_token exactly once — store them, they cannot be recovered.

  • get_status

    Get the current status of a monitor. Private monitors require manage_token.

  • list_heartbeats

    List recent heartbeats for a monitor (newest first). Private monitors require manage_token.

  • update_monitor

    Change a monitor's name, grace period, slow threshold, webhook or visibility. Only the fields you pass change.

  • delete_monitor

    Permanently delete a monitor and all its heartbeats. Cannot be undone.

  • setup_instructions

    Shell commands to install the heartbeat script on the box being monitored and run it from cron. Pass the id and ingest_token from create_monitor.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pawpulse": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pulse.dougalpaw.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http dougalpaw https://pulse.dougalpaw.com/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://pulse.dougalpaw.com/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.