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Which MCP servers are Protoship'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 2026-10-31

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namedev.protoship/protoshipverified in the MCP registry

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

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-31
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-31
  • Tools5
  • Server calls itselfprotoship
  • Server version0.2.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-31 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 69 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 4 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.

Measured dailydaily checks: 4, the first on 2026-10-31
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 4 so far
  • Answeredmeasuring4 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer101 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 871 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (5), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 5 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Every tool passes all six checks.

What an agent can do with it

  • not sure · order PCBs and assembled boards from an agent's design
  • not sure · have 3D-printed, CNC or sheet metal parts quoted and ordered
  • cannot · approve agent-placed orders within a set budget

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

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

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 offers5 tools · read 2026-10-31
  • catalog

    Lists the parts a Protoship device is built from: the always-included Arduino Nano ESP32 on its carrier, the modules (function, plug, I2C address, limits) and the enclosure options, plus the power and delivery rules. Free, no side effects.

  • quote

    Prices a device built from catalog modules: parts, enclosure, assembly, shipping, Protoship fee and VAT for the destination country, as one total, plus a delivery estimate, a quote_id for reserve, a reserve_url your user can open, and an…

  • reserve

    Reserves the device from a quote for your user. No payment and no obligation to buy. Protoship sends one email to confirm the address and the reservation, and one when the device can be ordered. No newsletter. Use only your user's own…

  • status

    Returns the state of a reservation (pending until the email is confirmed, then confirmed), the device and its total.

  • join_waitlist

    Puts your user on the Protoship waitlist, for PCBs, 3D prints, CNC parts, sheet metal or devices outside the catalog. Protoship sends one email to confirm the address, later one with the invite. No newsletter. Use only your user's own…

How to connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "protoship": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.protoship.dev"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http protoship https://mcp.protoship.dev

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://mcp.protoship.dev 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.