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Which MCP servers are The Techno Optimist'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 2026-10-27

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameio.technooptimist/trackerverified in the MCP registry

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

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-27
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-27
  • Tools5
  • Server calls itselftechnooptimist
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-27 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 131 ms.

Should an agent connect itSkip it
  • Answered on only 1 of 7 daily checks.
  • Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.

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: 7, the first on 2026-10-27
  • INITE MCP score67 of 100answers 14 · definitions 100 · context 100 · connects 100
  • Answered14% of days1 of 7 daily checks
  • Median first answer149 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,086 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.

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 2026-10-27
  • search

    Find technology programs (e.g. Starship, Figure 03, a fusion reactor), companies and frontiers by name or keyword. Use this first when you only have a name or topic; it returns the slugs `get_program` / `get_company` / `get_frontier`…

  • get_program

    Everything known about one technology program: goal, development stage, current status, next milestone and slips, milestone history, current obstacles, physics limits, how it works, key specs, upcoming events and its most important dated…

  • get_frontier

    Survey a whole area of technology: the frontier's fields (with a one-line explainer each) and their programs sorted by importance, with stage and next milestone. Without `frontier` it lists every frontier with its slug. Use `field` to…

  • latest_updates

    Recent dated news (tests, launches, funding, delays, papers) with a short summary, the story page and the original source URL. Optionally filter by frontier, company, or program (program needs company or frontier). `sort: top` ranks by…

  • get_company

    A company as context for its programs: what it does, HQ, founding, status/listing, valuation and staff (with dates and provenance), its programs with stage and next milestone, technical approach, open problems, people, recent funding…

How to connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tracker": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.technooptimist.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http technooptimist https://api.technooptimist.io/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://api.technooptimist.io/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.