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Which MCP servers are WhenIsBins'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 2026-10-25

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namecom.whenisbins/bin-collectionsverified in the MCP registry

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

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-25
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-25
  • Tools4
  • Server calls itselfwhenisbins
  • Server version1
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-25 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 148 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Its tools do check when the next bin is collected, but not receive a reminder email the evening before collection; add upcoming collections to a personal calendar.
  • Checked on 3 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "check when the next bin is collected", the likely first call is find_addresses.
  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 2 of 4 tools: check arguments before calling.

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 2026-10-26
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 3 so far
  • What an agent can do with it1 of 3 use cases
  • Answeredmeasuring3 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer459 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 2,093 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (4), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 92 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 4 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 2 of 4

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · check when the next bin is collected
  • cannot · receive a reminder email the evening before collection
  • cannot · add upcoming collections to a personal calendar

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 offers4 tools · read 2026-10-25
  • find_addresses

    Step 1. Lists the properties the council knows at a UK postcode and names the input get_collections needs (required_input). Show the user the candidates and let them choose, unless what they told you matches exactly one candidate. Rules…

  • get_collections

    Step 2. Looks up collection dates for the one property the user chose. Send the postcode and the field find_addresses named in required_input (normally property_id, from the chosen candidate). Waits up to about 45 seconds. status is done…

  • check_lookup

    Reads a lookup that get_collections started, by its lookup_id. Waits up to about 30 seconds. Same statuses as get_collections. collections[].containers lists each distinct container group once: options are alternatives separated by 'or'…

  • get_schedule

    For a repeat check. Reads the stored schedule for a property_id that an earlier done lookup returned. It starts no new lookup; if it reports no_schedule, run find_addresses and get_collections again. collections[].containers lists each…

How to connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bin-collections": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://whenisbins.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http whenisbins https://whenisbins.com/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://whenisbins.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.