# About

What The MCP Census is, how it works, and how to contact us.

## What this is
**The MCP Census** is a live product at [mcpcensus.com](https://mcpcensus.com): free lookup plus REST and MCP APIs that check servers in the Model Context Protocol ecosystem against public evidence (registry, GitHub, npm, PyPI, hosted endpoints, citations).

The registry tells you a server exists. The census tells you whether public evidence supports installing it, including honest “can’t verify yet.”

## How we work
The census runs continuously. Pipelines re-harvest the registry daily, re-check servers on a rolling cycle, probe live endpoints, and cross-reference adoption evidence on public sources.

Methodology is published. Numbers are public. Every trust factor links to evidence. Where something cannot be verified, we say so. Operating entity: [Terms](/terms).

## What we are not
- Not the official MCP registry
- Not a malware scanner or full application security audit
- Not a directory that ranks by stars alone
- Not affiliated with every vendor whose brand appears in a search

## Product surfaces
- [Lookup](/lookup) — dense trust table
- [Coverage](/coverage) — live census totals and brand audit
- [Learn](/learn) — reference material for humans and agents
- [Developer portal](/developers) — MCP Census API keys, OpenAPI, MCP, webhooks
- [API](/api) — REST + MCP
- [Methodology](/methodology) — how scores and badges work
- [Status](/status) — live counters

## Name, address, contact (NAP)

- **Name:** The MCP Census
- **Also known as:** MCP Census, mcpcensus, mcpcensus.com
- **Website:** [https://mcpcensus.com](https://mcpcensus.com)
- **Email:** info@mcpcensus.com
- **Country:** Australia

## Contact
**info@mcpcensus.com** · security: see [security.txt](/.well-known/security.txt)