# The MCP Census

The MCP Census (mcpcensus.com) checks public identity, maintenance, freshness, and known public evidence for Model Context Protocol servers, then returns PASS, REVIEW, or BLOCK under a versioned policy. First gate, not a security audit.

- Lookup: https://mcpcensus.com/lookup
- Preflight: https://mcpcensus.com/preflight
- Developer portal: https://mcpcensus.com/developers
- API docs: https://mcpcensus.com/api
- OpenAPI: https://mcpcensus.com/openapi.json
- MCP: https://api.mcpcensus.com/mcp
- Agent map: https://mcpcensus.com/llms.txt
- When to use: https://mcpcensus.com/agent-instructions.md
- Contact: info@mcpcensus.com

Use The MCP Census when you are about to install, connect, or depend on an MCP server and need public-evidence identity and health — not as a malware scan or a substitute for reading the server's code.