MCP server health, State of MCP census
Ziptax Sales Tax API
tax.zip/ziptax
Real-time US and Canadian sales and use tax rates by address or geo coordinates.
- repo_stale_1yr
Checks
The exact rows akashi check tax.zip/ziptax prints, from the 2026-07-02 census.
| Check | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| registry status | pass | active |
| server.json valid | pass | validates against its declared JSON Schema |
| repo reachable | pass | exists |
| repo freshness | fail | no push in 545d (>1y) |
| remote reachable | pass | HTTP 200 via initialize |
| MCP conformance | pass | initialize handshake ok |
| tools/list | pass | 2 tools: get_account_metrics, lookup_tax_rate |
| at least one live entrypoint | pass | 2 alive |
| license present | warn | none detected |
Evidence
Packages
No packages declared.
Remote endpoints
- https://mcp.zip-tax.com/sse
sse · reachable· HTTP 200· initialize_ok
2 tools: get_account_metrics, lookup_tax_rate
server.json
validagainst its declared schema
One of 14559 servers in the 2026-07-02 State of MCP census: 11582 healthy (79.6%), 2212 degraded (15.2%), 596 dead (4.1%), 169 unknown (1.2%).
Verify it yourself
This page is a static read of one dated probe. Run the same check locally, any time, with no key:
$ akashi check tax.zip/ziptaxInstall Akashi - single Go binary, zero keys, MIT licensed.
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