MCP server health, State of MCP census

Epitaxy

xyz.crossgrain/epitaxy

Federal drug shortages and recalls joined to the federal contracts that buy those drugs.

degraded checked 2026-09-13 · 9/11 checks passed · keyless
  • server_json_invalid

Checks

The exact rows akashi check xyz.crossgrain/epitaxy prints, from the 2026-09-13 census.

CheckStatusDetail
registry statuspassactive
server.json validfailjsonschema validation failed with 'https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-07-09/server.schema.json#'
repo reachablepassexists
repo freshnesspasspushed 4d ago
package pypipasspublished (0.1.4)
remote reachablepassHTTP 200 via initialize
MCP conformancepassinitialize handshake ok
tools/listpass5 tools: get_data_freshness, list_drug_shortages, list_drug_recalls, list_federal_drug_contracts, get_supplier_exposure
at least one live entrypointpass3 alive
license presentpassMIT
spec 2026-07-28warnneeds-migration: no server/discover, routing headers not enforced

Spec 2026-07-28 readiness

Verdict: needs-migration(no server/discover; routing headers not enforced). Measured against the 2026-07-28 specification (ruleset 2026-07-28, compiled from the draft and re-diffed against the final text with no verdict-bearing rule changed) with read-only, keyless calls; see the ecosystem readiness report for how this server compares.

Accepts handshake-free callsyes
server/discover implementedno
Session independenceyes
Routing headers enforcedignored

Advisory: no resultType on results; no cache metadata on list results; negotiates 2025-06-18.

Evidence

Repository

github · alive

https://github.com/vor-bot/epitaxy-mcp

Packages

  • pypi epitaxy-mcp · published(0.1.4)

Remote endpoints

  • https://drugs.crossgrain.xyz/v1/mcp

    streamable-http · reachable· HTTP 200· initialize_ok

    5 tools: get_data_freshness, list_drug_shortages, list_drug_recalls, list_federal_drug_contracts, get_supplier_exposure

server.json

invalidagainst its declared schema

  • jsonschema validation failed with 'https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-07-09/server.schema.json#'
  • - at '': allOf failed
  • - at '/packages/0': validation failed
  • - at '/packages/0': missing property 'registry_type'
  • - at '/packages/0': additional properties 'environmentVariables', 'registryType', 'registryBaseUrl' not allowed

One of 31538 servers in the 2026-09-13 State of MCP census: 25411 healthy (80.6%), 4667 degraded (14.8%), 1184 dead (3.8%), 276 unknown (0.9%).

Verify it yourself

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