Content Tools

thereducingvalve.com

Provides access to a collection of essays with full-text search, metadata, and provenance verification.

1 endpoint3 known toolsFirst detected July 9, 2026Last detected August 14, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://thereducingvalve.com/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: the-reducing-valve
Version: 1.0.0

Capabilities

tools

Server instructions

Essays on agents, markets, and attention — an independent magazine, published when there's something to add. Every essay is Ed25519-signed; verification instructions: https://thereducingvalve.com/openness#verification. list_essays for the index, get_essay for full text, search_essays for full-text lookup.

Known tools 3

list_essays

List all published essays, newest first (chronological is the only order): id, title, abstract, date, tags, length in words and tokens, signature status, and the URLs of the html/markdown/json editions.

Inferred read-only

get_essay

Fetch one essay by id/slug: full text (markdown and plain), metadata, license, and the Ed25519 provenance record (signed payload + signature, verifiable against the publication key).

Inferred read-only

search_essays

Full-text search across all essays.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.the-reducing-valve]
url = "https://thereducingvalve.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-reducing-valve": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thereducingvalve.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: the-reducing-valve
Remote MCP URL: https://thereducingvalve.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-reducing-valve": {
      "url": "https://thereducingvalve.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "the-reducing-valve": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thereducingvalve.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "the-reducing-valve",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://thereducingvalve.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

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Indexed

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