INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

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.

thereducingvalve.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://thereducingvalve.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for list_essays and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

thereducingvalve.com

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.

Related tools

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).
search_essays — Full-text search across all essays.