INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

lookup_crawler

Look up a documented crawler on Rattlesnakes By Mail by name, slug, or user-agent string, and return identity fields, current claims, publication dates, and evidence URLs.

rattlesnakesbymail.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://rattlesnakesbymail.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for lookup_crawler 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

rattlesnakesbymail.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.rattlesnakes-by-mail]
url = "https://rattlesnakesbymail.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rattlesnakes-by-mail": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://rattlesnakesbymail.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: rattlesnakes-by-mail
Remote MCP URL: https://rattlesnakesbymail.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": {
    "rattlesnakes-by-mail": {
      "url": "https://rattlesnakesbymail.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "rattlesnakes-by-mail": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://rattlesnakesbymail.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "rattlesnakes-by-mail",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://rattlesnakesbymail.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

Related tools

identify_user_agent — Match an unrecognized raw User-Agent header against the crawlers documented on Rattlesnakes By Mail, and return the matched crawler plus instructions for verifying the request.
list_changes — List recorded changes to claims on Rattlesnakes By Mail, newest first, with the change date and the affected crawler.
ask — Match a free-text question against the claims published on Rattlesnakes By Mail, and return the matching claims, or no match when no published claim covers the question.
submit_note — Submit a correction or note about a claim, an entity, or a question on Rattlesnakes By Mail.