Paw Pulse
REMOTE · PULSE.DOUGALPAW.COM
Heartbeat and tokens/sec monitoring for self-hosted LLM servers (Ollama etc.), with down alerts.
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Last scanned (20 hours ago)
Scores higher than 46% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 22 Oct 2026.
Category Monitoring and Observability
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security46
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (delete_monitor). See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement. View diagnostics → Unverified
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability80
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 615 tokens (~87/item across 7 items; 6 tools + 1 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management7
- Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage98
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 95% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 22 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 21 Oct 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 20 Oct 26 59
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 22 Oct 2026 · Probed https://pulse.dougalpaw.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=dougalpaw.com | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 19 Oct 2026 | 17 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | d1e55eed8ee6ec981349207b2db600ff |
| SANs: dougalpaw.com, pulse.dougalpaw.com, *.pulse.dougalpaw.com | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of pulse.dougalpaw.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| dougalpaw.com. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://pulse.dougalpaw.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://pulse.dougalpaw.com/mcp | Inconclusive | 405 |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
create_monitor Create monitor ~116
Create a new anonymous Paw Pulse monitor. Returns ingest_token and manage_token exactly once — store them, they cannot be recovered.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| grace_seconds | number | – | 60-86400, default 300. |
| name | string | – | Display name, not treated as identifying. |
| public | boolean | – | Whether /v1/monitors/:id/status and /s/:id are public. |
| slow_tps_threshold | number | – | Optional tokens/sec floor. |
| webhook_url | string | – | Optional https:// webhook for alerts. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
delete_monitor Delete monitor ~57
Permanently delete a monitor and all its heartbeats. Cannot be undone.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Monitor id, as returned by create_monitor. |
| manage_token | string | yes | The monitor's manage_token (returned once by create_monitor). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_status Get monitor status ~56
Get the current status of a monitor. Private monitors require manage_token.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Monitor id, as returned by create_monitor. |
| manage_token | string | – | The monitor's manage_token (returned once by create_monitor). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_heartbeats List recent heartbeats ~77
List recent heartbeats for a monitor (newest first). Private monitors require manage_token.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Monitor id, as returned by create_monitor. |
| limit | number | – | 1-500, default 50. |
| manage_token | string | – | The monitor's manage_token (returned once by create_monitor). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
setup_instructions Get setup instructions ~93
Shell commands to install the heartbeat script on the box being monitored and run it from cron. Pass the id and ingest_token from create_monitor.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Monitor id, as returned by create_monitor. |
| ingest_token | string | yes | The monitor's ingest_token (returned once by create_monitor). |
| llm_kind | string | – | none = plain heartbeat, no LLM probe. Default ollama. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
update_monitor Update monitor settings ~131
Change a monitor's name, grace period, slow threshold, webhook or visibility. Only the fields you pass change.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| grace_seconds | number | – | 60-86400. |
| id | string | yes | Monitor id, as returned by create_monitor. |
| manage_token | string | yes | The monitor's manage_token (returned once by create_monitor). |
| name | string | – | New display name. |
| public | boolean | – | – |
| slow_tps_threshold | number|null | – | Tokens/sec floor, or null to clear. |
| webhook_url | string|null | – | https:// webhook, or null to clear. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Paw Pulse MCP server?
Paw Pulse is a hosted endpoint at https://pulse.dougalpaw.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · pulse.dougalpaw.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-dougalpaw-pawpulse 'https://pulse.dougalpaw.com/mcp'
What is the Paw Pulse MCP server?
Paw Pulse is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.dougalpaw/pawpulse. Heartbeat and tokens/sec monitoring for self-hosted LLM servers (Ollama etc.), with down alerts. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://pulse.dougalpaw.com/mcp).
Is the Paw Pulse MCP server safe to use?
Paw Pulse scores 60 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Paw Pulse MCP server expose?
Paw Pulse exposes 6 tools: create_monitor, get_status, list_heartbeats, update_monitor, delete_monitor, setup_instructions. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 530 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Paw Pulse MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Paw Pulse without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Paw Pulse MCP server still maintained?
Paw Pulse is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 22 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.