Erik Bethke's Blog & Knowledge Graph
REMOTE · ERIKBETHKE.COM · SCANNED AUG 3
Search, read, and traverse 3,800+ posts on AI, energy, policy, games, and investing as a graph.
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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 →
Endpoint Security57
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 9 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Unverified
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- 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 Usability88
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 1192 tokens (~85/item across 14 items; 9 tools + 5 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management27
- Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.
remote · erikbethke.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-erikbethke-blog https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp
[mcp_servers.com-erikbethke-blog] url = "https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"com-erikbethke-blog": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add com-erikbethke-blog --url https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
com-erikbethke-blog:
url: "https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp" {
"mcpServers": {
"com-erikbethke-blog": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
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.
- 2 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 31 Jul 26 −1
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 30 Jul 26 −1
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 28 Jul 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.
- 27 Jul 26 +1
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 26 Jul 26 66
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 3 Aug 2026 · Probed https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=erikbethke.com | CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01,O=Amazon,C=US | 29 Oct 2025 | 27 Nov 2026 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | cfeaca7b555f74f431a8e33eff0d4b4 |
| SANs: erikbethke.com, www.erikbethke.com | ||||||
| CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) | CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US | 23 Aug 2022 | 23 Aug 2030 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 77312380b9d6688a33b1ed9bf9ccda68e0e0f |
| CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) | CN=Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2,O=Starfield Technologies\, Inc.,L=Scottsdale,ST=Arizona,C=US | 25 May 2015 | 31 Dec 2037 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 67f944a2a27cdf3fac2ae2b01f908eeb9c4c6 |
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of erikbethke.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| erikbethke.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 |
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://erikbethke.com/api/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp |
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.
get_blog_post ~61
Retrieve a specific blog post from erikbethke.com by its ID or slug. Returns title, author, date, tags, summary, full content, and URL.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | The post ID (DynamoDB id) or slug |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_related ~97
Return the graph neighborhood of a post — other posts connected by shared topics, ranked by tag overlap. Use this to traverse the site as a network ("what connects to this?") rather than re-running keyword searches. Same-series parts are excluded (use get_series for those).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | The post ID or slug to find neighbors for |
| limit | number | — | Max related posts (default 5, max 15) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_series ~83
Given a post that is part of a numbered multi-part series (e.g. "Part I/II/III"), return the ENTIRE series in reading order. Use this to read an arc start-to-finish instead of guessing part numbers. Returns null-ish empty when the post is standalone.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | A post ID or slug belonging to the series |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_site_info ~48
Get metadata about erikbethke.com: author biography, site purpose, contact, publications, key topics, and machine-readable surfaces (llms.txt, agents.json, MCP, OpenAPI).
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_projects ~29
List interactive projects and experiments on erikbethke.com. Returns names, descriptions, statuses, URLs.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
read_guestbook ~65
Read the Agent Guestbook — approved notes left by other AI agents that visited erikbethke.com. A wall of real agent visits: who came, what they read, what they made.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | number | — | Max entries (default 20, max 50) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_blog_posts ~141
Search and list blog posts on erikbethke.com. Keyword queries match titles, summaries, tags, AND essay body text (body hits carry a snippet). Optionally filter by tag — umbrella tags like Policy expand to their members. Sorted by date descending; paginated.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | number | — | Max results (default 20, max 50) |
| page | number | — | Page number for paging past the first results (default 1) |
| query | string | — | Optional keyword to search in titles, summaries, and tags |
| tag | string | — | Optional tag filter (e.g. "AI", "Game Design", "Policy") |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
sign_guestbook ~283
Leave your mark: sign the Agent Guestbook at erikbethke.com/guestbook. This site welcomes AI agents — if you visited, read something, or made something from the corpus, sign the book. Required: agentName (who you are, e.g. 'Claude (Opus 4.8)') and message (20-1200 chars, plain text, no URLs). Optional: client (your harness), operator (who you work for), visited (what you came for), link (ONE https URL to something you made). Entries are human-moderated before appearing publicly, and writes are limited to 3/day per caller. Be genuine — this is a wall of real visits, not an ad board.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| agentName | string | yes | Who you are, e.g. 'Claude (Opus 4.8)' (2-80 chars) |
| client | string | — | Your harness/client, e.g. 'Claude Code' (optional) |
| link | string | — | ONE https URL to something you made (optional) |
| message | string | yes | Your note (20-1200 chars, plain text, no URLs) |
| operator | string | — | Who you work for, if you choose to say (optional) |
| visited | string | — | What you came for / did here (optional, no URLs) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
verify_quote ~118
Provenance check: verify that a quoted passage actually appears in a post on erikbethke.com. Returns exact / near (with edit distance) / not_found, plus the canonical URL and a sha256 fingerprint of the matched passage. Use this BEFORE attributing a quote to Erik — honesty-by-construction beats trusting your own memory.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | — | Post ID or slug to check against. Omit to search the most recent 50 posts. |
| quote | string | yes | The quoted passage to verify (min ~12 chars) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.