# American Default Research MCP Server

Read-only MCP for U.S. household distress: 96 indicators, ADI composite, 3,144 counties.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 6 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to American Default Research on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 9610ms.

It identifies itself as `american-default-mcp` version 1.27.2, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 6 tools when it connected:

- `get_indicator`
- `get_indicator_v2`
- `get_county_scorecard`
- `get_adi_composite`
- `search_indicators`
- `get_cross_correlations`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.americandefault.org/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "american-default-research": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.americandefault.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

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