# ato-mcp MCP Server

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**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

Pod has not dialled ato-mcp yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://api.ato-mcp.com.au/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ato-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.ato-mcp.com.au/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Known issues

**9 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 6.

### Most discussed

### [hardening] Vercel KV rate-limit + RLS-isolation CI test

Two production-hardening items for a public launch handling PII:
- **Rate limit is in-memory** (`packages/backend/api/_middleware.ts`, `Map` keyed by minute) — does not survive multiple function instances/cold starts. Swap to Vercel KV (already a documented TODO).
- **RLS isolation is untested in CI** — `0004_rls.sql` policies exist but the "user A cannot read user B's facts/events" test was never wired (design §7 calls it the test that protects the privacy promise). Add it against a real Postgr

[Read the thread](https://github.com/william-laverty/ato-mcp/issues/11) · 2026-06-06 · closed · 1 comment

### [v1.0] Open-source launch readiness: LICENSE, README, end-user docs, disclaimer legal review

Per the original design (`2026-05-25-ato-mcp-design.md` §9), v1.0 = open-source launch readiness. Currently missing:
- **No `LICENSE`** file (the design calls the project open-sourceable end-to-end).
- **No `README`** / end-user docs (install, modes, tool reference).
- **Disclaimer legal review** — design §8 open question: a tax-aware lawyer should review the disclaimer wording before a public launch of a tax tool. Genuine 1.0 gate.
- Privacy policy + terms already exist (schema-driven `/privacy

[Read the thread](https://github.com/william-laverty/ato-mcp/issues/10) · 2026-06-06 · closed · 1 comment

### [v1.0] Publish @ato-mcp/mcp to npm + finalize the install story

`@ato-mcp/mcp` is **not published to npm** (404) and `package.json` is `version 0.1.0` while the server reports `0.3.0` (version drift). Without a published, installable package there is no `npx ato-mcp` / plugin-install path for users.

**What:** reconcile the version, add an npm-publish GitHub Action (and/or Claude Code plugin-marketplace listing), publish, and document the install in the README.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/william-laverty/ato-mcp/issues/9) · 2026-06-06 · closed · 1 comment

### [v1.0] Local-mode corpus: publish a corpus release, or scope local mode out of v1

`gh release list` is empty — there are **no published corpus releases**, so a local-mode install has nothing to download. Only **hosted mode** actually works for a new user today, yet local mode (privacy/offline) is a headline differentiator.

`.github/workflows/corpus-build.yml` exists and *does* `gh release create` (tag `v0.2.*`) on a monthly cron, but has never produced a release (and the tag/version is stale).

**Decide for 1.0:** either (a) run the corpus-build workflow to publish a current

[Read the thread](https://github.com/william-laverty/ato-mcp/issues/8) · 2026-06-06 · closed · 1 comment

### [v0.4 follow-up] Close v0.4 unit-test coverage gaps

The v0.4 holistic review flagged acceptable-but-real coverage gaps:
- `audit_risk_check`: ~6 of 13 detectors lack a direct unit test (car_near_cap, clothing_high, self_education_present, rental_interest_vs_income, rental_repairs_large, no_prior_year_lodged).
- `depreciation_helper`: the `sbe_pool`, GST-exclusivity-note, and car-limit-note branches aren't driven end-to-end through the tool wrapper (the maths is unit-tested directly).
- Backend handler happy-paths are untestable under the null-ret

[Read the thread](https://github.com/william-laverty/ato-mcp/issues/7) · 2026-06-06 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### [Client]: MCP serverInfo reports stale hardcoded version

### Description
The MCP server advertises a hardcoded version string that has drifted from the package version. The `initialize` handshake reports `1.1.0` while the published package is `1.1.1`.

### Root Cause
- `packages/mcp/src/server.ts` sets `serverInfo` to `{ name: "ato-mcp", version: "1.1.0" }` as a literal.
- `packages/mcp/package.json` is at `1.1.1`, so the two diverge on every release.

### Observed Behaviour
- `initialize` returns `serverInfo.version: "1.1.0"` when running the publish

[Read the thread](https://github.com/william-laverty/ato-mcp/issues/39) · 2026-07-02 · closed · 0 comments

[See all 9 reports Pod holds for ato-mcp](/mcp/ato-mcp/issues).

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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