# MCP Verification Gate: check an MCP server or an A2A agent before you connect or delegate MCP Server

Check an A2A agent before you delegate, or an MCP server's measured conduct. Free, no key.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-27 and the server listed 5 tools directly. Verified.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/ogasurfproject-jpg/horizon-shield)

**GitHub popularity:** 1 stars on [ogasurfproject-jpg/horizon-shield](ogasurfproject-jpg/horizon-shield), recorded 2026-09-27.

## Status

Pod connected to MCP Verification Gate: check an MCP server or an A2A agent before you connect or delegate on 2026-09-27. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 203ms.

It identifies itself as `hs-verify-gate` version 0.4.15, speaking streamable-http. 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 5 tools when it connected:

- `get_conditions`
- `check_conformance`
- `verify_verdict`
- `lookup_server`
- `is_verified`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://gate.horizonshield.dev/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-verification-gate-check-an-mcp-server-or-an-a2a-agent-be": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gate.horizonshield.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used MCP Verification Gate: check an MCP server or an A2A agent before you connect or delegate yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

## Related servers

- [HORIZON SHIELD YAKUMO (verified contractor directory)](/mcp/horizon-shield-yakumo-verified-contractor-directory) — Also by shield.the-horizons-innovation.com
- [HORIZON SHIELD: construction and renovation estimate auditor](/mcp/horizon-shield-construction-and-renovation-estimate-auditor) — Also by shield.the-horizons-innovation.com
- [HORIZON SHIELD: Construction Estimate Auditor for Japan (KIRA)](/mcp/horizon-shield-construction-estimate-auditor-for-japan-kira) — Also by shield.the-horizons-innovation.com
- [MCP Observatory: one read only walk over every https endpoint in the official registry](/mcp/mcp-observatory-one-read-only-walk-over-every-https-endpoint) — Also by shield.the-horizons-innovation.com

## For agents

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<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find MCP Verification Gate: check an MCP server or an A2A agent before you connect or delegate, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "MCP Verification Gate: check an MCP server or an A2A agent before you connect or delegate",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=MCP Verification Gate: check an MCP server or an A2A agent before you connect or delegate' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

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