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The Techno Optimist

by technooptimist.io · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by io.technooptimist

Where frontier tech programs stand: stage, milestones and slips, obstacles, specs and sourced news.

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5 tools: 1 change things and 4 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

1 check matched something in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http tracker https://api.technooptimist.io/mcp

Findings

Matches of fixed checks, with the text they matched.

1 warn
  • Warnlatest_updates

    The server marks "latest_updates" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

    Matched text

    annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "latest_updates" says "update": a word for a change.

    What this check looks for

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

5 tools

Changes things 1Claude Code: ask
  • latest_updatesRecent dated news (tests, launches, funding, delays, papers) with a short summary, the story page and the original source URL.1 finding

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "latest_updates" says "update": a word for a change.
    • The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

    Findings

    • Warn

      The server marks "latest_updates" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

      Matched text

      annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "latest_updates" says "update": a word for a change.

      What this check looks for
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Recent dated news (tests, launches, funding, delays, papers) with a short summary, the story page and the original source URL. Optionally filter by frontier, company, or program (program needs company or frontier). `sort: top` ranks by importance instead of recency.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
Only reads 4Claude Code: allow
  • get_companyA company as context for its programs: what it does, HQ, founding, status/listing, valuation and staff (with dates and provenance), its programs with stage and next milestone, tech…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_company" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    A company as context for its programs: what it does, HQ, founding, status/listing, valuation and staff (with dates and provenance), its programs with stage and next milestone, technical approach, open problems, people, recent funding, partners, and its latest news.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • get_frontierSurvey a whole area of technology: the frontier's fields (with a one-line explainer each) and their programs sorted by importance, with stage and next milestone.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_frontier" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Survey a whole area of technology: the frontier's fields (with a one-line explainer each) and their programs sorted by importance, with stage and next milestone. Without `frontier` it lists every frontier with its slug. Use `field` to narrow to one field (slugs come back in the result).

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • get_programEverything known about one technology program: goal, development stage, current status, next milestone and slips, milestone history, current obstacles, physics limits, how it works…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_program" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Everything known about one technology program: goal, development stage, current status, next milestone and slips, milestone history, current obstacles, physics limits, how it works, key specs, upcoming events and its most important dated news with source links. Identify it by `frontier` + `program` slugs (from its URL /<frontier>/<program>, or from `search`), or by `company` + `program`.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http tracker https://api.technooptimist.io/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__tracker__search",
      "mcp__tracker__get_program",
      "mcp__tracker__get_frontier",
      "mcp__tracker__get_company"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__tracker__latest_updates"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as tracker. Review it before you use it.