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Why MCP Census Turns MCP Server Vetting Into a Billable Agency Gate
MCP Census prices a pre-installation verdict at $0 for 1,000 credits a month and $19 for 2,000 credits, so an agency can gate every client MCP server for less than the cost of one hour of delivery time.
By InnovaAI ResearchPublished
Why does it matter for agencies?
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44/100MCP Census prices a pre-installation verdict at $0 for 1,000 credits a month and $19 for 2,000 credits, so an agency can gate every client MCP server for less than the cost of one hour of delivery time. The strategic stake is positioning: whoever owns the PASS, REVIEW, BLOCK, UNKNOWN decision owns the conversation about which agent stacks a client is allowed to run. Ignore it and that gate gets set by whoever installed the server first, usually a vendor with no incentive to flag REVIEW.
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- ConceptMCP Census Verdict Triage Ladder
- Evaluation RuleMCP Census Rule: Gate Client MCP Servers Before Install, Not After the Incident
- Decision FrameworkMCP Census: Buy vs Skip (MCP Server Vetting for Client Agent Stacks)
- Failure PatternThe MCP Census Verdict Drift Trap: Why Agencies Fail With MCP Census in Client Agent Delivery
- Implementation BlueprintMCP Census MCP Server Vetting Gate (5-7 days)
- Operating ProcedureMCP Census Client MCP Config Audit (Onboarding)