Model Context Protocol
Generated Evaluation Status
This section is generated from the framework manifest and compatibility report. Do not edit it manually.
- Framework ID:
model-context-protocol - Manifest:
docs/external-frameworks/model-context-protocol.json - Compatibility report:
./reports/model-context-protocol.compatibility.json - Evidence class:
SOURCE_REVIEWED - Independently reproducible:
False - Comparative-testing claim allowed:
False - Missing reproducibility gates:
shared_test_vector, raw_output, timestamp, runtime_configuration, source_version_or_hash, replay_commands, declared_expected_outcome, independent_reproduction - Evaluation result:
COMPATIBILITY_EVIDENCE_ONLY - Cycle status:
FIRST_FRAMEWORK_CYCLE_COMPLETE - Execution authority claim:
False - Next bounded action: Add executable observations, raw outputs, pinned versions, replay commands, and independent reproduction before making comparative-testing claims.
- Posting source: generated compatibility report
- Generated status is descriptive compatibility evidence only.
Generated Authored Analysis Boundary
This section is generated. Do not edit it manually.
- Framework ID:
model-context-protocol - Framework name:
Model Context Protocol - Generated sections above this boundary may be rebuilt from registry, manifest, compatibility-report, and result artifacts.
- Authored analysis below this boundary may contain interpretation, notes, and framework-specific discussion.
- Generators must preserve authored analysis unless a future validator explicitly declares a migration path.
- Boundary rule: generated material is descriptive compatibility evidence only and does not create certification, endorsement, adoption, proof, or operational permission.
Generated Transition Mapping
This section is generated from the framework manifest. Do not edit it manually.
| Field | Generated Value |
|---|---|
framework_identity | Model Context Protocol |
source_reference | https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18 |
source_version | 2025-06-18 specification |
allowed_use_boundary | protocol and tool-contract evidence only |
claims | context, resource, prompt, tool, capability-negotiation, and authorization-guidance protocol |
non_claims | no standing, delegation, admissibility, or execution authority |
input_artifact_type | MCP capability, resource, prompt, or tool contract |
output_artifact_type | protocol exchange or proposed invocation evidence |
actor_or_authority_model | client-server identities and advertised capabilities; authority not inherited |
evidence_model | official specification plus local bounded crosswalk |
policy_or_rule_model | protocol constraints and authorization guidance |
delegation_model | must be reconstructed independently for the transition |
decision_or_result_model | protocol success or failure only |
execution_authority_claim | false |
receipt_or_trace_model | protocol messages and local compatibility record |
reconstruction_model | source, contract, and exchange evidence can reconstruct protocol context |
SPE_overlap | tool and resource evidence may enter standing review |
StegVerse_ecosystem_overlap | preparation and interoperability path before commitment |
fail_closed_conditions | missing source version, undefined capability mapping, missing delegation, or authority overclaim |
Generated mapping is compatibility evidence only.
Generated Framework Metadata
This section is generated from the external-framework registry. Do not edit it manually.
- Framework ID:
model-context-protocol - Name:
Model Context Protocol - Registry status:
SOURCED-CROSSWALK-PROVISIONAL - Testbench state:
SOURCE_RECORDED_CROSSWALK_PROVISIONAL - Manifest path:
docs/external-frameworks/model-context-protocol.json - Source reference:
https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18 - Metadata boundary: generated metadata is descriptive only; it does not create certification, endorsement, formalism adoption, admissibility proof, or execution authority.
Evidence posture
evidence_class: SOURCE_REVIEWED
page_completeness: COMPLETE_WITH_EXTERNAL_GATES
runtime_observation: none attached
independent_reproduction: false
comparative_testing_claim_allowed: false
execution_authority_claim_allowed: false
Published scope
MCP defines a client-server protocol for exposing context, resources, prompts, and tools to AI applications, including capability negotiation and authorization guidance.
Canonical source: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18
Source snapshot posture: the dated protocol specification is recorded, but no pinned implementation, server package, tool registry, transport trace, authorization policy, raw call result, or independent replay receipt is attached.
Native terms
| MCP term | Meaning here | StegVerse relationship |
|---|---|---|
| Client | Application connecting to an MCP server. | Requesting participant; not automatically an authorized actor. |
| Server | Provider of resources, prompts, or tools. | Capability source whose identity and authority must be reconstructed. |
| Tool | Callable operation advertised by a server. | Proposed capability; advertisement is not permission to execute. |
| Resource | Contextual data exposed through the protocol. | Evidence input requiring source, freshness, and custody checks. |
| Capability negotiation | Declaration of supported protocol features. | Preparation evidence; not current delegation. |
Relationship to admissibility
MCP asks: What context and capabilities can this client and server exchange?
StegVerse asks: May this specific capability invocation bind consequence now?
tool discovered != tool authorized for this transition
capability advertised != current delegation
call prepared != commit admissible
successful response != governed consequence
MCP can carry capability descriptions and invocation artifacts into a governed transition path. Identity, delegation, policy, target scope, validity window, and consequence authority remain separately reconstructable.
Observation boundary
No public StegVerse MCP execution observation is claimed.
shared test vector: missing
raw protocol trace: missing
timestamp: missing
client and server configuration: missing
implementation version or hash: missing
replay commands: missing
declared expected outcome: missing
independent reproduction: missing
The compatibility report must remain SOURCE_REVIEWED until those fields are public and inspectable.
StegVerse analysis
| Criterion | Current result |
|---|---|
| Identity | Protocol endpoints can be identified, but endpoint identity does not prove actor standing. |
| Authority | Tool availability does not establish permission for the requested action. |
| Policy | Authorization guidance may constrain access, but policy identity and current applicability must be pinned. |
| Delegation | Delegation must bind actor, tool, target, scope, and validity window outside capability discovery. |
| Evidence | Requests, responses, schemas, and errors can become evidence when retained with hashes and timestamps. |
| Replayability | Requires pinned client/server implementations, transport, schemas, configuration, and fixtures. |
| Reconstructability | Partial until tool registry, authorization inputs, call trace, and result custody are retained. |
| Failure behavior | Missing authorization, unknown tool, schema mismatch, or server error must fail closed. |
| Interoperability | MCP call artifacts can enter a Commitment Candidate as non-authorizing capability evidence. |
Commit-time interoperability contract
transition_id
actor
mcp_client_identity
mcp_server_identity
requested_tool
requested_action
target_system
tool_schema_reference
tool_registry_hash
client_version
server_version
transport_profile
authorization_reference
delegation_reference
policy_reference
request_payload_hash
response_or_error_reference
execution_context
validity_window
source_timestamp
Failure classes
| Failure class | Applies | Current boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Capability-authority collapse | Yes | Advertised capability must not become implicit permission. |
| Authority drift | Yes | Delegation may change after discovery or before invocation. |
| Stale resource evidence | Yes | Resources and tool metadata can become stale. |
| Delegation leakage | Yes | A tool may be available more broadly than the actor's current scope. |
| Replay divergence | Yes | Client, server, schema, transport, or configuration changes can alter behavior. |
| Fail-open transport error | Yes | Timeout or protocol error must not authorize fallback execution. |
| Source-claim mismatch | Yes | Advertised schema or description may not match deployed behavior. |
Machine-readable companions
manifest: docs/external-frameworks/model-context-protocol.json
compatibility report: docs/external-frameworks/reports/model-context-protocol.compatibility.json
canonical registry: docs/external-frameworks/index.json
canonical union: static/external-frameworks/canonical-union-inventory.v1.json
Maintenance and challenge path
Maintenance owner: StegVerse-Labs/admissibility-wiki, External Frameworks audit surface.
A challenge must identify model-context-protocol, the disputed capability, schema, authorization claim, or source field, and the public artifact supporting correction. No challenge may increase evidence strength without a pinned implementation and replayable trace.
Validation completion criteria
pinned MCP client and server implementations
pinned tool registry and schemas
shared request vectors
predeclared expected boundaries
raw request, response, and error traces
authorization and delegation inputs
timestamps and runtime configuration
replay commands
independent rerun receipt
non-claim language preserved
Benchmark relevance
preparation_boundary, commitment_boundary, authority_boundary, interoperability_path
Non-claims
Protocol interoperability does not establish transition admissibility, current standing, execution authority, certification, or general compatibility. A successful tool call does not prove that consequence was admissible.
Next safe build target
Attach one pinned MCP client/server fixture with a hashed tool registry, explicit authorization and delegation inputs, raw call trace, expected StegVerse boundary, replay command, and independent rerun receipt.
This page reflects a bounded admissibility packet. Publication does not create standing. The reflected claim inherits only the standing reconstructable from the referenced evidence, authority, and admissibility conditions.