---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "mcpbeat"
kind: "agentic_registry"
operator: "mcpbeat (theevoq)"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "high"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/mcpbeat.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/mcpbeat/"
---

# mcpbeat

> Independent monitor of public MCP servers. Every 15 minutes it sends an MCP initialize handshake followed by tools/list, resources/list and prompts/list (never tools/call, never authenticates), and it also reviews registry, npm/PyPI and source metadata; results feed public uptime and ranking pages.

## Dossier

- Kind: Agentic web & MCP registries
- Operator: mcpbeat (theevoq) (https://mcpbeat.com/)
- Documentation: https://mcpbeat.com/bot/
- robots.txt tokens: none documented
- Feeds: monitoring, registry / directory
- Respects robots.txt: Not documented. Bot page describes opt-out by contacting the operator (manual same-day removal); robots.txt not discussed; 401/403 are treated as 'alive, gated'. Docs: all requests come from 65.21.92.231 (Hetzner); request signing planned.
- Verification: Published IP ranges (https://mcpbeat.com/bot/)
- Labels matched in our logs: mcpbeat

## Why it matters to New Runtime (our interpretation)

Its liveness checks against our /mcp/ endpoint decide whether New Runtime shows up as a live, healthy MCP server in a public uptime ranking.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 3,075 requests on 28 days; first seen 2026-09-26, last seen 2026-10-23; Regular.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://mcpbeat.com/
- https://mcpbeat.com/bot
- https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mcpbeat

Identity: A family name is what a client claims in its user agent. It is verified only when its request came from the operator's published IP ranges or passed forward-confirmed reverse DNS, as reported per family in /crawler-journeys.json. Anyone can claim any name.

All dossiers: https://newruntime.com/readers.md