# Agentlookups Spoon Scout MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Fai.agentlookups%2Fspoon-scout
Registry id: `mcp-registry/ai.agentlookups/spoon-scout`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-26T19:51:53.282Z)

## Verdict

Agentlookups Spoon Scout MCP server answered 100% of Glimind's liveness checks over 30 days, better than 42% of MCP servers, with 288 ms median handshake and 0 outages in 90 days. Its agent-readiness grade is A (96/100) across 6 tools, costing an agent about 1,554 tokens to load. Checked every few minutes; no tool is ever called.

## Measurements (30 days)

| Metric | Value | Better than |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime, 30 days | 100% | 42% of MCP servers |
| Median handshake latency | 288 ms | 63% of MCP servers |
| p95 handshake latency | 2166 ms | — |
| Checks in 30 days | 3,307 | — |
| Outages, 90 days | 0 | — |
| Median recovery | — | — |
| Agent-readiness score | 96/100 (A) | 82% of MCP servers |
| Tools | 6 | — |
| Tool-list size for an agent | ~1,554 tokens | 57% of MCP servers |
| Days observed | 16 | — |

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentlookups-spoon-scout-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http agentlookups-spoon-scout-mcp-server https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp
```

## Tools (6)

- `additive_status`: Returns where an additive is allowed, restricted, banned or requires a warning (US FDA, EU, and US states such as California, West Virginia, Texas and Louisiana
- `check_product`: Looks up one US packaged food by barcode (UPC/EAN/GTIN), id, or name, and returns what is known about it: lab results by chemical (with kind of evidence, sample
- `chemical_sources`: For one contaminant (lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic-total, arsenic-inorganic, perchlorate, a phthalate such as dehp or dbp, a substitute such as deht, or a bis
- `compare_products`: Lines up two to five products (by id) chemical by chemical, using each product's own lab results where they exist and FDA's typical level for its kind of food o
- `food_category`: For a kind of food (a category slug such as milk, rice, baby-infant-foods-beverages, cereal, water), returns FDA's typical levels of metals and perchlorate, whe
- `interpret_test_result`: Places a person's urine or blood test result among CDC NHANES population percentiles (newest survey cycle loaded), for everyone or one age group, and says in wo

Measured by Glimind (https://glimind.com): MCP handshake + tool list only, no tool is ever called. CC BY 4.0.