generated: '2026-09-09'
method: derived
source: >-
  Derived from the two documented operations at https://www.ftc.gov/developer — no MCP
  server exists.
specification: API Commons MCP
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Federal Trade Commission
providerId: federal-trade-commission
status: candidate
description: >-
  CANDIDATE ONLY. The Federal Trade Commission publishes no MCP server, hosted or local.
  Searched 2026-09-09: no mcp.ftc.gov, no MCP endpoint on api.ftc.gov, nothing in
  https://github.com/FederalTradeCommission (two repos: ftc-api-docs, .github), nothing on
  https://www.ftc.gov/developer, and no FTC entry in any MCP registry found. Other federal
  agencies have shipped MCP servers; the FTC has not. The tools below are what a server
  over the existing public API would expose, derived from the FTC's own documented
  parameters. They are a proposal, not a discovery.
deployment:
  mode: none
  endpoint: null
  install: null
  package: null
  auth: api-key
  verified: searched
  note: >-
    mode: none because nobody ships a server. If one is ever built it would carry the
    consumer's api.data.gov key; no endpoint URL is guessed here.
search_evidence:
  - url: https://www.ftc.gov/developer
    status: 200
    finding: no MCP mention
  - url: https://github.com/FederalTradeCommission
    status: 200
    finding: two repositories, neither an MCP server
  - url: https://api.ftc.gov/.well-known/agent-card.json
    status: 403
    finding: gateway refuses unkeyed requests; no agent card anywhere
candidate_tools:
  - name: search_dnc_complaints
    description: >-
      Search Do Not Call consumer complaints by date range, state, city, area code and
      robocall flag.
    backing_operation: GET https://api.ftc.gov/v0/dnc-complaints
    input_schema_source: https://www.ftc.gov/developer/api/v0/endpoints/do-not-call-dnc-reported-calls-data-api
    inputs:
      - created_date_from (string, date-time)
      - created_date_to (string, date-time)
      - violation_date_from (string, date-time)
      - violation_date_to (string, date-time)
      - state (string)
      - city (string, requires state)
      - area_code (integer)
      - is_robocall (string, "true"|"false")
      - sort_order (string, "ASC"|"DESC")
      - items_per_page (integer, max 50)
      - offset (integer)
    read_only: true
  - name: get_dnc_complaint
    description: Retrieve one Do Not Call complaint record by id.
    backing_operation: GET https://api.ftc.gov/v0/dnc-complaints/{id}
    inputs:
      - id (string, required)
    read_only: true
  - name: search_hsr_early_termination_notices
    description: >-
      Search Hart-Scott-Rodino early termination notices by title keyword, transaction
      number or transaction date.
    backing_operation: GET https://api.ftc.gov/v0/hsr-early-termination-notices
    input_schema_source: https://www.ftc.gov/developer/api/v0/endpoints/hsr-early-termination-notices
    inputs:
      - title (string)
      - transaction_number (integer)
      - date (string, date)
      - sort_by (string, "created"|"changed")
      - sort_order (string, "ASC"|"DESC")
      - items_per_page (integer)
      - offset (integer)
    read_only: true
notes:
  - Every candidate tool is read-only; the FTC API has no write surface.
  - >-
    No tool-crosswalk artifact is emitted: a crosswalk binds MCP tools to OpenAPI
    operationIds, and this provider publishes neither a server nor an OpenAPI.