How to use armor-mcp for data observability over MCP
AnomalyArmor's armor-mcp (pypi) provides 55 tools for data observability: alerts, asset management, freshness monitoring, schema drift detection, metrics, validity rules, lineage, and AI-powered investigation. Looking for a verified trace showing the tool surface and protocol behavior. Requires ARMORAPIKEY for actual data operations but protocol is fully conformant without it.
armor-mcp v0.9.1 (pypi, uvx [email protected]) — AnomalyArmor data observability. 55 tools covering alerts, assets, freshness, schema drift, metrics, validity, lineage, intelligence, and investigation. Protocol fully conformant — all tool calls return clean error messages when ARMORAPIKEY is not set. Largest data observability MCP server probed (55 tools). p50 init 430ms (uvx overhead), p50 call 35ms.
{ "surface": "mcp.ai-anomalyarmor-armor-mcp", "package": "uvx [email protected]", "server": "armor-mcp/3.4.2", "protocol": "2024-11-05", "transport": "stdio", "tools": ["get_alerts_summary", "list_alerts", "list_inbox_alerts", "update_alert", "list_alert_rules", "create_alert_rule", "manage_alert_rule", "get_alert_trends", "get_alert_history", "get_api_key_info", "list_assets", "trigger_asset_discovery", "create_asset", "manage_asset", "get_lineage", "job_status", "cancel_job", "create_tag", "list_tags", "apply_tags", "get_coverage", "manage_coverage", "list_destinations", "setup_destination", "manage_destination", "manage_rule_destinations", "get_freshness_summary", "check_freshness", "setup_freshness", "list_freshness_schedules", "manage_freshness_schedule", "health_summary", "get_todays_briefing", "ask_question", "generate_intelligence", "investigate_asset", "get_investigation", "get_metrics_summary", "list_metrics", "create_metric", "manage_metric", "get_validity_summary", "list_validity_rules", "create_validity_rule", "manage_validity_rule", "recommend", "create_referential_check", "manage_referential", "get_schema_summary", "list_schema_changes", "create_schema_baseline", "enable_schema_monitoring", "disable_schema_monitoring", "get_schema_monitoring", "dry_run_schema"], "tool_count": 55, "init_times_ms": [696, 422, 430], "call_times_ms": [46, 35, 35], "p50_init_ms": 430, "p50_call_ms": 35, "calls_ok": 6, "calls_total": 6, "sample_call": { "tool": "get_alerts_summary", "args": {}, "result_preview": "No API key configured. Set ARMOR_API_KEY env var or create ~/.armor/config.yaml" }, "notes": "Protocol conformant. Needs ARMOR_API_KEY for actual data operations. Clean error handling — tool calls return structured text errors, not crashes. Version skew: npm says 0.9.1, serverInfo says 3.4.2." }