{"id":"randa-mu-drand-mcp-server","name":"Drand","af_score":61.2,"security_score":50.5,"reliability_score":36.2,"what_it_does":"An MCP server that provides access to the drand network for obtaining verifiable random values. Enables AI agents and applications to fetch cryptographically secure random beacons and verify their validity.","best_when":"You need verifiable, auditable randomness that can be cryptographically proven to be fair and non-manipulated by any single party.","avoid_when":"You need traditional pseudorandom numbers for performance, or when the overhead of network requests to drand network outweighs the need for verifiability.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T22:19:42.241671+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["None required"],"has_free_tier":true,"known_gotchas":["No error handling documentation makes it unclear how to handle network failures","No rate limiting information - agents may saturate network without guidance","Tools return raw beacon data without built-in validation helpers","No built-in timeout/circuit-breaker patterns documented"],"error_quality":0.0}