# Jithox EU Import Preflight

> Read-only EU import preflight. Check EU import identifiers, candidate TARIC classifications, measures and estimated low-value costs BEFORE an agent or operator acts. Classifications/measures are candidates (only a BTI binds); TARIC has no national VAT/excise; missing/stale/unavailable is never a positive verdict. No customs declaration, ordering, payment or clearance.

This is an **MCP server**, not a website. An AI agent connects to it directly
and calls its tools; a human reads https://import.mcp.jithox.com/docs.

## Connect

- MCP endpoint: https://import.mcp.jithox.com/mcp
- Transports: Streamable HTTP and the legacy HTTP+SSE transport, both on that one URL
- Protocol revisions served: 2026-07-28, 2025-11-25, 2025-06-18, 2025-03-26
- Auth: OAuth 2.1 (discovery at https://import.mcp.jithox.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource, PKCE S256),
  or send the workspace access key directly as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`
  (or `X-Jithox-Api-Key`) when a browser callback is impossible. Never both.
- Free and unauthenticated: `initialize`, `server/discover`, `tools/list`,
  `/healthz`, `/readyz`, and every document linked below.

## Tools (5, all read-only)

- `validate_eori` — Structural check of an EORI number and, when the EU EOS provider is configured, an authoritative existence check.
- `search_taric_codes` — From a plain-language product description, return CANDIDATE TARIC/CN codes from a dated TARIC snapshot, ranked with the evidence used.
- `check_eu_import_measures` — For a candidate TARIC code + origin, list EU-level import measures from a dated snapshot: third-country duty, tariff preferences, prohibitions/restrictions, surveillance.
- `estimate_low_value_import_cost` — Estimate the landed cost for a low-value consignment (intrinsic value ≤ EUR 150) to an EU state on a given date: EUR 150 duty relief until 2026-06-30, then the temporary EUR 3-per-item duty from 2026-07-01, plus destination import VAT.
- `prepare_import_preflight_receipt` — Bundle the preflight checks (EORI, candidate classification, measures, cost) into one idempotent Ed25519-signed receipt committing to the inputs, sources, retrieval times and validity dates — provable evidence of WHAT was checked and WHEN.

There is no write, send, order or payment tool on this server. `create_customs_declaration`
is absent by construction and answers 404 with the reason.

## What an answer is, and is not

Every accepted call returns a uniform decision envelope (status, evidence,
provenance with the source and the moment it was read, limitations) plus an
Ed25519-signed receipt anyone can verify offline against
https://import.mcp.jithox.com/receipts/public-key.pem. A refusal, a rate limit, an unavailable
source or an incomplete question costs nothing and is never dressed as an
answer. "Unavailable" is a truthful state, never a negative verdict.

## Who this is for, and where you can be

No geographic restriction, no EU company required, no EU address, no VAT
number needed to connect. These servers encode EUROPEAN RULES, and European
rules bind whoever sells into, ships to or invoices the EU — wherever they
are. An exporter in the United States, a manufacturer in China, a marketplace
seller in India and a SaaS billing EU customers all face the same checks, and
all of them can call these servers today.

Payment does not require a euro account, a card, or a Jithox account at all:
the x402 lane settles in USDC on Base from any wallet, anywhere. The prepaid
balance is priced in EUR; the machine lane is not.

## Cost

25 accepted calls free (14 days from key creation), then a
prepaid balance charged per ACCEPTED call. The current per-accepted-call price
for THIS product (and its non-chargeable error states — failures, refusals and
unavailable sources cost nothing) is machine-readable at
https://jithox.com/api/pricing/v1 under per_product; sign-up and trial
activation at https://jithox.com/sign-up. Accountless machine payment is also
possible on the products that enable it — see https://import.mcp.jithox.com/x402/quickstart.json.

## Machine-readable

- https://import.mcp.jithox.com/.well-known/jithox-capability.json — this server's identity and tools
- https://import.mcp.jithox.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource — auth discovery
- https://jithox.com/api/capabilities/v1 — offer status of every Jithox capability
- https://jithox.com/api/pricing/v1 — the pricing contract (per_product = per-accepted-call terms)
- https://import.mcp.jithox.com/x402/products — the cross-product index (only products announced for discovery)
- https://import.mcp.jithox.com/x402/quickstart.json — how to pay per call without an account
- https://import.mcp.jithox.com/agents — the long-form briefing for agent runtimes
- https://import.mcp.jithox.com/docs — the human developer guide

## Boundaries

- Preflight evidence only — never proof that an import is lawful, that every applicable customs, VAT, excise or product rule has been assessed, that a code, measure or document is legally final, or that a consignment will be released; missing or stale source data always needs human review.
- TARIC contains NO national VAT or excise rates.
- Preflight information only — not a customs declaration and not a guarantee of clearance.
- Classifications are candidates; only a Binding Tariff Information (BTI) decision is legally binding.

No independent penetration test has been performed. Public self-service, and no
compliance certification of any kind is claimed or implied.