@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server 0.3.0 → 0.5.0

package/AGENTS.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Developer Protocol
 
 **Server:** college-scorecard-mcp-server
-**Version:** 0.3.0
-**Framework:** [@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core) `^0.13.15`
+**Version:** 0.5.0
+**Framework:** [@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core) `^0.13.18`
 **Engines:** Bun ≥1.4.0, Node ≥24.0.0
-**MCP SDK:** `@modelcontextprotocol/server` ^2.3.1
-**Zod:** ^4.6.5
+**MCP SDK:** `@modelcontextprotocol/server` ^2.4.0
+**Zod:** ^4.6.7
 
 > **Read the framework docs first:** `node_modules/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core/CLAUDE.md` contains the full API reference — builders, Context, error codes, exports, patterns. This file covers server-specific conventions only.
 
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ await createApp({
 
 This server declares `sessionMode: 'stateless'` in `src/index.ts`: no tool calls `ctx.requestInput`, so no request depends on a live session.
 
+### Scorecard metric semantics
+
+Institution earnings cover federally aided undergraduate entrants working and not enrolled, regardless of completion. Earnings `years` is the published API data-file start-year domain 1996–2025, not an entry-year selector. `src/data/earnings-context.ts` holds official per-metric cohort/measurement/dollar provenance. During maintenance, run `bun run check:earnings-provenance` (Python 3 required) against the official dictionary; an optional local XLSX path avoids downloading it again. Resolve drift from the dictionary before release, never infer vintage by arithmetic or sample equality. This is a development check, not a per-request fetch.
+
+`readMetric` distinguishes numbers (including zero), unknown-cause null/absence, and explicit `PS` / `PrivacySuppressed` markers. Suppression flags/counts require the latter; unexpected values are provider contract failures. CIP lookup covers all current NCES CIP 2020 four-digit groups, with exact group/family titles and verified descendant aliases. Program search applies CIP × credential together upstream before school pagination; totals remain school-level.
+
 ---
 
 ## Context
@@ -279,9 +285,18 @@ src/
 
 ## Skills
 
-Skills are modular instructions in `framework-skills/` at the project root. Read them directly when a task matches — e.g., `framework-skills/add-tool/SKILL.md` when adding a tool. `bun run list-skills` prints the full registry. The directory is deliberately not `skills/`: Claude Code and Codex auto-load a plugin's root `skills/`, so a server that ships `.claude-plugin/` or `.codex-plugin/` would hand these development skills to every agent that installs it. Keep `skills/` free for skills meant for those agents.
+Two skill trees live at the project root, written for different readers:
+
+| Tree | For | Written by |
+|:-----|:----|:-----------|
+| `framework-skills/` | The agent developing this server — framework skills (`metadata.audience: external`) plus any development-time skills of the server's own | `init` and the `maintenance` sync (framework skills); you (your own) |
+| `skills/` | The agents that install the server and call its tools — tool chains, identifier sources, gates | You, deliberately, with the `add-skill` skill. Absent by default; usually none is needed |
+
+Development skills are modular instructions. Read them directly when a task matches — e.g., `framework-skills/add-tool/SKILL.md` when adding a tool. `bun run list-skills` prints the full registry. Their directory is deliberately not `skills/`: Claude Code and Codex auto-load a plugin's root `skills/`, so a server that ships `.claude-plugin/` or `.codex-plugin/` would hand them to every agent that installs it.
+
+A published skill in root `skills/` reaches plugin installs and the `.mcpb` bundle as-is, ships in the npm package and the Docker image, and reaches MCP clients when the server opts in with `createApp({ skills: 'skills' })`. `lint:packaging` validates the tree.
 
-**Agent skill directory:** Copy skills into the directory your agent discovers (Claude Code: `.claude/skills/`, others: equivalent). Skills then load as context without referencing `framework-skills/` paths. After framework updates, run the `maintenance` skill — Phase B re-syncs the agent directory.
+**Agent skill directory:** Copy `framework-skills/` into the directory your agent discovers (Claude Code: `.claude/skills/`, others: equivalent). Skills then load as context without referencing `framework-skills/` paths. After framework updates, run the `maintenance` skill — Phase B re-syncs the agent directory.
 
 Available skills:
 
@@ -293,6 +308,7 @@ Available skills:
 | `add-app-tool` | Scaffold an MCP App tool + paired UI resource |
 | `add-resource` | Scaffold a new resource definition |
 | `add-prompt` | Scaffold a new prompt definition |
+| `add-skill` | Author a skill the server publishes in root `skills/` for the agents that use it — when one earns its place, structure, validation, delivery |
 | `add-service` | Scaffold a new service integration |
 | `add-test` | Scaffold test file for a tool, resource, or service |
 | `field-test` | Exercise tools/resources/prompts with real inputs, verify behavior, report issues |
@@ -360,7 +376,7 @@ When you complete a skill's checklist, check the boxes and add a completion time
 
 ## Bundling
 
-`npm run bundle` produces a `.mcpb` extension bundle for one-click install in Claude Desktop. The pack step is followed by `scripts/clean-mcpb.ts`, which prunes dev dependencies (`mcpb clean`) and strips two classes of `node_modules/**` content that root-anchored `.mcpbignore` patterns cannot reach: dependency-shipped agent docs (`framework-skills/`, `skills/`, `.claude/`, `.agents/`, `SKILL.md`) and platform-specific native bindings, which would otherwise lock the bundle to the platform it was packed on. A server using DataCanvas therefore ships a portable bundle without the DuckDB native — `@duckdb/node-api` is an optional peer loaded lazily, so canvas tools report an actionable install hint and every other tool works normally. MCPB is stdio-only — HTTP and Cloudflare Workers deployments are unaffected. Consumers who don't need it can delete `manifest.json` and `.mcpbignore`; `lint:packaging` skips cleanly.
+`npm run bundle` produces a `.mcpb` extension bundle for one-click install in Claude Desktop. `mcpb pack` reads `.mcpbignore`, not `.gitignore`, so every root path the bundle must not ship — source, tests, docs, caches, logs, agent docs, plugin manifests, gitignored local files — needs a root-anchored line there (`/docs/`, never `docs/`, which also strips `node_modules/*/docs/`); `lint:packaging` names each missing or unanchored line. Root `skills/` ships on purpose. The pack step is followed by `scripts/clean-mcpb.ts`, which prunes dev dependencies (`mcpb clean`) and strips four classes of `node_modules/**` content that root-anchored `.mcpbignore` patterns cannot reach: dependency-shipped agent docs (`framework-skills/`, `skills/`, `.claude/`, `.agents/`, `SKILL.md`); platform-specific native bindings, which would otherwise lock the bundle to the platform it was packed on; node-gyp build output beside a `binding.gyp` (`config.gypi`, Makefiles, `obj.target/`, `.deps/`, object files and debug symbols), which records the packing machine's paths — compiled `*.node` addons stay; and build-only package files — the framework's `changelog/`, `scripts/`, `templates/`, `CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`, and config bases (`biome.json`, `vitest.config.base.mjs`, `config/tsconfig.base.json`), and `better-sqlite3`'s `deps/` and `src/` C sources. A server using DataCanvas therefore ships a portable bundle without the DuckDB native — `@duckdb/node-api` is an optional peer loaded lazily, so canvas tools report an actionable install hint and every other tool works normally. MCPB is stdio-only — HTTP and Cloudflare Workers deployments are unaffected. Consumers who don't need it can delete `manifest.json` and `.mcpbignore`; `lint:packaging` skips cleanly.
 
 **Adding an env var requires both files:** `server.json` (registry discovery, `environmentVariables[]`) and `manifest.json` (bundle install UX, `mcp_config.env` + `user_config`). `lint:packaging` (run by `devcheck`) verifies the env var names match, that every `user_config` option is wired into `mcp_config.env` as `"X": "${user_config.X}"` (the host substitutes nothing else — `"${X}"` reaches the server as that literal string), and that an optional string option carries `"default": ""`.
 
@@ -427,6 +443,7 @@ import { getMyService } from '@/services/my-domain/my-service.js';
 - [ ] If wrapping external API: tests include at least one sparse payload case with omitted upstream fields
 - [ ] Registered in `createApp()` arrays (directly or via barrel exports)
 - [ ] Tests use `createMockContext()` from `@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core/testing`
+- [ ] `plugin.json` + `mcp.json` (Agent Plugins 1.0.0 — read by Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Kiro) populated — `plugin.json` `name` = the unscoped repo name (lowercase `a-z`, `0-9`, `-`, `.` only); `version`, `description`, `author`, `homepage`, `repository`, `license`, `keywords` from `package.json`; no other top-level field, `extensions` included. `mcp.json` holds one `"type": "stdio"` entry keyed by the unscoped name, `npx -y <full package name>`, and the same fixed `env` as `.codex-plugin/mcp.json`. Neither file carries a user-supplied variable (no `""`, no `${…}` besides `${PLUGIN_ROOT}`/`${PLUGIN_DATA}`): keys reach Codex through `.codex-plugin/mcp.json` `env_vars`, which works only while `.codex-plugin/plugin.json` keeps `"mcpServers": "./.codex-plugin/mcp.json"`
 - [ ] `.codex-plugin/plugin.json` populated — `name`, `version`, `description`, `repository`, `license` from `package.json`; `interface.displayName` = the unscoped repo name (never the npm scope — `lint:packaging` enforces this); `interface.shortDescription` from `package.json` description
 - [ ] `.codex-plugin/mcp.json` updated — server name key is the unscoped repo name; every user-supplied variable (API key, contact email, instance URL) is listed in `env_vars` so Codex forwards it from the user's environment. Never write `"KEY": ""` into `env` — an empty value replaces the user's exported key and is read as unset
 - [ ] `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` populated — `name`, `version`, `description`, `author`, `repository`, `license`, `keywords` from `package.json`; inline `mcpServers` entry keyed by the unscoped repo name. Every user-supplied variable is declared under `userConfig` (`type`, `title`, `description`; `sensitive: true` for keys and tokens; `required: true` or `default: ""`) and referenced from `env` as `"KEY": "${user_config.<option>}"` — mirror the `user_config` block in `manifest.json`. Never write `"KEY": ""` into `env`

package/CLAUDE.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Developer Protocol
 
 **Server:** college-scorecard-mcp-server
-**Version:** 0.3.0
-**Framework:** [@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core) `^0.13.15`
+**Version:** 0.5.0
+**Framework:** [@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core) `^0.13.18`
 **Engines:** Bun ≥1.4.0, Node ≥24.0.0
-**MCP SDK:** `@modelcontextprotocol/server` ^2.3.1
-**Zod:** ^4.6.5
+**MCP SDK:** `@modelcontextprotocol/server` ^2.4.0
+**Zod:** ^4.6.7
 
 > **Read the framework docs first:** `node_modules/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core/CLAUDE.md` contains the full API reference — builders, Context, error codes, exports, patterns. This file covers server-specific conventions only.
 
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ await createApp({
 
 This server declares `sessionMode: 'stateless'` in `src/index.ts`: no tool calls `ctx.requestInput`, so no request depends on a live session.
 
+### Scorecard metric semantics
+
+Institution earnings cover federally aided undergraduate entrants working and not enrolled, regardless of completion. Earnings `years` is the published API data-file start-year domain 1996–2025, not an entry-year selector. `src/data/earnings-context.ts` holds official per-metric cohort/measurement/dollar provenance. During maintenance, run `bun run check:earnings-provenance` (Python 3 required) against the official dictionary; an optional local XLSX path avoids downloading it again. Resolve drift from the dictionary before release, never infer vintage by arithmetic or sample equality. This is a development check, not a per-request fetch.
+
+`readMetric` distinguishes numbers (including zero), unknown-cause null/absence, and explicit `PS` / `PrivacySuppressed` markers. Suppression flags/counts require the latter; unexpected values are provider contract failures. CIP lookup covers all current NCES CIP 2020 four-digit groups, with exact group/family titles and verified descendant aliases. Program search applies CIP × credential together upstream before school pagination; totals remain school-level.
+
 ---
 
 ## Context
@@ -279,9 +285,18 @@ src/
 
 ## Skills
 
-Skills are modular instructions in `framework-skills/` at the project root. Read them directly when a task matches — e.g., `framework-skills/add-tool/SKILL.md` when adding a tool. `bun run list-skills` prints the full registry. The directory is deliberately not `skills/`: Claude Code and Codex auto-load a plugin's root `skills/`, so a server that ships `.claude-plugin/` or `.codex-plugin/` would hand these development skills to every agent that installs it. Keep `skills/` free for skills meant for those agents.
+Two skill trees live at the project root, written for different readers:
+
+| Tree | For | Written by |
+|:-----|:----|:-----------|
+| `framework-skills/` | The agent developing this server — framework skills (`metadata.audience: external`) plus any development-time skills of the server's own | `init` and the `maintenance` sync (framework skills); you (your own) |
+| `skills/` | The agents that install the server and call its tools — tool chains, identifier sources, gates | You, deliberately, with the `add-skill` skill. Absent by default; usually none is needed |
+
+Development skills are modular instructions. Read them directly when a task matches — e.g., `framework-skills/add-tool/SKILL.md` when adding a tool. `bun run list-skills` prints the full registry. Their directory is deliberately not `skills/`: Claude Code and Codex auto-load a plugin's root `skills/`, so a server that ships `.claude-plugin/` or `.codex-plugin/` would hand them to every agent that installs it.
+
+A published skill in root `skills/` reaches plugin installs and the `.mcpb` bundle as-is, ships in the npm package and the Docker image, and reaches MCP clients when the server opts in with `createApp({ skills: 'skills' })`. `lint:packaging` validates the tree.
 
-**Agent skill directory:** Copy skills into the directory your agent discovers (Claude Code: `.claude/skills/`, others: equivalent). Skills then load as context without referencing `framework-skills/` paths. After framework updates, run the `maintenance` skill — Phase B re-syncs the agent directory.
+**Agent skill directory:** Copy `framework-skills/` into the directory your agent discovers (Claude Code: `.claude/skills/`, others: equivalent). Skills then load as context without referencing `framework-skills/` paths. After framework updates, run the `maintenance` skill — Phase B re-syncs the agent directory.
 
 Available skills:
 
@@ -293,6 +308,7 @@ Available skills:
 | `add-app-tool` | Scaffold an MCP App tool + paired UI resource |
 | `add-resource` | Scaffold a new resource definition |
 | `add-prompt` | Scaffold a new prompt definition |
+| `add-skill` | Author a skill the server publishes in root `skills/` for the agents that use it — when one earns its place, structure, validation, delivery |
 | `add-service` | Scaffold a new service integration |
 | `add-test` | Scaffold test file for a tool, resource, or service |
 | `field-test` | Exercise tools/resources/prompts with real inputs, verify behavior, report issues |
@@ -360,7 +376,7 @@ When you complete a skill's checklist, check the boxes and add a completion time
 
 ## Bundling
 
-`npm run bundle` produces a `.mcpb` extension bundle for one-click install in Claude Desktop. The pack step is followed by `scripts/clean-mcpb.ts`, which prunes dev dependencies (`mcpb clean`) and strips two classes of `node_modules/**` content that root-anchored `.mcpbignore` patterns cannot reach: dependency-shipped agent docs (`framework-skills/`, `skills/`, `.claude/`, `.agents/`, `SKILL.md`) and platform-specific native bindings, which would otherwise lock the bundle to the platform it was packed on. A server using DataCanvas therefore ships a portable bundle without the DuckDB native — `@duckdb/node-api` is an optional peer loaded lazily, so canvas tools report an actionable install hint and every other tool works normally. MCPB is stdio-only — HTTP and Cloudflare Workers deployments are unaffected. Consumers who don't need it can delete `manifest.json` and `.mcpbignore`; `lint:packaging` skips cleanly.
+`npm run bundle` produces a `.mcpb` extension bundle for one-click install in Claude Desktop. `mcpb pack` reads `.mcpbignore`, not `.gitignore`, so every root path the bundle must not ship — source, tests, docs, caches, logs, agent docs, plugin manifests, gitignored local files — needs a root-anchored line there (`/docs/`, never `docs/`, which also strips `node_modules/*/docs/`); `lint:packaging` names each missing or unanchored line. Root `skills/` ships on purpose. The pack step is followed by `scripts/clean-mcpb.ts`, which prunes dev dependencies (`mcpb clean`) and strips four classes of `node_modules/**` content that root-anchored `.mcpbignore` patterns cannot reach: dependency-shipped agent docs (`framework-skills/`, `skills/`, `.claude/`, `.agents/`, `SKILL.md`); platform-specific native bindings, which would otherwise lock the bundle to the platform it was packed on; node-gyp build output beside a `binding.gyp` (`config.gypi`, Makefiles, `obj.target/`, `.deps/`, object files and debug symbols), which records the packing machine's paths — compiled `*.node` addons stay; and build-only package files — the framework's `changelog/`, `scripts/`, `templates/`, `CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`, and config bases (`biome.json`, `vitest.config.base.mjs`, `config/tsconfig.base.json`), and `better-sqlite3`'s `deps/` and `src/` C sources. A server using DataCanvas therefore ships a portable bundle without the DuckDB native — `@duckdb/node-api` is an optional peer loaded lazily, so canvas tools report an actionable install hint and every other tool works normally. MCPB is stdio-only — HTTP and Cloudflare Workers deployments are unaffected. Consumers who don't need it can delete `manifest.json` and `.mcpbignore`; `lint:packaging` skips cleanly.
 
 **Adding an env var requires both files:** `server.json` (registry discovery, `environmentVariables[]`) and `manifest.json` (bundle install UX, `mcp_config.env` + `user_config`). `lint:packaging` (run by `devcheck`) verifies the env var names match, that every `user_config` option is wired into `mcp_config.env` as `"X": "${user_config.X}"` (the host substitutes nothing else — `"${X}"` reaches the server as that literal string), and that an optional string option carries `"default": ""`.
 
@@ -427,6 +443,7 @@ import { getMyService } from '@/services/my-domain/my-service.js';
 - [ ] If wrapping external API: tests include at least one sparse payload case with omitted upstream fields
 - [ ] Registered in `createApp()` arrays (directly or via barrel exports)
 - [ ] Tests use `createMockContext()` from `@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core/testing`
+- [ ] `plugin.json` + `mcp.json` (Agent Plugins 1.0.0 — read by Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Kiro) populated — `plugin.json` `name` = the unscoped repo name (lowercase `a-z`, `0-9`, `-`, `.` only); `version`, `description`, `author`, `homepage`, `repository`, `license`, `keywords` from `package.json`; no other top-level field, `extensions` included. `mcp.json` holds one `"type": "stdio"` entry keyed by the unscoped name, `npx -y <full package name>`, and the same fixed `env` as `.codex-plugin/mcp.json`. Neither file carries a user-supplied variable (no `""`, no `${…}` besides `${PLUGIN_ROOT}`/`${PLUGIN_DATA}`): keys reach Codex through `.codex-plugin/mcp.json` `env_vars`, which works only while `.codex-plugin/plugin.json` keeps `"mcpServers": "./.codex-plugin/mcp.json"`
 - [ ] `.codex-plugin/plugin.json` populated — `name`, `version`, `description`, `repository`, `license` from `package.json`; `interface.displayName` = the unscoped repo name (never the npm scope — `lint:packaging` enforces this); `interface.shortDescription` from `package.json` description
 - [ ] `.codex-plugin/mcp.json` updated — server name key is the unscoped repo name; every user-supplied variable (API key, contact email, instance URL) is listed in `env_vars` so Codex forwards it from the user's environment. Never write `"KEY": ""` into `env` — an empty value replaces the user's exported key and is read as unset
 - [ ] `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` populated — `name`, `version`, `description`, `author`, `repository`, `license`, `keywords` from `package.json`; inline `mcpServers` entry keyed by the unscoped repo name. Every user-supplied variable is declared under `userConfig` (`type`, `title`, `description`; `sensitive: true` for keys and tokens; `required: true` or `default: ""`) and referenced from `env` as `"KEY": "${user_config.<option>}"` — mirror the `user_config` block in `manifest.json`. Never write `"KEY": ""` into `env`

package/Dockerfile

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # output. A stage that compiles a native addon needs the target-arch toolchain
 # and cannot cross-compile this way — drop the flag there.
 # ==============================================================================
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM oven/bun:1.4.3 AS build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM oven/bun:1.4.4 AS build
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.bun/install/cache \
 
 # Copy the rest of the source code
 COPY . .
+RUN mkdir -p skills
 
 # Build the application
 RUN bun run build
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ RUN bun run build
 # Run the scanner and OTel installer natively, cross-installing production
 # dependencies for the target architecture. Only node_modules leaves this stage.
 # ==============================================================================
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM oven/bun:1.4.3 AS deps
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM oven/bun:1.4.4 AS deps
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ RUN rm -rf node_modules/@socketsecurity/bun-security-scanner
 #
 # Runtime-only stage: Bun runs on the target architecture at container start.
 # ==============================================================================
-FROM oven/bun:1.4.3-slim AS production
+FROM oven/bun:1.4.4-slim AS production
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ COPY --from=deps /usr/src/app/node_modules ./node_modules
 
 # Copy the compiled application code from the build stage
 COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/dist ./dist
+COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/skills ./skills
 
 # The 'oven/bun' image already provides a non-root user named 'bun'.
 # We will use this existing user for enhanced security.

package/README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <div align="center">
   <h1>@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server</h1>
   <p><b>Search, compare, and analyze U.S. college data — costs, earnings, programs, and outcomes — via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.</b>
-  <div>9 Tools • 2 Resources • 1 Prompt</div>
+  <div>9 Tools • 3 Resources • 1 Prompt • 1 Skill</div>
   </p>
 </div>
 
 <div align="center">
 
-[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.3.0-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](./CHANGELOG.md) [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](./LICENSE) [![Docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/Docker-ghcr.io-2496ED?style=flat-square&logo=docker&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/users/cyanheads/packages/container/package/college-scorecard-mcp-server) [![MCP SDK](https://img.shields.io/badge/MCP%20SDK-^2.3.1-green.svg?style=flat-square)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server?style=flat-square&logo=npm&logoColor=white)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server) [![TypeScript](https://img.shields.io/badge/TypeScript-^7.0.2-3178C6.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) [![Bun](https://img.shields.io/badge/Bun-v1.4.3-blueviolet.svg?style=flat-square)](https://bun.sh/)
+[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.5.0-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](./CHANGELOG.md) [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](./LICENSE) [![Docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/Docker-ghcr.io-2496ED?style=flat-square&logo=docker&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/users/cyanheads/packages/container/package/college-scorecard-mcp-server) [![MCP SDK](https://img.shields.io/badge/MCP%20SDK-^2.4.0-green.svg?style=flat-square)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server?style=flat-square&logo=npm&logoColor=white)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server) [![TypeScript](https://img.shields.io/badge/TypeScript-^7.0.2-3178C6.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) [![Bun](https://img.shields.io/badge/Bun-v1.4.4-blueviolet.svg?style=flat-square)](https://bun.sh/)
 
 </div>
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 ## Overview
 
-U.S. college data from the Department of Education College Scorecard API — costs, earnings, programs, and outcomes across roughly 6,500 Title IV institutions. Search and compare schools, look up program-level earnings by field of study, and compute ROI metrics like debt-to-earnings ratio from any MCP client. Runs as a stdio process, a local Streamable HTTP server, or the public hosted endpoint above.
+US college data from the Department of Education College Scorecard: costs, earnings, programs, and outcomes across roughly 6,500 institutions. Search and compare schools, look up earnings by field of study, and compute ROI metrics like debt-to-earnings ratio.
 
 ### Tools
 
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ U.S. college data from the Department of Education College Scorecard API — cos
 | `scorecard_search_schools` | Search institutions by name, location, type, size, acceptance rate, and single-sex flags; sort by supported API fields. Returns core identity and cost metrics. |
 | `scorecard_get_school` | Full institutional profiles — costs, admissions, outcomes, aid, demographics, single-sex flags, and completion rates. |
 | `scorecard_compare_schools` | Normalized side-by-side comparison of 2–5 schools on a named topic. Returns metric values, ordinal ranks, and a comparison summary. |
-| `scorecard_get_programs` | Field-of-study programs at one school: median 1-year earnings, cumulative Stafford/Grad PLUS debt, and IPEDS awards in the two pooled debt-cohort years. |
-| `scorecard_search_programs` | Find programs by CIP code or keyword, with school, earnings, and debt filters; rank by earnings within each fetched school page. |
-| `scorecard_get_earnings` | Institution-level post-graduation earnings for one school — median at 6, 8, and 10 years after entry (P25/P75 at 6 and 10 years), with optional gender breakdown. |
+| `scorecard_get_programs` | Paged field-of-study outcomes: completion-based 1/4-year earnings, legacy highest-credential earnings, debt, and campus awards with separate provenance. |
+| `scorecard_search_programs` | Find programs by CIP and credential or keyword, retain degree identity, and rank earnings within each fetched school page. |
+| `scorecard_get_earnings` | Earnings of federally aided undergraduate entrants working and not enrolled, regardless of completion: 6/8/10-year medians, 6/10-year P25/P75, and non-male/male 6-year medians. |
 | `scorecard_value_analysis` | Workflow tool: parallel-fetches cost, debt, repayment, and earnings data, then computes ROI metrics — debt-to-earnings ratio and net price to earnings ratio. |
-| `scorecard_lookup_cip` | Search 202 curated Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes by keyword or partial name. Served from embedded static data — no API call or rate-limit impact. |
+| `scorecard_lookup_cip` | Search all 464 current NCES CIP 2020 four-digit groups by code, keyword, or related program name. Served offline. |
 | `scorecard_list_fields` | Search the Scorecard field catalog by keyword. Returns matching field paths, descriptions, data types, and sort support. Use before passing custom `fields` parameters. |
 
 ### Resources
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ U.S. college data from the Department of Education College Scorecard API — cos
 | Resource | Description |
 |:---|:---|
 | `scorecard://school/{id}` | Institutional profile by unit ID — injectable context for school-specific conversations |
-| `scorecard://programs/{id}` | Program-level outcomes for a school |
+| `scorecard://programs/{id}` | First page of program-level outcomes for a school |
+| `scorecard://programs/{id}/page/{offset}/{limit}` | Continuation through a school's programs in provider order |
 
 All resource data is also reachable via tools. Use `scorecard_search_schools` or `scorecard_get_school` to discover school IDs before constructing resource URIs.
 
+The [college-scorecard-guide](./skills/college-scorecard-guide/SKILL.md) covers campus/CIP identity, paging, outcome populations, OPEID6 pooling, and price-basis gates. It ships with plugins, npm, Docker, and MCPB, and is served through the MCP Skills extension.
+
 ### Prompts
 
 | Prompt | Description |
@@ -64,69 +67,74 @@ All resource data is also reachable via tools. Use `scorecard_search_schools` or
 
 ### `scorecard_search_schools` <sub>tool</sub>
 
-- Search by name, state, ownership, degree level, size, acceptance rate, CIP code, or ZIP and distance; `per_page` is capped at 100 with zero-indexed `page`. State lists accept `WA,CA` and case variants. ZIP-only queries use the provider default radius; ZIP+4 and nonnegative decimal radii (bare miles, `mi`, or `km`) are supported. Reversed range bounds normalize to ascending order.
+- Search by name, state, ownership, degree level, size, acceptance rate, CIP code, or ZIP and distance (miles or `km`). `per_page` is capped at 100; `page` is zero-indexed. State lists accept `WA,CA`.
 - Returns core identity and cost metrics for quick scanning.
-- `sort` forwards a supported API expression such as `latest.cost.avg_net_price.overall:asc` (`:desc` reverses it). `men_only` and `women_only` accept true or false; omission includes unknown flags, while false selects only explicit zero values.
+- `sort` takes an API expression such as `latest.cost.avg_net_price.overall:asc` (`:desc` reverses it). `men_only` and `women_only` accept true or false.
 
 ---
 
 ### `scorecard_get_school` <sub>tool</sub>
 
-- Accepts a positive safe integer school ID or an array of up to 1,000 elements. Base-10 strings accept whitespace, leading zeros, plus, decimal, and exponent forms when they resolve to a positive safe integer. IDs are deduplicated before the first 100 distinct IDs are fetched; `missing_ids` identifies processed IDs without records, and `unprocessed_ids` identifies unchecked excess.
-- Default profiles cover costs, admissions, outcomes, financial aid, demographics, and completion rates. Custom `fields` returns real ID/name plus `selected_fields` containing requested JSON values, including null, zero, false, and nested arrays. Program leaf projections retain the provider's parent subtree under `latest.programs.cip_4_digit`, preserving sparse rows and array positions; `absent_fields` lists requested paths omitted from that response. Unrequested profile metrics are omitted.
-- HBCU status reads `school.minority_serving.historically_black`; HBCU and single-sex flags preserve true/false when known and remain unknown when absent/null.
+- Accepts a school ID or an array of up to 1,000. The first 100 distinct IDs are fetched; `missing_ids` lists fetched IDs with no record and `unprocessed_ids` lists the excess.
+- Default profiles cover costs, admissions, outcomes, financial aid, demographics, and completion rates. Custom `fields` returns `selected_fields` with the requested values, and `absent_fields` lists requested paths missing from the response.
+- Projected program arrays use `program_limit` (default 20, capped at 100) and `program_offset`; follow each school's `program_pages` continuation. Raw values and provider positions stay aligned.
+- HBCU and single-sex flags are true/false when known and unknown when absent.
 
 ---
 
 ### `scorecard_compare_schools` <sub>tool</sub>
 
-- Accepts 2–5 school unit IDs and one topic: `costs`, `admissions`, `outcomes`, or `aid`.
-- Returns comparison rows with metric values, within-set ordinal ranks, and a comparison summary from a single API call.
+- Accepts 2–1,000 raw unit IDs and compares the first five distinct normalized IDs on `costs`, `admissions`, `outcomes`, or `aid`. `missing_ids` were queried; `unprocessed_ids` were not.
+- Equal independent values share a rank (1, 1, 3). Missing values, pooled outcome rows containing shared OPEID6 groups, and mixed academic/program-year price rows are unranked.
+- Each cell's `availability` distinguishes available, unavailable, and privacy-suppressed values.
 
 ---
 
 ### `scorecard_get_programs` <sub>tool</sub>
 
-- Accepts one school ID, with optional CIP code, `credential_level`, and minimum earnings filters.
-- Existing schools with no reported or matching programs return a successful empty collection; a nonexistent school remains a lookup error. Dotted and undotted four-digit CIP codes are equivalent.
-- Returns median earnings and the matching count of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after their highest credential, with `suppressed` and `suppression_note` for unavailable earnings.
-- `median_debt` is completers' cumulative Stafford/Grad PLUS borrowing across attended institutions at the same academic level. `ipeds_awards_year1` and `ipeds_awards_year2` count awards in each year of the pooled debt cohort, not enrollment or unique students.
+- Accepts one school ID, with optional CIP code (dotted or undotted), `credential_level`, and minimum earnings filters. A school with no matching programs returns an empty collection; a nonexistent school is a lookup error.
+- Completion-based 1/4-year medians and counts carry separate availability and provenance. Legacy `earnings_1yr_median`/`earnings_count` retain highest-credential semantics; their availability and suppression counts remain separate.
+- `min_earnings` and ordering use completion-based one-year earnings, with no legacy fallback. Page with `limit` (default 20, capped at 100) and `offset`; `total` counts matches before paging, and `nextOffset` is null at the end.
+- `median_debt` is completers' cumulative Stafford/Grad PLUS borrowing. `ipeds_awards_year1` and `ipeds_awards_year2` count awards in each year of the pooled debt cohort, not students.
 
 ---
 
 ### `scorecard_search_programs` <sub>tool</sub>
 
-- Search by CIP code or program name, with state, ownership, net price, earnings, and debt filters; zero-indexed `page` and `per_page` (up to 100) paginate schools, so returned program rows may exceed `per_page`.
-- Returns school IDs and names alongside program metrics, sorted by earnings within the fetched page.
-- `min_earnings` filters locally; totals and pagination remain upstream school counts before local filtering. Earnings/debt thresholds are inclusive and exclude unknown values. Debt and award fields have the same meanings as in `scorecard_get_programs`.
+- Search by CIP code or program name, with optional integer `credential_level` (1–8 and 99), state, ownership, net price, earnings, and debt filters. `page`/`per_page` paginate schools; `offset`/`limit` page matching program rows within that school page.
+- Returns school IDs and names with program metrics, `credential_level`, and `credential_title`. Available earnings sort first; availability, debt, and award fields match `scorecard_get_programs`.
+- `min_earnings` filters locally, so totals and pagination are upstream school counts before filtering. Earnings and debt thresholds are inclusive and exclude unknown values.
+- Follow `next` until null: it drains program rows on the current school page before advancing. `shown` counts returned programs; `schools_shown` counts fetched schools. Rankings use current completion-based one-year earnings within the fetched page only.
 
 ---
 
 ### `scorecard_get_earnings` <sub>tool</sub>
 
-- Accepts one school ID and optional `years` for cohort trends and a gender-breakdown option.
-- Returns median earnings at 6, 8, and 10 years after entry, P25/P75 at 6 and 10 years, and optional 6-year female/male medians; `suppressed` and `suppression_note` flag earnings unavailable at every time point.
-- Each requested trend year adds its 6-year and 10-year median alongside the current snapshot.
+- Accepts one school ID and optional data-file start `years` from 1996–2025 (file vintages, not entry years). Omit `years` or pass `[]` for the snapshot only.
+- Covers federally aided undergraduate entrants working and not enrolled, regardless of completion: medians at 6/8/10 years after entry, 6/10-year P25/P75, and non-male/male 6-year medians.
+- `current_availability` and `trend[].availability` classify each metric. `current_context` and `trend[].context` give `data_file_year`, `entry_cohorts`, `measurement_years`, and `dollar_year`; values keep the provider's dollar basis, so check it before comparing across vintages.
 
 ---
 
 ### `scorecard_value_analysis` <sub>tool</sub>
 
 - Accepts one school ID; optional `family_income` selects the applicable net price bracket ($0–30k, $30k–48k, $48k–75k, $75k–110k, or $110k+).
-- Returns debt-to-earnings and net-price-to-earnings ratios alongside the source figures; `data_notes` explains suppressed or missing fields.
+- Returns ratios alongside their source figures. `effective_net_price` is the price used, and `net_price_basis` is `income_bracket`, `overall`, or `unavailable`.
+- If the bracket is missing, the overall price is used and `data_notes` says so. Ratios require positive annual earnings.
+- Tuition and attendance independently prefer academic-year prices, otherwise reported program-year prices; each has its own basis. Program tuition never substitutes for net price. OPEID6-pooled outcomes are identified alongside campus prices.
 
 ---
 
 ### `scorecard_lookup_cip` <sub>tool</sub>
 
-- Search by nonblank keyword or partial name (default limit 20); requests up to 1,000 are accepted and served at a cap of 50. Totals count before slicing; exact-cap results are not truncated, and no matches return an empty collection with guidance.
-- Returns codes, standard titles, and CIP families from a curated offline set of 202 common 4-digit codes, rather than the full NCES taxonomy.
+- Search by nonblank keyword or partial name (default limit 20, capped at 50). Dotted `11.07` and undotted `1107` are equivalent; continue with `offset` and returned `nextOffset` while more results remain.
+- Returns exact group titles and family identities from all 464 current NCES CIP 2020 four-digit groups. Verified six-digit program aliases return their group; no matches return an empty collection with guidance.
 
 ---
 
 ### `scorecard_list_fields` <sub>tool</sub>
 
-- Search 80 curated offline field entries by nonblank query (default limit 30); requests up to 1,000 are accepted and served at a cap of 100. Totals count before slicing; no matches return an empty collection with guidance. Use before passing custom `fields` to `scorecard_get_school`.
+- Search 84 curated offline field entries by nonblank query (default limit 30, capped at 100). Use before passing custom `fields` to `scorecard_get_school`.
 - Returns field paths, descriptions, data types, categories, and API sorting support; `tip` flags results containing unsortable fields.
 
 ---
@@ -141,16 +149,17 @@ All resource data is also reachable via tools. Use `scorecard_search_schools` or
 
 ### `scorecard://programs/{id}` <sub>resource</sub>
 
-- Program-level outcomes as `application/json` — CIP code, title, credential level, 1-year earnings, cumulative Stafford/Grad PLUS debt, and `ipeds_awards_year1` / `ipeds_awards_year2` with the same meanings as the program tools; missing metrics are null
+- First 20 program rows as `application/json`, in provider order, with current/legacy earnings populations, scope, provenance, debt, and campus awards. Legacy nullable metrics retain null; new metrics expose availability.
 - `id` is the school unit ID from `scorecard_search_schools`
 - `list` returns a handful of example school URIs; use `scorecard_search_schools` to discover others
+- Follow `nextUri` through `scorecard://programs/{id}/page/{offset}/{limit}` until null. Page limits above 100 normalize to 100, with a hard ceiling of 1,000; offsets are zero-based. Tool ordering differs, so do not reuse offsets between tools and resources.
 
 ---
 
 ### `scorecard_compare_prompt` <sub>prompt</sub>
 
 - Arguments: `school_names` (comma-separated list) and `focus` (`costs` | `outcomes` | `programs`), both required
-- Returns one user message sequencing `scorecard_search_schools` → `scorecard_compare_schools` → `scorecard_get_school`, plus `scorecard_get_programs`/`scorecard_lookup_cip` when focus is `programs` or `scorecard_value_analysis` otherwise
+- `costs` and `outcomes` run school discovery, `scorecard_compare_schools`, profiles, and value analysis. `programs` runs school discovery, CIP lookup, and `scorecard_get_programs` per school, then compares earnings, debt, and IPEDS awards for matching credentials.
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -159,19 +168,17 @@ Built on [`@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core`](https://github.com/cyanheads/mcp-ts-core): s
 College Scorecard-specific:
 
 - Full College Scorecard API coverage: ~6,500 Title IV institutions, ~2,800 data fields spanning costs, outcomes, demographics, financial aid, and field-of-study earnings
-- Program-level earnings: median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after their highest credential, per school × CIP code × credential level
+- Program completion earnings at one and four years, alongside legacy highest-credential outcomes; each series carries its population and vintage
 - Field pre-selection per tool — curated field sets appropriate to each tool's purpose; optional `fields` override for custom queries
-- Embedded CIP code taxonomy (202 codes) and field catalog (80 fields) served as static data — zero API calls, zero rate-limit impact
+- Embedded CIP taxonomy (464 groups) and field catalog (84 fields) served offline
 - Geographic filtering via U.S. zip code + distance radius
 
 Agent-friendly output:
 
-- FERPA suppression surfaced as structured `suppressed: true` flag with `suppression_note` — prevents hallucination of missing earnings data at selective schools with small cohorts
-- Derived metrics alongside source figures in `scorecard_value_analysis` — agents can verify arithmetic and branch on computed values, not raw numbers
-- Ordinal ranks in `scorecard_compare_schools` place each school's metric values within the comparison set
-- School sorting uses indexed API fields; check `scorecard_list_fields` before choosing a sort expression. Six-year earnings does not support API sorting. Program earnings ordering applies within each fetched school page.
-- Searches echo normalized effective selectors and pagination defaults on both output surfaces, distinguishing no upstream matches, exhausted pages, and locally filtered program pages. Blank optional selectors are unset; CIP precedence omits an ignored program name from the echo.
-- Provider failures retain safe status/detail with distinct validation, authentication, throttling, timeout, and availability reasons. Permanent validation/authentication failures are not retried; resource failures include recovery and a request ID. Availability uses `api_error`; cancellation remains `RequestCancelled`.
+- Availability distinguishes numbers (including zero), missing values, and explicit `PS` / `PrivacySuppressed` provider markers
+- Derived metrics sit alongside source figures in `scorecard_value_analysis`, and `scorecard_compare_schools` adds ordinal ranks
+- School sorting uses indexed API fields; check `scorecard_list_fields` before choosing a sort expression. Six-year earnings does not support API sorting.
+- Provider failures report distinct validation, authentication, throttling, timeout, and availability reasons; availability uses `api_error` and cancellation remains `RequestCancelled`
 
 ## Getting started
 
@@ -294,15 +301,15 @@ All configuration is validated at startup via Zod schemas in `src/config/server-
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |:---|:---|:---|
-| `SCORECARD_API_KEY` | **Required.** API key from [api.data.gov](https://api.data.gov/signup/). 1,000 req/hour rate limit. | — |
+| `SCORECARD_API_KEY` | **Required.** API key from [api.data.gov](https://api.data.gov/signup/) (1,000 req/hour). | — |
 | `MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE` | Transport: `stdio` or `http` | `stdio` |
 | `MCP_HTTP_PORT` | HTTP server port | `3010` |
 | `MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH` | HTTP endpoint path where the MCP server is mounted | `/mcp` |
 | `MCP_PUBLIC_URL` | Public origin override for TLS-terminating reverse-proxy deployments | none |
-| `MCP_SESSION_MODE` | HTTP session mode: `stateless`, `stateful`, or `auto`. The server declares `stateless` in code; an explicit env value overrides it. | `stateless` |
+| `MCP_SESSION_MODE` | HTTP session mode: `stateless`, `stateful`, or `auto` | `stateless` |
 | `MCP_AUTH_MODE` | Authentication: `none`, `jwt`, or `oauth` | `none` |
 | `MCP_LOG_LEVEL` | Log level (`debug`, `info`, `warning`, `error`, etc.) | `info` |
-| `MCP_GC_PRESSURE_INTERVAL_MS` | Opt-in forced-GC pressure loop (ms, Bun only). Try `60000` if heap growth is observed under sustained HTTP load. | `0` (disabled) |
+| `MCP_GC_PRESSURE_INTERVAL_MS` | Opt-in forced-GC loop interval in ms (Bun only); try `60000` if heap grows under HTTP load | `0` (disabled) |
 | `LOGS_DIR` | Directory for log files (Node.js only) | `<project-root>/logs` |
 | `STORAGE_PROVIDER_TYPE` | Storage backend: `in-memory`, `filesystem`, `supabase`, `cloudflare-kv/r2/d1` | `in-memory` |
 | `OTEL_ENABLED` | Enable [OpenTelemetry instrumentation](https://github.com/cyanheads/mcp-ts-core/tree/main/docs/telemetry) | `false` |
@@ -350,6 +357,7 @@ The Dockerfile defaults to HTTP transport, stateless session mode, and logs to `
 | `src/config` | Server-specific environment variable parsing and validation with Zod. |
 | `src/mcp-server/tools` | Tool definitions (`*.tool.ts`). Nine tools across search, profile, programs, earnings, and analysis. |
 | `src/mcp-server/resources` | Resource definitions. School profile and program outcomes resources. |
+| `skills/college-scorecard-guide` | Published usage gates for school/program comparisons and complete retrieval. |
 | `src/mcp-server/prompts` | Prompt definitions. Multi-school comparison prompt. |
 | `src/services` | `ScorecardService` — fetch wrapper with retry, field selection, and pagination against the College Scorecard API. |
 | `tests/` | Unit and integration tests mirroring `src/`. |
@@ -362,6 +370,7 @@ See [`CLAUDE.md`](./CLAUDE.md) for development guidelines and architectural rule
 - Use `ctx.log` for request-scoped logging, `ctx.state` for tenant-scoped storage
 - Register new tools, resources, and prompts in the `createApp()` arrays in `src/index.ts`
 - Wrap external API calls: validate raw → normalize to domain type → return output schema; never fabricate missing fields
+- During maintenance, run `bun run check:earnings-provenance` (Python 3 required) to compare embedded institution earnings metadata with the official dictionary. Pass a local XLSX path to reuse a download; requests never fetch the dictionary.
 
 ## Contributing
 

package/changelog/0.4.x/0.4.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+summary: "Correct Scorecard earnings, availability, and program comparisons."
+breaking: true
+security: false
+---
+
+# 0.4.0 — 2026-10-14
+
+## Added
+
+- **`scorecard_search_programs`** accepts integer `credential_level` selectors before school pagination and retains provider credential levels/titles, including future numeric levels; missing identity remains absent. ([#26](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/26))
+- **`scorecard_value_analysis`** discloses `effective_net_price`, `net_price_basis`, requested income/bracket, and the overall-price fallback when a bracket estimate is unavailable. ([#35](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/35))
+
+## Changed
+
+- **`scorecard_get_earnings.years`** selects API data-file start years, validated to 1996–2025; valid files without observations succeed. Per-metric context supplies verified entry cohorts, measurement years, and dollar basis without re-inflation. ([#25](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/25))
+- **Availability** distinguishes available numbers, unknown-cause missing data, and explicit privacy markers. Consumers must use availability fields for missing data; `suppressed` flags/counts now require confirmed privacy suppression, and aggregate earnings suppression requires every current metric explicitly marked. ([#38](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/38))
+- **Provider metrics** accept explicit privacy sentinels and reject unexpected values with `ServiceUnavailable` / `api_error` plus recovery guidance.
+
+## Removed
+
+- **`current.earnings_6yr_female_median`** is replaced by `earnings_6yr_non_male_median`; migrate consumers to the provider's non-male population. Unsupported `percent_greater_than_100000` and `mean_annual_increment` catalog entries are removed. ([#24](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/24))
+
+## Fixed
+
+- **Earnings projections** use real percentile and non-male/male paths; profiles render available P75 values even when P25 is absent.
+- **Earnings descriptions** identify federally aided undergraduate entrants working and not enrolled, regardless of completion.
+- **`scorecard_compare_prompt`** uses CIP lookup and per-school program retrieval for programs focus, comparing matching credentials with earnings, cumulative debt, and pooled-cohort IPEDS awards. ([#27](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/27))
+- **`scorecard_compare_schools`** uses competition ranks (1, 1, 3), leaves unavailable values unranked, and names tied leaders. ([#34](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/34))
+- **`scorecard_lookup_cip`** reconciles 186 curated four-digit groups to NCES CIP 2020, resolves verified descendant aliases, and accepts undotted codes. ([#30](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/30))
+- **Packaging** declares the required Scorecard API key for HTTP npm installs and excludes development tests/fixtures from desktop bundles.

package/changelog/0.5.x/0.5.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+summary: "Page program inventories and compare college outcomes with explicit populations, pooling, and price periods."
+breaking: false
+security: false
+---
+
+# 0.5.0 — 2026-11-03
+
+## Added
+
+- Add paged program resources and the college-scorecard-guide skill resource.
+- **Program paging**: tools and custom program projections expose row limits, offsets, totals, and continuation; search drains program rows before advancing school pages. ([#28](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/28))
+- **Completion earnings**: program outputs include separate one-/four-year medians, counts, availability, and dictionary provenance; one-year completion earnings drive filtering and ordering. Legacy highest-credential fields retain their population. ([#42](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/42))
+- **CIP lookup**: cover all 464 current CIP 2020 four-digit groups, retain verified descendant aliases, and provide offset continuation. ([#46](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/46))
+- **Comparison shortlists**: accept up to 1,000 raw IDs, compare the first five distinct normalized IDs, and report missing versus unprocessed IDs separately. ([#47](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/47))
+- **Agent Plugins**: publish root plugin metadata and stdio connection configuration.
+
+## Changed
+
+- **Output formatting**: preserve literal upstream/caller text in Markdown and render school website values as links.
+- **Packaging and maintenance**: sync framework skills and validation scripts, retain SDK skills runtime modules in portable bundles, ship the guide across install surfaces, and use a one-day dependency release-age guard.
+
+## Fixed
+
+- **Institution earnings provenance**: use the official 2022 data-file contexts and 2024 dollar basis for latest metrics, complete historical 2022 context, and add a maintenance dictionary check. ([#41](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/41))
+- **OPEID6 pooling**: expose aggregation identity/scope and leave shared pooled comparison rows unranked; value analysis discloses pooled outcomes beside campus prices. ([#43](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/43))
+- **Program-year prices**: retain tuition and attendance with independent price bases; mixed-period comparison rows stay unranked and unavailable prices carry no speculative explanation. ([#44](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/44))
+- **Predominant degrees**: label 0 as “Not classified” and 4 as “Entirely graduate-degree granting.” ([#45](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/45))
+- **Value analysis**: render the numeric debt-to-earnings ratio without uncited qualitative assessments. ([#48](https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server/issues/48))
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- `@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core` ^0.13.15 → ^0.13.18.
+- `zod` ^4.6.5 → ^4.6.7.
+- `@biomejs/biome` ^2.5.15 → ^2.6.4.
+- `@types/node` ^26.6.5 → ^26.6.6.
+- `ignore` ^7.0.12 → ^7.0.14.
+- `tsc-alias` ^1.9.7 → ^1.9.10.
+- `vitest` ^5.0.3 → ^5.0.5.
+- Bun runtime and Docker images 1.4.3 → 1.4.4.
+- Transitive MCP SDK `@modelcontextprotocol/server` 2.3.1 → 2.4.0.