
Do Not Act
β Officialfrom awslabs
Read-only stop/go risk gateway for prediction-market agents before capital moves: dispute lifecycle, resolution risk, action-aware preflight, alerts, token checks.
Do Not Act MCP
Use the Do Not Act MCP server when an agent runtime should call the Risk Gateway before continuing on a prediction-market workflow.
Machine-readable install manifest:
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/mcp.json -
/.well-known/mcp.json
Remote MCP endpoint
Do Not Act also exposes a hosted MCP endpoint for clients and registries that prefer connecting by URL instead of launching a local stdio package.
https://donotact.com/mcp
Transport: MCP Streamable HTTP (POST JSON-RPC, optional GET
text/event-stream, OPTIONS CORS preflight).
Authentication:
Authorization: Bearer
The same user API key used by the REST API is required. Do not pass keys in
query strings. Gateways that use a config form should ask for one secret field:
apiKey, then inject it as a bearer token or private header.
Minimal JSON-RPC checks:
curl -sS https://donotact.com/mcp \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"manual-check","version":"0.1.0"}}}'
curl -sS https://donotact.com/mcp \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list","params":{}}'
tools/list returns the same seven tools as the stdio package:
donotact_dispute, donotact_resolution_risk, donotact_preflight,
donotact_preflight_token, donotact_watchlist_add, donotact_alerts, and
donotact_dispute_history_csv.
Tools
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donotact_dispute -
donotact_watchlist_add -
donotact_alerts -
donotact_preflight -
donotact_preflight_token -
donotact_resolution_risk -
donotact_dispute_history_csv
The shortest safety policy:
1. Call donotact_preflight before continuing on a market.
2. Include intended side, requested notional, slippage policy and horizon when known.
3. Continue only if verdict/decision == READY.
4. If verdict/decision is DO_NOT_ACT or INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE, stop automated action.
5. Preserve decision, component_scores, risk_factors, risk_factor_bitmap, risk_factor_bit_index, blocking_reasons, safe_operating_limits, no_trade_reasons, what_would_change_this, source_refs and not_advice.
6. Use donotact_dispute for focused UMA lifecycle checks.
7. Use donotact_preflight_token for token-risk checks by chain and contract address.
8. If continuing, register donotact_watchlist_add for recurring dispute monitoring.
9. Use donotact_alerts as the backup alert feed and delivery-state truth.
Boundary
Do Not Act is diagnostics and control logic only. The caller keeps execution, custody, private keys, signing and order routing outside Do Not Act.
Useful public proof
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Public Dispute Risk Index:
/dispute-risk -
Public event feed:
/dispute-events.atom -
Public proof cases:
/proof-cases -
Signed resolved UMA proof cases:
/resolved-proof-cases.json -
Example resolved proof case:
/resolved-proof-cases/donotact-polymarket-580810-resolved-uma-dispute -
Default safety snippets:
/docs/default-safety-check -
Machine-payment proof and CDP Bazaar indexed 0.01 USDC route:
/docs/x402 -
Accountless token-risk x402 route:
/x402/v1/preflight/token/{chain}/{address}
Agent Discovery
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llms.txt:
/llms.txt -
Full context:
/llms-full.txt -
Agent manifest:
/agent.json -
OpenAPI:
/openapi.json -
Discovery docs:
/docs/discovery
python -m pip install https://donotact.com/downloads/mcp-donotact-0.3.0.tar.gzBefore it works, you'll need: DONOTACT_API_KEY
Install from public archive
The MCP package is currently source-installable from a public Do Not Act archive. It is not published to a package registry yet, and does not require GitHub authentication.
python -m pip install https://donotact.com/downloads/mcp-donotact-0.3.0.tar.gz
Archive URL: /downloads/mcp-donotact-0.3.0.tar.gz
Runtime configuration
export DONOTACT_BASE_URL=https://donotact.com
export DONOTACT_API_KEY=ce_...
export DONOTACT_SOURCE=mcp-donotact/0.3.0
mcp-donotact
Do not print, log, commit, or expose DONOTACT_API_KEY.
No common issues documented yet. If you hit a problem, the repository's GitHub Issues page is the best place to look.