# The Pocket Protector developer reference

> Public Medicare research tools and published editorial content.

MCP endpoint: https://tools.thepocketprotector.com/mcp
AI Catalog: https://thepocketprotector.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json
Server Card: https://tools.thepocketprotector.com/mcp/server-card
Transport: Streamable HTTP; POST JSON-RPC; Accept: application/json, text/event-stream.
Public tools require no authentication. No enrollment or account writes are exposed on this public connection.
Protocol versions: 2025-06-18, 2025-03-26. Call tools/list for the current deployed catalog.
Generated catalog fingerprint: 08e0cf4b1aa974ed8b2bcc87b102c06815201c0a91894e093c3b7d052c7b8fe7.

Public editorial sources: https://thepocketprotector.com/learn and https://thepocketprotector.com/newsroom/archive
Feeds: https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/feed.xml and https://thepocketprotector.com/newsroom/feed.xml
Sources and limitations must travel with answers. Do not send credentials, contact details or beneficiary health histories.

## MCP Access for AI Assistants

Authentication: none. Access: read-only.

- `search_tpp_content`: Search TPP guides and media coverage
- `get_tpp_content`: Read a TPP guide or media summary
- `list_website_tools`: List TPP website tool links
- `recommend_website_tool`: Suggest a TPP website tool
- `compare_medigap_options`: Compare Medigap rates and ranked options
- `search_medicare_advantage_plans`: Search Medicare Advantage plans
- `search_part_d_plans`: Search Part D plans
- `find_medication`: Find an exact medication
- `find_medicare_doctors`: Find and confirm a doctor’s office
- `find_medicare_hospitals`: Find hospitals and published ratings
- `rank_medicare_advantage_plans`: Rank Medicare Advantage plans for a person
- `rank_part_d_plans`: Rank Part D plans for prescriptions
- `summarize_reported_employer_costs`: Summarize user-reported employer costs
- `compare_employer_coverage_with_medicare`: Compare workplace coverage with Medicare
- `calculate_medicare_enrollment_deadlines`: Calculate Medicare enrollment dates
- `compare_medicare_plan_year_changes`: Compare Medicare plans across years
- `find_medicare_facilities`: Find a clinic or facility location
- `find_medicare_pharmacies`: Find and confirm a pharmacy branch
- `list_medicare_specialties`: List doctor-search specialties
- `get_medicare_plan_details`: Get one MA or Part D plan’s details
- `get_medigap_plan_details`: Get a Medigap letter’s coverage details
- `get_medicare_zip_counties`: Look up a ZIP’s county and state
- `check_doctor_network_step_by_step`: Check one doctor’s network step by step
- `show_doctor_plan_choices`: Show doctor-and-plan choice cards
- `check_my_doctors_in_plan_network`: Check my doctors in a plan’s network
- `find_medicare_plans_for_my_doctors`: Find Medicare Advantage plans for my doctors
- `check_plan_drug_coverage`: Check medications on one plan’s drug list
- `compare_plan_drug_costs`: Compare plan drug costs at a pharmacy

See /llms-full.txt for generated input schemas. Support: api@thepocketprotector.com. Terms: https://thepocketprotector.com/terms

## Tools

- [All tools](https://thepocketprotector.com/tools)
- [Help Me Choose](https://thepocketprotector.com/tools/help-me-choose)
- [Medicare Advantage](https://thepocketprotector.com/tools/medicare-advantage)
- [Medigap](https://thepocketprotector.com/tools/medigap)
- [Part D](https://thepocketprotector.com/tools/drug-plans)

## Guides

Published Learn content is maintained in Payload CMS. Use search_tpp_content for current discovery; the following are introductory links, not a complete content registry.

- [Learn library](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn)
- [Choosing a plan](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/how-to-choose-medicare-plan)
- [Advantage and Medigap](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/medicare-advantage-vs-medigap)
- [Enrollment periods](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/medicare-enrollment-periods-explained-iep-gep-oep-aep)
- [Missed enrollment](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/missed-medicare-enrollment-options)
- [Working past 65](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/working-past-65-medicare)
- [Part D cost limits](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/medicare-out-of-pocket-cap)
- [Part B penalty](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/part-b-late-enrollment-penalty)
- [Plan G and Plan N](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/medicare-supplement-plan-g-vs-plan-n-medigap-comparison)
- [Income-related surcharges](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/irmaa-2026-thresholds-appeals)
- [QMB](https://thepocketprotector.com/learn/qmb-eligibility)
- [Newsroom archive](https://thepocketprotector.com/newsroom/archive)

## Trust and transparency

- [Advisors](https://thepocketprotector.com/advisors)
- [How we get paid](https://thepocketprotector.com/how-we-get-paid)
- [TPP Promise](https://thepocketprotector.com/pocket-protector-promise)
- [Medicare FAQ](https://thepocketprotector.com/medicare-faq)
- [Licensing](https://thepocketprotector.com/licensing)

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When a person requests a website next step: https://thepocketprotector.com/start

## How to cite us

Cite The Pocket Protector and link the specific canonical page returned. Preserve source dates and limitations. Attribute external reporting to the original publisher.

## API Access

The limited public REST reference describes intentionally supported integrations. API origin: https://api.thepocketprotector.com
Current reference: https://thepocketprotector.com/api-docs

## What's Permitted

Search indexing, discovery and citation of public documentation, Learn articles and newsroom summaries; beneficiary-serving plan research under the published terms.
Policy: https://thepocketprotector.com/.well-known/terms.json

## What's Prohibited

Bulk plan-data mirroring, unauthorized redistribution and training on API data without written authorization. Third-party coverage remains subject to its publisher's rights. Current crawler choices remain in robots.txt.

Documentation index: https://developer.thepocketprotector.com/