		@@ -112,2 +112,30 @@ // Licence-requirement lookup against the Commerce Country Chart.

		/**
		* An entry with no controls in the data is a question this server cannot
		* answer, and it must never come back as `licenseRequired: false`.
		*
		* Two different things produce one: an entry whose licence requirements are
		* written as prose rather than as a country-chart table (0A983 reads "a license
		* is required for ALL destinations", which is the opposite of no licence), and
		* an entry that is a pointer to the ITAR and carries no EAR requirement at all
		* (0A002). Both are real, controlled items. Neither can be answered from an
		* empty control list, and `false` computed from an empty array is not a finding
		* about the regulation, it is the absence of one.
		*/
		function indeterminateResult(eccn, entry) {
		return {
		status: "indeterminate",
		eccn,
		title: entry.t,
		reasons: (entry.r ?? []).map((r) => ({ code: r, name: REASON_CODES[r] ?? null })),
		message:
		`${eccn} carries no country-chart control in the ${SOURCE_EDITION} data, so the chart cannot ` +
		"answer for it. Do not read this as no licence required: entries in this state include items " +
		"requiring a licence to all destinations, and items that are subject to the ITAR rather than " +
		"the EAR. Read the entry directly in 15 CFR part 774, Supplement No. 1, and check the title " +
		"returned here, which often states the requirement.",
		notCovered: NOT_COVERED,
		};
		}

		/** Every caveat that a chart answer does not cover. Attached to every result. */
		@@ -172,2 +200,4 @@ const NOT_COVERED = [

		if (!entry.c.length) return indeterminateResult(eccn, entry);

		const marks = new Set(row.c);
		@@ -204,2 +234,3 @@ const triggered = [];
		if (!e) return { status: "unknown_eccn", eccn, message: `${eccn} is not in the ${SOURCE_EDITION} Commerce Control List.` };
		if (!e.c.length) return { ...indeterminateResult(eccn, e), chartDetermined: false, sourceEdition: SOURCE_EDITION };
		return {
		@@ -206,0 +237,0 @@ status: "ok",

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dist/tools.mjs

		@@ -15,2 +15,3 @@ // The single source of truth for this server. Both transports import this and
		"embargoed",
		"indeterminate",
		"invalid_eccn",
		@@ -28,4 +29,6 @@ "unknown_eccn",
		"Outcome of the lookup. Only `ok` carries an answer. `embargoed` means the " +
		"chart does not govern the destination. `ambiguous_country` means the name " +
		"matched more than one row and you must ask which was meant.",
		"chart does not govern the destination. `indeterminate` means the entry has " +
		"no country-chart control in this data and the chart cannot answer for it, " +
		"which is not the same as no licence being required. `ambiguous_country` " +
		"means the name matched more than one row and you must ask which was meant.",
		};
		@@ -35,3 +38,3 @@
		name: "export-control",
		version: "0.1.0",
		version: "0.2.0",
		instructions:
		@@ -62,2 +65,9 @@ "Answers one question: does the Commerce Country Chart require an export " +
		"you should put that choice to a human rather than picking.\n\n" +
		"Some entries write their licence requirement as prose rather than as a " +
		"chart column, and some are pointers to the ITAR carrying no EAR " +
		"requirement at all. Those return `indeterminate` rather than an answer, " +
		"because a chart verdict computed from an entry with no chart controls " +
		"would read as `licenseRequired: false` for items that in fact require a " +
		"licence to every destination. Treat `indeterminate` as unanswered and go " +
		"to the regulation.\n\n" +
		"A result of `licenseRequired: false` means only that the country chart " +
		@@ -87,4 +97,6 @@ "does not require one for that ECCN. It is not permission to export. The " +
		"about the Entity List, embargoes, end-use controls, or whether the " +
		"ECCN is the right one. This tool cannot classify an item into an " +
		"ECCN and will not try.",
		"ECCN is the right one. Entries whose requirement is not written as a " +
		"chart column return `indeterminate` instead of a verdict, and that is " +
		"an unanswered question rather than a negative answer. This tool cannot " +
		"classify an item into an ECCN and will not try.",
		annotations: { readOnlyHint: true, openWorldHint: false },
		@@ -140,2 +152,4 @@ inputSchema: {
		},
		title: { type: "string", description: "The Control List entry heading, on an indeterminate result." },
		message: { type: "string", description: "Why no verdict was returned, when status is not `ok`." },
		},
		@@ -150,2 +164,8 @@ required: ["status"],
		{
		// The requirement is "a license is required for ALL destinations",
		// written as prose. An empty control list must not become `false`.
		args: { eccn: "0A983", country: "France" },
		expect: { status: "indeterminate", eccn: "0A983" },
		},
		{
		args: { eccn: "3A001", country: "Canada" },
		@@ -180,3 +200,4 @@ expect: { status: "ok", licenseRequired: false },
		"decided by the country chart at all, and those return " +
		"`chartDetermined: false` with the requirement text instead. Knowing an " +
		"`chartDetermined: false` with the requirement text instead, or " +
		"`indeterminate` when the entry carries no chart control at all. Knowing an " +
		"entry's reasons for control does not tell you whether a licence is " +
		@@ -226,2 +247,6 @@ "required for a destination; pass the ECCN to check_export_license for " +
		},
		{
		args: { eccn: "0A002" }, // present, but a pointer to the ITAR
		expect: { status: "indeterminate", chartDetermined: false },
		},
		],
		@@ -228,0 +253,0 @@ handler: ({ eccn }) => lookupEccn(eccn),

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package.json

		{
		"name": "@toolstop/export-control",
		"version": "0.1.0",
		"version": "0.2.0",
		"mcpName": "dev.toolstop/export-control",
		@@ -5,0 +5,0 @@ "description": "MCP server that answers whether the US Commerce Country Chart requires an export licence for a given ECCN to a given destination, from the published CFR tables.",

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