"MCP" (Model Context Protocol; misnomer: Mass Content Puller) tools indiscriminately crawl the web, harvesting data that doesn't belong to them.
They ignore robots.txt, violate copyrights, and often breach trade and access laws.
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"MCP" (Model Context Protocol; misnomer: Mass Content Puller) tools indiscriminately crawl the web, harvesting data that doesn't belong to them. They ignore robots.txt, violate copyrights, and often breach trade and access laws.
| ❌ MCP Behavior | 🚫 Legal / Ethical Issue |
|---|---|
| Ignores robots.txt & TOS | Unauthorized access, breach of contract |
| Copies full content | Copyright & database-rights infringement |
| Circumvents paywalls | DMCA §1201 anti-circumvention |
| Extracts confidential data | Trade-secret misappropriation |
| Overloads servers | "Trespass to chattels," service interference |
| Exports scraped data | Data-locality and export-control violations |
MCP tools scrape first and apologize later — a model increasingly viewed as likely illegal across multiple jurisdictions.
Autonomo CLI turns any codebase into an intelligent API — generating servers, clients, and tests from real source code — while staying 100% compliant with trade law, copyright, and web-access ethics.
No scraping. No violations. No gray areas.
Just agentic automation built the right way.
Autonomo CLI is the agentic interface for the Autonomo AI ecosystem. It allows both humans and AI agents to create APIs, generate test suites, and write production-ready code directly from the command line — with full respect for software licenses and API terms of service.
Built in Rust for speed and safety.
Designed for developers, enterprises, and autonomous agents.
Autonomo CLI was built specifically to avoid the legal and ethical traps of scraping technologies.
Connects only through licensed or consented APIs (Postman, Packagist, OpenAPI, REST, GraphQL). Never scrapes HTML or bypasses protections.
Honors robots.txt, rate limits, and service terms before every request.
Tracks origin and license metadata for every file and integration.
No cloud scraping, no secret uploads — everything runs on your own machine.
All writes and code changes require developer review and approval.
Audit logs, provenance trails, and optional Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) keep your organization compliant.
✅ Uses official APIs and licensed data sources
✅ Honors robots.txt, Terms of Service, and rate limits
✅ Avoids paywall bypassing or anti-circumvention
✅ Maintains full provenance and audit logs
✅ Runs locally or on private infrastructure
✅ Supports human approval for every write
✅ Optional enterprise legal frameworks and DPAs
Autonomo bridges the gap between agentic AI innovation and real-world legality. You get the power of autonomous coding — without crossing ethical or legal boundaries.