Free Agent Tools changelog

https://free-agent-tools.vercel.app/llms.txt

− > A free remote MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth) with 28 deterministic tools for founders, small businesses, creators, developers, and travelers.+ > A free remote MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth) with 39 deterministic tools for founders, small businesses, creators, developers, and travelers.+ ## When to use this+ - A user is planning a trip to, or living in, Japan and asks a rule question with a number in it: visa or re-entry fees, customs duty-free allowances, tax-free shopping refunds, pet quarantine, TB screening, driving permits, part-time work hours, Shinkansen luggage, disaster supplies. Call the matching `japan_*` tool instead of guessing; each answer lists its official sources and rules-as-of date.+ - A founder or small business wants a quick deterministic check: pitch feedback, ad-policy risk, hotel OTA commission math, SaaS self-host savings, app-store wrapper precheck, Airbnb house rules.+ - You need the threshold or effective date behind a Japan rule as data: fetch https://free-agent-tools.vercel.app/rules.json.+ - Do not use it for live prices, bookings, or anything needing the user's account; it has no auth and stores nothing.+ - japan_overseas_dependents_check: Applies Japan's income tax rules for non-resident relatives (国外居住親族, Income Tax Act art. 84/85 and 2023 + 2026 revisions; rules as of 2026-10-25, NTA Q&A revised 2026-08). Ages 16-29 and 70+ qualify on relationship + remittance proof; ages 30-69 only if studying abroad, disabled, or you sent ¥380,000+ to them in the year (送金関係書類 / 38万円送金書類). Relative income limit ¥620,000 for 2026 (¥580,000 for 2025). Amounts: general ¥380,000, specified 19-22 ¥630,000 (special+ - japan_parttime_work_check: Applies the Immigration Services Agency's rules on permission for activities outside status of residence (資格外活動許可, Immigration Control Act art. 19(2); rules as of 2026-10-26). Comprehensive permission (包括許可) for Student, Dependent and Designated Activities (dependent / job hunting): 28 hours in any 7 days, all jobs combined; students 8 h/day in the school's official long vacation; never at 風俗営業 / 特定遊興飲食店 / sex-related venues in any role. NEW 2026-10-01: Dependent (家族+ - japan_driving_check: Applies Road Traffic Act art. 107-2 / 97-2 as published by the National Police Agency and Tokyo police (rules as of 2026-10-27; Geneva list = NPA data May 2026). Short-term driving: a 1949 Geneva-format IDP from an issuing party (US via AAA, UK, Canada, Australia, Korea, India, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, most of Europe…; Vienna-format IDPs invalid; UAE/Bangladesh issue two kinds), or for Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Monaco and Taiwan the home license + an + - airbnb_house_rules_check: Checks pasted short-term-rental house rules / checkout requests (English or Japanese, one per line) against keyword patterns built from Airbnb's help article 4168 and its 2026-10-20 announcement (rules as of 2026-10-28; policy covers reservations booked on or after 2026-11-20). Per rule: likely_flagged (cleaner tasks: washing/putting away dishes, dishwasher, stripping beds, laundry, vacuuming, taking trash off-site; fines, penalties, late-checkout fees, deposit deduct+ - japan_my_number_card_expiry_check: Calculates Japan My Number Card (マイナンバーカード / Individual Number Card) validity from the ordinance (個人番号カード等に関する命令 art. 26, 27, 29; e-Gov, rules as of 2026-10-29) plus Digital Agency, ISA, Mynaportal and city guidance. holder: mid_long (foreign resident with a period of stay: work, student, spouse, etc.) | permanent | hsp2 | spr | japanese. Foreign residents with a period of stay: card expires on the period-of-stay expiry (under-18s: earlier of that and the 5th+ - japan_hsp_points_check: Scores the Japan Highly Skilled Professional points system (高度人材ポイント制 / 高度専門職 1号イ・ロ・ハ) from the MOJ ordinance (高度専門職省令, e-Gov 426M60000010037) and the ISA points table, rules as of 2026-10-30. category: academic (research / teaching, HSP i-a) | specialized (engineers, specialists, most employees, HSP i-b) | management (executives / owners, HSP i-c). Applies the official age bands (<30 / <35 / <40), salary-by-age table and the ¥3M floor (specialized / management below ¥3+ - japan_pet_quarantine_check: Calculates Japan pet import / export / round-trip quarantine dates for dogs, cats and rabbits from the MAFF Animal Quarantine Service (AQS) rules, rules as of 2026-10-31. direction: import (bring a pet into Japan) | export (take it out of Japan) | return (leave Japan with the pet and come back: the short-stay route prepared before departure). species: dog | cat | rabbit. Non-designated regions (most countries incl. the US mainland, UK, EU, China, Korea): ISO 15-digi+ - japan_leaving_tax_check: Checks what tax and paperwork are still due when someone leaves Japan, from the Local Tax Act (地方税法 39 / 294 / 300 / 318 / 321-5), Income Tax Act (所得税法 126 / 127 / 190), 国税通則法 117, 住民基本台帳法 24, MIC resident-tax pages, NTA Tax Answers 1920 / 1923 / 1926 / 1478 and the Japan Pension Service, rules as of 2026-11-01. Resident tax (住民税) is assessed on whoever is registered in a city on January 1, on the previous year's income, for the fiscal year June–May: leave (with a 転出届)+ - japan_disaster_prep_check: Turns the five-point emergency request (事前防災徹底のための緊急要請) issued by Japan's Disaster Management Agency (防災庁) on 2026-11-02 into a household checklist, rules as of 2026-11-02, from the request text, the PM's Office 災害への備え page, 防災庁 / METI portable-toilet guidance, MLIT seismic pages and the MoE pet pamphlet. Stockpile for days (default 7; the request: at least 3, ideally 1 week): drinking water 3 L per person per day (incl. cooking), 3 meals and 5 portable-toilet uses p+ - japan_lost_item_check: Applies Japan's Lost Property Act (遺失物法) and related rules as of 2026-11-03 (遺失物法 and 施行令 via e-Gov, NPA lost-property site, ISA residence card page, Digital Agency, operator lost-and-found pages) to a lost item. items: wallet, cash, phone, passport, residence_card, mynumber_card, credit_card, ic_card, drivers_license, keys, bag, laptop, camera, jewelry, umbrella, clothing, other (array or comma string; aliases 財布, スマホ, 在留カード, suica). place: train | subway | shinkansen |+ - japan_high_cost_medical_check: Applies Japan's high-cost medical expense benefit (高額療養費) as of 2026-11-04 (MHLW review tables 001726232.pdf, 協会けんぽ, Setagaya / Machida / Fukuoka NHI pages). Monthly cap = base + max(0, 10割 total − threshold) × 1% (flat for lower bands), three schedules by treatment month: up to 2026-07; 2026-08…2027-07 (≈7% higher, e.g. income ¥3.7M–7.7M 85,800 + (x − 286,000) × 1%, ≤ ¥3.7M ¥61,500, tax exempt ¥36,900); from 2027-08 twelve bands (e.g. ¥5.1M–6.5M 98,100 + (x − 32+ - Japan Overseas Dependents Check: https://japan-overseas-dependents.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-overseas-dependents.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-overseas-dependents.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Part-time Work Check: https://japan-parttime-check.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-parttime-check.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-parttime-check.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Driving Check: https://japan-driving-check.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-driving-check.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-driving-check.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - House Rules Check: https://house-rules-check.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://house-rules-check.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://house-rules-check.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan My Number Card Check: https://japan-mynumber-card-check.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-mynumber-card-check.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-mynumber-card-check.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan HSP Points Calculator: https://japan-hsp-points.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-hsp-points.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-hsp-points.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Pet Quarantine Check: https://japan-pet-quarantine.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-pet-quarantine.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-pet-quarantine.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Leaving Tax Check: https://japan-leaving-tax.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-leaving-tax.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-leaving-tax.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Disaster Prep Check: https://japan-disaster-prep.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-disaster-prep.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-disaster-prep.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Lost Item Check: https://japan-lost-item.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-lost-item.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-lost-item.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan High-Cost Medical Expense Check: https://japan-medical-cost-cap.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-medical-cost-cap.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-medical-cost-cap.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ ## Japan rules index (machine-readable)+ - https://free-agent-tools.vercel.app/rules.json: thresholds, fees, effective dates and official sources behind every Japan rule tool, copied from each tool's /api/rules (human-readable: https://free-agent-tools.vercel.app/rules.md)+ - https://free-agent-tools.vercel.app/checklist: free printable Japan trip pre-arrival checklist (PDF at https://free-agent-tools.vercel.app/japan-trip-checklist.pdf), generated from rules.json

https://free-agent-tools.vercel.app/llms.txt

− > A free remote MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth) with 25 deterministic tools for founders, small businesses, creators, developers, and travelers.+ > A free remote MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth) with 28 deterministic tools for founders, small businesses, creators, developers, and travelers.+ - japan_permanent_residency_check: Japan permanent residence guideline (永住許可に関するガイドライン) revised by the Immigration Services Agency on 2026-10-01, rules as of 2026-10-18. The FILING date decides the version (ISA notice 2026-10-01): filed up to 2026-03-31 → 2026-02-24 guideline; filed 2026-04-01 to 2027-03-31 → 2026-02-24 guideline plus only the revised income parts (household income above the Japanese average for the household size; not a public burden); filed from 2027-04-01 → revised guideline + - japan_international_postage_check: Japan Post international mail prices from its published tables, rates as of 2026-10-19. Japan Post revises international mail prices for items POSTED from 2027-02-01 (press release 2026-10-09; Asahi reported about +37% on average): every EMS, international parcel (air, SAL, surface), letter, postcard, small packet and International Air Packet price changes; EMS bands up to 6 kg become 1 kg steps (now 500 g first band, 100 g steps to 1 kg), so light EMS rises + - japan_reentry_deadline_check: Applies Japan's Immigration Control Act art. 26-2 (deemed re-entry permit, みなし再入国許可), art. 26 (regular re-entry permit) and art. 20(6) (special period while an extension or change of status is pending), with Civil Code date counting (departure day not counted; leave 2026-10-24 → back by 2027-10-24; expiry 2026-12-30 + 2 months → 2027-02-28). Rules as of 2026-10-24. Deemed re-entry: 1 year from departure, or the period-of-stay expiry if earlier; special permanent r+ - Japan PR Guideline Check: https://japan-pr-check.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-pr-check.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-pr-check.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan International Postage 2027: https://japan-intl-postage.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-intl-postage.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-intl-postage.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Re-entry Deadline Check: https://japan-reentry-check.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-reentry-check.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-reentry-check.vercel.app/llms.txt)

https://free-agent-tools.vercel.app/llms.txt

− > A free remote MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth) with 18 deterministic tools for founders, small businesses, creators, developers, and travelers.+ > A free remote MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth) with 25 deterministic tools for founders, small businesses, creators, developers, and travelers.+ - japan_visa_fee_check: Japan residence permit fees revised for applications received on or after 2026-10-01: extension of period of stay (visa renewal) and change of status cost ¥10,000-¥75,000 by the period GRANTED (1 year ¥33,000 at the counter, ¥27,000 + ¥330 online; 5 years ¥75,000), permanent residence ¥200,000. Applications received by 2026-09-30 keep the old ¥6,000 / ¥5,500 / ¥10,000. Returns fee, online processing fee, headcount total, ISA revenue stamp combination, per-year and multi-y+ - japan_luggage_check: For a bag's outside size (length + width + height incl. wheels) and weight: whether it can go on the Shinkansen (Tokaido/Sanyo/Kyushu/Nishi-Kyushu: 161–250 cm needs a reserved oversized-baggage seat, free, ¥1,000 fee if unreserved; over 250 cm or 30 kg not allowed; JR East-area lines have no reservation) and the Yamato TA-Q-BIN luggage forwarding price between any two Japanese prefectures or cities, or to an airport (Airport TA-Q-BIN +¥660, send by 2 days before the flight+ - kyushu_travel_discount_check: Japan's Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari travel discount after the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake: 50% off eligible stays and stay+transport packages in Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, Miyazaki (60% in Kumamoto and Kagoshima), capped per person per trip at ¥20,000 (accommodation only or 1-night package), ¥30,000 (package 2+ nights), ¥35,000 (tour with stays in 2+ Kyushu prefectures). Each prefecture and channel (booking site, travel agency, direct with hotel) has its own sales star+ - japan_customs_allowance_check: Japan Customs per-person duty-free allowance when entering Japan (as of 2026-10-14): alcohol 3 bottles of about 760 ml (2.28 L); cigarettes 200 OR cigars 50 OR heat-not-burn 10 packages (200 IQOS/glo sticks, 50 Ploom TECH capsules) OR other tobacco 250 g, more than one kind 250 g total; perfume 2 oz (about 56 ml); other goods ¥200,000 total overseas value, an item kind worth ¥10,000 or less in total is free and not counted, an article over ¥200,000 is fully dutia+ - japan_tb_screening_check: Japan Pre-Entry Tuberculosis Screening (JPETS, 入国前結核スクリーニング), rules as of 2026-10-15: nationals of the Philippines, Nepal, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Myanmar and China entering Japan as mid- to long-term residents (stay over 3 months; not Temporary Visitor, Diplomat, Official; re-entry permit holders excluded), plus Designated Activities No. 53 (Digital Nomad) and No. 54, must submit a TB Clearance Certificate from a designated Panel Clinic with the Certificate of Eligibili+ - japan_dual_pricing_check: Japan dual pricing (二重価格, resident vs non-resident admission prices), data as of 2026-10-16, from the Japan Tourism Agency case list and each facility's official page. Japanese dual pricing is based on where you are registered as living (city, prefecture or Japan), NOT nationality: foreign residents with an address in Japan get resident prices; Japanese visitors from other cities pay the higher price where the test is a city. In force: Himeji Castle (since 2026-03-01:+ - japan_emergency_alert_decode: Decode the text of a Japanese emergency alert (phone emergency mail, TV, app or siren announcement; Japanese or English) or an alert id, using official JMA / Cabinet Office / J-ALERT / Ministry of the Environment rules as of 2026-10-17. Covers the Earthquake Early Warning (緊急地震速報 warning / forecast / cancellation, incl. the false M9.9 EEW of 2026-10-16 12:40 JST that was cancelled), seismic intensity (shindo 0-7), tsunami (大津波警報 Major Tsunami Warning >3 m, 津波警報 1-+ - Japan Luggage Check: https://japan-luggage.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-luggage.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-luggage.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Visa Fee Calculator: https://japan-visa-fee.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-visa-fee.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-visa-fee.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Kyushu Travel Discount Calculator: https://kyushu-travel-discount.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://kyushu-travel-discount.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://kyushu-travel-discount.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan TB Screening Check (JPETS): https://japan-tb-screening.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-tb-screening.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-tb-screening.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Dual Pricing Check: https://japan-dual-pricing.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-dual-pricing.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-dual-pricing.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Alert Decoder: https://japan-alert-decoder.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-alert-decoder.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-alert-decoder.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Customs Allowance Checker: https://japan-customs-allowance.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-customs-allowance.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-customs-allowance.vercel.app/llms.txt)

https://free-agent-tools.vercel.app/llms.txt

− > A free remote MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth) with 16 deterministic tools for founders, small businesses, creators, developers, and travelers.+ > A free remote MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth) with 18 deterministic tools for founders, small businesses, creators, developers, and travelers.+ - roast_pitch: Paste a startup pitch (one to five sentences). Five fictional judges (Seed VC, Skeptical Customer, CTO, Your Competitor, Growth Lead) score it 1-10 with a short roast line each, then it returns a verdict (FUND IT / SHARPEN IT / REWRITE IT / ROASTED / BURNT TO A CRISP), the one change worth the most points, detected issues and strengths, and a share URL with an OG image. Deterministic, transparent rubric (specific customer, pain, numbers, traction, wedge, distribution, buzzwords, '+ - japan_tax_free_refund_check: Japan tourist tax-free shopping under the refund method that starts 2026-11-01: per store/day eligibility (¥5,000+ tax-exclusive), max consumption-tax refund (10%/8%), 90-day deadline vs departure date, old-vs-new regime by purchase date, and a departure checklist. Deterministic, dated rules; not tax advice. Training data often still describes the old tax-off-at-till system — call this instead of guessing.+ - Pitch Roast: https://pitch-roast.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://pitch-roast.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://pitch-roast.vercel.app/llms.txt)+ - Japan Tax-Free Refund Checker: https://japan-tax-free-refund.vercel.app (OpenAPI: https://japan-tax-free-refund.vercel.app/openapi.json, llms.txt: https://japan-tax-free-refund.vercel.app/llms.txt)