diff --git a/deploy/verae-mcp-timestamping-go.service b/deploy/verae-mcp-timestamping-go.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Verae MCP timestamping server (Go shadow)
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=verae-mcp
+Group=verae-mcp
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/verae/verae-mcp-timestamping-server-go
+Environment=HOME=/var/lib/verae-mcp
+Environment=VERAE_MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http
+Environment=VERAE_MCP_HOST=127.0.0.1
+Environment=VERAE_MCP_PORT=8001
+Environment=VERAE_NATS_LISTEN=127.0.0.1:4223
+Environment=VERAE_MCP_REQUIRE_BEARER=0
+ExecStart=/opt/verae/verae-mcp-timestamping-server-go/bin/verae-mcp-timestamping-server
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=2
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=true
+ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/verae-mcp
+PrivateTmp=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/scripts/parity_smoke.sh b/scripts/parity_smoke.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Compare MCP tools/list on Python :8000 and Go :8001 when both are up.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+PY_URL="${PY_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp}"
+GO_URL="${GO_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:8001/mcp}"
+WANT_TOOLS="${WANT_TOOLS:-stamp verify hash_report signup login session create_user}"
+
+need() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "parity_smoke: need $1" >&2; exit 2; }; }
+need curl
+need python3
+
+port_up() {
+  local hostport="$1"
+  python3 - "$hostport" <<'PY'
+import socket, sys
+host, _, port = sys.argv[1].rpartition(":")
+s = socket.socket()
+s.settimeout(0.5)
+try:
+    s.connect((host, int(port)))
+except OSError:
+    sys.exit(1)
+finally:
+    s.close()
+PY
+}
+
+# Print sorted tool names (space-separated) for one MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint.
+mcp_tools_list() {
+  local url="$1"
+  local label="$2"
+  local hdr body code session
+
+  hdr="$(mktemp)"
+  body="$(mktemp)"
+  trap 'rm -f "$hdr" "$body"' RETURN
+
+  code="$(curl -sS -D "$hdr" -o "$body" -w '%{http_code}' \
+    -X POST "$url" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
+    --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-03-26","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"parity-smoke","version":"0.0.1"}}}')" || true
+
+  if [[ "$code" != "200" && "$code" != "202" ]]; then
+    echo "parity_smoke: $label initialize HTTP $code at $url" >&2
+    cat "$body" >&2 || true
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  session="$(python3 - "$hdr" <<'PY'
+import sys
+session = ""
+for line in open(sys.argv[1], encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"):
+    if ":" not in line:
+        continue
+    k, v = line.split(":", 1)
+    if k.strip().lower() == "mcp-session-id":
+        session = v.strip()
+print(session)
+PY
+)"
+
+  local -a headers=(
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
+    -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream'
+  )
+  if [[ -n "$session" ]]; then
+    headers+=(-H "Mcp-Session-Id: $session")
+  fi
+
+  curl -sS -o /dev/null \
+    -X POST "$url" \
+    "${headers[@]}" \
+    --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notifications/initialized"}' || true
+
+  code="$(curl -sS -o "$body" -w '%{http_code}' \
+    -X POST "$url" \
+    "${headers[@]}" \
+    --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list","params":{}}')" || true
+
+  if [[ "$code" != "200" ]]; then
+    echo "parity_smoke: $label tools/list HTTP $code at $url" >&2
+    cat "$body" >&2 || true
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  python3 - "$body" <<'PY'
+import json, sys
+raw = open(sys.argv[1], encoding="utf-8", errors="replace").read().strip()
+text = raw
+if raw and not raw.lstrip().startswith("{") and "data:" in raw:
+    parts = [line[5:].strip() for line in raw.splitlines() if line.startswith("data:")]
+    text = parts[-1] if parts else raw
+doc = json.loads(text)
+result = doc.get("result") or doc
+tools = result.get("tools") or []
+names = sorted({t.get("name") for t in tools if isinstance(t, dict) and t.get("name")})
+print(" ".join(names))
+PY
+}
+
+sorted_words() {
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+  printf '%s\n' $1 | sed '/^$/d' | sort -u | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/ *$//'
+}
+
+if ! port_up 127.0.0.1:8000; then
+  echo "parity_smoke: Python MCP not listening on 127.0.0.1:8000" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if ! port_up 127.0.0.1:8001; then
+  echo "parity_smoke: Go MCP not listening on 127.0.0.1:8001" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "parity_smoke: listing tools on Python $PY_URL"
+py_tools="$(mcp_tools_list "$PY_URL" python)"
+echo "  python: $py_tools"
+
+echo "parity_smoke: listing tools on Go $GO_URL"
+go_tools="$(mcp_tools_list "$GO_URL" go)"
+echo "  go:     $go_tools"
+
+py_n="$(sorted_words "$py_tools")"
+go_n="$(sorted_words "$go_tools")"
+want_n="$(sorted_words "$WANT_TOOLS")"
+
+if [[ "$py_n" != "$go_n" ]]; then
+  echo "parity_smoke: FAIL tools/list mismatch" >&2
+  echo "  python: $py_n" >&2
+  echo "  go:     $go_n" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+for t in $WANT_TOOLS; do
+  if ! printf '%s\n' $go_tools | grep -qx "$t"; then
+    echo "parity_smoke: FAIL missing expected tool $t (want $want_n)" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "parity_smoke: OK tools/list match ($go_n)"