Webhound
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Scores higher than 92% of npm servers
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How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency71
- Repository check failed: no source repository is declared. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to WebhoundAI/webhound-mcp). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 101 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability81
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 4056 tokens (~126/item across 32 items; 30 tools + 2 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management97
- Stability observed for 29 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage76
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 14% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety88
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- 1 of 2 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "webhound_uninstall" implies "uninstall" and declares readOnlyHint instead, contradicting what its own name says it does. See how to fix → Partial
- An AI judge read all 32 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Checks we ran (16)
- Malware scan
- Known CVEs
- Install scripts
- Dependency health
- Source repository
- Provenance
- License
- Maintenance
- Security disclosure
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Does not apply to this package (2)
- Endpoint SecurityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
- Transport & ReachabilityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 3 Nov 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.90 functional
- 28 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 27 Oct 26 0
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 21 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 20 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 19 Oct 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.93 functional
- 17 Oct 26 +2
- Stability: 0.83 → pass security
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/webhound-mcp@0.5.2
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | WebhoundAI/webhound-mcp |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/WebhoundAI/webhound-mcp/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/tags/v0.5.2 |
| Rekor log index | 2255214024 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:73ad08e585ff537724318cb91a262c00280155bc3675c540266485452d8dfa2e268cb5e08fe2f0265b0e5bbfe6a24f863b1af9640d2915480bfe2997a |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 0 packages
| Packages resolved | 0 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
webhound_uninstall Uninstall Webhound MCP ~53
No-spend guidance for removing Webhound MCP config and Webhound-specific local rules from an agent workspace. Does not revoke keys automatically.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| client | string | – | – |
| include_rules_cleanup | boolean | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action_started | boolean | – | – |
| api_message | – | – | – |
| auto_recharge_enabled | boolean | – | – |
| billing_url | – | – | – |
| blocked | boolean | – | – |
| body | – | – | – |
| client | string | – | – |
| client_label | string | – | – |
| code | string | – | – |
| current_balance | number | – | – |
| data | – | – | – |
| error | – | – | – |
| error_details | object | – | – |
| guidance_only | boolean | – | – |
| key_revocation_note | string | – | – |
| likely_rule_locations | array | – | – |
| message | string | – | – |
| next_action | string|null | – | – |
| next_actions | array | – | – |
| no_spend | boolean | – | – |
| ok | boolean | yes | – |
| original_tool | string | – | – |
| required | number | – | – |
| retry_after_user_confirms | object | – | – |
| retryable | boolean | – | – |
| revokes_key | boolean | – | – |
| schema_version | string | yes | – |
| session_started | boolean | – | – |
| status | – | – | – |
| steps | array | – | – |
| suggested_user_facing_wording | string | – | – |
| summary | string | yes | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
| top_up_url | string | – | – |
| user_message_template | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
webhound_update_sidecar_note Update Webhound Sidecar Note ~165
Edit, restore, or dismiss one shared sidecar note. No spend. Does not interrupt the Planner/Executor/Verifier cycle and does not change session status.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| confidence | string | – | – |
| hypothesis | boolean | – | Set true only when this is explicitly a hypothesis without source URLs. |
| note_id | string | yes | – |
| session_id | string | yes | – |
| source_urls | array | – | Source URLs backing the note. Required unless hypothesis=true. |
| status | string | – | Set to dismissed to remove it from future planner intake; set to pending to restore it. |
| suggested_angle | string | – | – |
| summary | string | – | Concise sourced note or hypothesis for Webhound to consider later. |
| why_it_matters | string | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action_started | boolean | – | – |
| api_message | – | – | – |
| auto_recharge_enabled | boolean | – | – |
| billing_url | – | – | – |
| blocked | boolean | – | – |
| body | – | – | – |
| code | string | – | – |
| current_balance | number | – | – |
| data | – | – | – |
| error | – | – | – |
| error_details | object | – | – |
| interrupting | boolean | – | – |
| message | string | – | – |
| next_action | string|null | – | – |
| next_actions | array | – | – |
| no_spend | boolean | – | – |
| note | object | – | – |
| ok | boolean | yes | – |
| original_tool | string | – | – |
| required | number | – | – |
| retry_after_user_confirms | object | – | – |
| retryable | boolean | – | – |
| schema_version | string | yes | – |
| session_id | string | – | – |
| session_started | boolean | – | – |
| status | – | – | – |
| summary | string | yes | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
| top_up_url | string | – | – |
| updated | boolean | – | – |
| user_message_template | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
webhound_upload_file Upload Webhound File ~111
Upload a CSV, XLSX, PDF, DOCX, TXT, Markdown, or VTT ChatGPT attachment, local file, text, or base64 content for use in a report or dataset. Convert legacy XLS/DOC files to XLSX/DOCX first.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| content_base64 | string | – | – |
| file_name | string | – | – |
| files | array | – | – |
| local_path | string | – | – |
| mime_type | string | – | – |
| text | string | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action_started | boolean | – | – |
| api_message | – | – | – |
| auto_recharge_enabled | boolean | – | – |
| billing_url | – | – | – |
| blocked | boolean | – | – |
| body | – | – | – |
| code | string | – | – |
| current_balance | number | – | – |
| data | – | – | – |
| error | – | – | – |
| error_details | object | – | – |
| extraction_status | string | – | – |
| file_id | string | – | – |
| file_ids | array | – | – |
| file_name | string | – | – |
| filename | string | – | – |
| files | array | – | – |
| id | string | – | – |
| message | string | – | – |
| mime_type | string | – | – |
| next_action | string|null | – | – |
| next_actions | array | – | – |
| no_spend | boolean | – | – |
| ok | boolean | yes | – |
| original_tool | string | – | – |
| required | number | – | – |
| retry_after_user_confirms | object | – | – |
| retryable | boolean | – | – |
| schema_version | string | yes | – |
| session_started | boolean | – | – |
| size | integer | – | – |
| size_bytes | integer | – | – |
| status | – | – | – |
| summary | string | yes | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
| top_up_url | string | – | – |
| user_message_template | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
webhound_wait Wait For Webhound Session ~92
Bounded wait wrapper around webhound_watch. Max 110 seconds, then returns still_running if not terminal. still_running is normal for budgeted research; call wait/watch again unless status is awaiting_input or a blocking alert is present. Do not finalize or stop a healthy running session.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| max_wait_seconds | integer | – | – |
| poll_interval_seconds | integer | – | – |
| session_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| accepted | boolean | – | – |
| action_required | boolean | – | – |
| action_started | boolean | – | – |
| activity | object | – | – |
| agent_instruction | – | – | – |
| agents | – | – | – |
| alerts | array | – | – |
| amount_added | number | – | – |
| api_message | – | – | – |
| assembly_triggered | boolean | – | – |
| auto_recharge_enabled | boolean | – | – |
| billing_url | – | – | – |
| blocked | boolean | – | – |
| body | – | – | – |
| budget | number | – | – |
| budget_control | – | – | – |
| checked_at | string | – | – |
| code | string | – | – |
| completion_reason | string|null | – | – |
| completion_state | string | – | – |
| cost | number | – | – |
| credit_limit | number | – | – |
| current_balance | number | – | – |
| current_budget | number | – | – |
| current_spend | number | – | – |
| data | – | – | – |
| dataset | – | – | – |
| documents | – | – | – |
| done | boolean | – | – |
| error | – | – | – |
| error_details | object | – | – |
| followup_check_in | – | – | – |
| forbidden_next_tools | array | – | – |
| free_run | – | – | – |
| guidance_added | boolean | – | – |
| healthy | boolean | – | – |
| is_running | boolean | – | – |
| kind | string | – | – |
| mcp_next_action | string | – | – |
| message | string | – | – |
| message_id | string | – | – |
| name | string | – | – |
| new_budget | number | – | – |
| next_action | string|null | – | – |
| next_actions | array | – | – |
| no_spend | boolean | – | – |
| ok | boolean | yes | – |
| original_tool | string | – | – |
| output_ready | boolean | – | – |
| polling | – | – | – |
| previous_budget | number | – | – |
| product | string | – | – |
| required | number | – | – |
| research_harness | string | – | – |
| resumed | boolean | – | – |
| retry_after_user_confirms | object | – | – |
| retryable | boolean | – | – |
| runtime_estimate | – | – | – |
| schema_version | string | yes | – |
| session_id | string | – | – |
| session_started | boolean | – | – |
| session_type | string | – | – |
| sidecar_guidance | – | – | – |
| status | – | – | – |
| status_snapshot | – | – | – |
| still_running | boolean | – | – |
| stopped | boolean | – | – |
| successful_completion | boolean | – | – |
| summary | string | yes | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
| top_up_url | string | – | – |
| total_spent | number | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| user_message_template | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
webhound_watch Watch Webhound Session ~53
Authoritative session watcher. done=true means the run is terminal. output_ready=true without done=true can still be intermediate; keep waiting unless the user explicitly asks for a partial update.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| session_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| accepted | boolean | – | – |
| action_started | boolean | – | – |
| activity | object | – | – |
| agent_instruction | – | – | – |
| agents | – | – | – |
| alerts | array | – | – |
| amount_added | number | – | – |
| api_message | – | – | – |
| assembly_triggered | boolean | – | – |
| auto_recharge_enabled | boolean | – | – |
| billing_url | – | – | – |
| blocked | boolean | – | – |
| body | – | – | – |
| budget | number | – | – |
| budget_control | – | – | – |
| checked_at | string | – | – |
| code | string | – | – |
| completion_reason | string|null | – | – |
| completion_state | string | – | – |
| cost | number | – | – |
| credit_limit | number | – | – |
| current_balance | number | – | – |
| current_budget | number | – | – |
| current_spend | number | – | – |
| data | – | – | – |
| dataset | – | – | – |
| documents | – | – | – |
| done | boolean | – | – |
| error | – | – | – |
| error_details | object | – | – |
| followup_check_in | – | – | – |
| forbidden_next_tools | array | – | – |
| free_run | – | – | – |
| guidance_added | boolean | – | – |
| healthy | boolean | – | – |
| is_running | boolean | – | – |
| kind | string | – | – |
| mcp_next_action | string | – | – |
| message | string | – | – |
| message_id | string | – | – |
| name | string | – | – |
| new_budget | number | – | – |
| next_action | string|null | – | – |
| next_actions | array | – | – |
| no_spend | boolean | – | – |
| ok | boolean | yes | – |
| original_tool | string | – | – |
| output_ready | boolean | – | – |
| previous_budget | number | – | – |
| product | string | – | – |
| required | number | – | – |
| research_harness | string | – | – |
| resumed | boolean | – | – |
| retry_after_user_confirms | object | – | – |
| retryable | boolean | – | – |
| runtime_estimate | – | – | – |
| schema_version | string | yes | – |
| session_id | string | – | – |
| session_started | boolean | – | – |
| session_type | string | – | – |
| sidecar_guidance | – | – | – |
| status | – | – | – |
| status_snapshot | – | – | – |
| stopped | boolean | – | – |
| successful_completion | boolean | – | – |
| summary | string | yes | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
| top_up_url | string | – | – |
| total_spent | number | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| user_message_template | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
How do I install the Webhound MCP server?
Webhound runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y webhound-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · webhound-mcp
claude mcp add ai-webhound-webhound -- npx -y webhound-mcp
What is the Webhound MCP server?
Webhound is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.webhound/webhound. Budgeted reports and datasets with Hound, Webhound's DeepSeek V4 Pro + GPT-5.4 research harness. This page covers its npm package (webhound-mcp).
Is the Webhound MCP server safe to use?
Webhound scores 88 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Webhound MCP server expose?
Webhound exposes 30 tools: webhound_health, webhound_onboarding, webhound_help, webhound_uninstall, webhound_get_defaults, and 25 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,555 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Webhound MCP server still maintained?
Webhound is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the Webhound MCP server under?
Webhound declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.
What did VerifyMCP test on the Webhound MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Webhound, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.