# Bestax (npm · bestax-mcp)

Props, examples, CSS variables and Agent Skills for bestax-bulma React components (Bulma v1)

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-04

## Components

- npm · `bestax-mcp`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/allxsmith-bestax-mcp/bestax-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/allxsmith-bestax-mcp/bestax-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `bestax-mcp`
- Version: `1.14.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-04.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 97 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 100/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to allxsmith/bestax).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 86/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 928 tokens (~84/item across 11 items; 10 tools + 1 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 93/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 78% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 10 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 12 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the Bestax MCP server?

Bestax runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y bestax-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add allxsmith-bestax-mcp -- npx -y bestax-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "allxsmith-bestax-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "bestax-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "allxsmith-bestax-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "bestax-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add allxsmith-bestax-mcp -- npx -y bestax-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "allxsmith-bestax-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "bestax-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add allxsmith-bestax-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg bestax-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  allxsmith-bestax-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "bestax-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "allxsmith-bestax-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "bestax-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add allxsmith-bestax-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y bestax-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "allxsmith-bestax-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "bestax-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-04 (score 82, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-03 (score 67)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `search_bestax` (~97 tokens)

Search bestax

Search components, props, usage examples, CSS variables and agent skills at once. The entry point — each hit names the tool to call for the full thing. Use this before guessing a component name.

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string): Restrict to one kind of result. Defaults to all.
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required): What you are looking for, e.g. "date picker" or "spacing"

### `list_components` (~55 tokens)

List components

Every documented component with a one-line purpose, grouped by category. Cheap — use it to find the right name before calling get_component.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): elements, components, form, columns, grid, layout, helpers

### `get_component` (~69 tokens)

Get component documentation

Import statement, summary and prop table for one component. Add `include` for examples, CSS variables, accessibility notes or related components.

Input parameters:

- `include` (array): Extra sections. Defaults to ["props"].
- `name` (string, required): Component name, e.g. "Button" or "Navbar"

### `get_props` (~81 tokens)

Get props

The prop table for a component, or for one part of a compound family (pass a dot-path like "Navbar.Brand"). Cheaper than get_component when the props are all you need.

Input parameters:

- `component` (string, required): Component name, e.g. "Navbar"
- `path` (string): Dot-path of a subcomponent, e.g. "Navbar.Brand"

### `get_examples` (~66 tokens)

Get usage examples

Working examples from the component's documentation page. Every one is executed on the docs site, so they compile against this version.

Input parameters:

- `component` (string, required)
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string): Filter by example heading or code, e.g. "loading"

### `get_css_variables` (~82 tokens)

Get CSS and Sass variables

The --bulma-* custom properties a component reads, with their Sass names and defaults. This is how you restyle bestax — reach for these before writing custom CSS. Omit `component` to search across all of them.

Input parameters:

- `component` (string)
- `query` (string): Substring of a variable name, e.g. "radius"

### `get_helper_props` (~79 tokens)

Get helper props

The helper props every bestax component accepts — spacing, colour, typography, flexbox, visibility — and their valid values. Call this BEFORE writing an inline style or a utility class by hand; this library expects those to be props.

Input parameters:

- `group` (string): Filter to one area, e.g. "spacing", "flex", "color"

### `lookup_bulma_classes` (~123 tokens)

Look up Bulma classes

The bestax component and props for a Bulma class string, one row per class: "button is-primary", "columns is-mobile", "has-text-centered mt-4". Call this BEFORE writing a Bulma class by hand, and when converting existing Bulma markup. Pass the tag the classes sit on when there is one.

Input parameters:

- `classes` (string, required): The class string, e.g. "button is-primary is-large"
- `tag` (string): The lowercase tag the classes are on, e.g. "a" or "h2"

### `list_skills` (~48 tokens)

List agent skills

The bestax Agent Skills — task-level guides for forms, theming, layout scaffolding, icons, custom components, migration and CSS size. Read one with get_skill when a task matches.

### `get_skill` (~80 tokens)

Get an agent skill

A skill's instructions, or one of its reference documents. Load the skill first; pull a reference only when you need that depth.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Skill name, e.g. "bestax-theming" or "theming"
- `reference` (string): Reference id from list_skills, e.g. "css-variables"

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/allxsmith-bestax-mcp/bestax-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-04: 82
- 2026-10-03: 67

## Common questions

### What is the Bestax MCP server?

Bestax is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.allxsmith/bestax-mcp. Props, examples, CSS variables and Agent Skills for bestax-bulma React components (Bulma v1). This page covers its npm package (bestax-mcp).

### Is the Bestax MCP server safe to use?

Bestax scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 October 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 Bestax MCP server expose?

Bestax exposes 10 tools: search_bestax, list_components, get_component, get_props, get_examples, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 780 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Bestax MCP server still maintained?

Bestax is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 October 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 Bestax MCP server under?

Bestax declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/bestax-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/bestax-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/allxsmith/bestax
- Website: https://bestax.io/docs/guides/llms#mcp-server
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/allxsmith-bestax-mcp/bestax-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/allxsmith-bestax-mcp/bestax-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/allxsmith-bestax-mcp/bestax-mcp