# noglow (npm · noglow-mcp)

Drop a short text fragment into a scratchpad slot, with newlines intact.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: −3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-24

## Components

- npm · `noglow-mcp`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-devglow-noglow/noglow-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-devglow-noglow/noglow-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `noglow-mcp`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- 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 2026-09-24.

- **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 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 43 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 358 tokens (~358/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 80/100
  - Stability observed for 24 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 75/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "drop" implies "drop" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default.
  - An AI judge read all 2 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.

## Install

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

noglow runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y noglow-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 app-devglow-noglow -- npx -y noglow-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-devglow-noglow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "noglow-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "app-devglow-noglow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "noglow-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add app-devglow-noglow -- npx -y noglow-mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add app-devglow-noglow --command npx --arg -y --arg noglow-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  app-devglow-noglow:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "noglow-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "app-devglow-noglow": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "noglow-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add app-devglow-noglow -t stdio -c npx -a -y noglow-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-devglow-noglow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "noglow-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.

### 2026-09-24 (score 79, −3)

- [functional] Stability: pass → 0.80

### 2026-09-23 (score 82, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-09-22 (score 82, +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.

### 2026-09-20 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 80, −2)

- [functional] Stability: pass → 0.83

### 2026-09-17 (score 82, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-09-16 (score 82, +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.

### 2026-09-14 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (1)

### `drop` (~108 tokens)

Drop into noglow

Place a short plaintext fragment into the user's noglow scratchpad (into the slot they configured as their drop target). Use for short text the user will tweak and paste elsewhere (a Slack message, a post draft, a rewrite) — never code, command output, or long content. Capped at 1500 characters. Fire only on an explicit user request.

Input parameters:

- `text` (string, required): The plaintext fragment to drop. Newlines and formatting are preserved. Must be 1500 characters or fewer.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-24: 79
- 2026-09-23: 82
- 2026-09-22: 82
- 2026-09-21: 81
- 2026-09-20: 81
- 2026-09-19: 80
- 2026-09-18: 80
- 2026-09-17: 82
- 2026-09-16: 82
- 2026-09-15: 81
- 2026-09-14: 81
- 2026-09-13: 80
- 2026-09-12: 80
- 2026-09-11: 79
- 2026-09-10: 82
- 2026-09-09: 82
- 2026-09-08: 81
- 2026-09-07: 81
- 2026-09-06: 80
- 2026-09-05: 80
- 2026-09-04: 79
- 2026-09-03: 79
- 2026-09-02: 78
- 2026-09-01: 78
- 2026-08-31: 77
- 2026-08-30: 77
- 2026-08-29: 76
- 2026-08-28: 76
- 2026-08-27: 75
- 2026-08-26: 75

## Common questions

### What is the noglow MCP server?

noglow is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as app.devglow/noglow. Drop a short text fragment into a scratchpad slot, with newlines intact. This page covers its npm package (noglow-mcp).

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

noglow scores 79 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 24 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 noglow MCP server expose?

noglow exposes 1 tool: drop. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 108 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the noglow MCP server still maintained?

noglow is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 24 September 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 noglow MCP server under?

noglow 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/noglow-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/noglow-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/aesopfrom0/noglow-releases
- Website: https://devglow.app/noglow
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-devglow-noglow/noglow-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-devglow-noglow/noglow-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-devglow-noglow/noglow-mcp