# DemandScope (mcpb · demandscope.mcpb)

Live demand signals for idea validation: npm/PyPI downloads, GitHub + HN attention trends.

- Trust score: 36/100 (low)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-23

## Components

- mcpb · `demandscope.mcpb`: 36/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/baobabcat-demandscope/https-github-com-baobabcat-demandscope-releases-download-v0-3-0-demandscope-mcpb.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/baobabcat-demandscope/https-github-com-baobabcat-demandscope-releases-download-v0-3-0-demandscope-mcpb)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `mcpb`
- Package: `https://github.com/baobabcat/demandscope/releases/download/v0.3.0/demandscope.mcpb`
- 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 2026-08-23.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 13/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - Known CVEs could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Dependency health could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.
- **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 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 63/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 237 tokens (~39/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 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**: 70/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 11% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; 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

- Download bundle: `https://github.com/baobabcat/demandscope/releases/download/v0.3.0/demandscope.mcpb`

## 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.

### 2026-08-20 (score 36)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `github_repo_signal` (~39 tokens)

GitHub repo count and top-star sums for a search query (developer interest / competition proxy).

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): GitHub search query

### `github_trend` (~49 tokens)

GitHub repos created in the last N days vs the prior window; growth_ratio > 1 means accelerating supply/interest.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required)
- `window_days` (integer)

### `hn_signal` (~41 tokens)

Hacker News story count for a query over the last N days (tech-audience attention proxy).

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer)
- `query` (string, required)

### `hn_trend` (~47 tokens)

Hacker News story count for the last N days vs the prior window; growth_ratio > 1 means accelerating attention.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required)
- `window_days` (integer)

### `npm_downloads` (~29 tokens)

Last-month downloads for an npm package (comparable-product demand).

Input parameters:

- `package` (string, required)

### `pypi_downloads` (~32 tokens)

Last-month downloads for a PyPI package (comparable-product demand).

Input parameters:

- `package` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/baobabcat-demandscope/https-github-com-baobabcat-demandscope-releases-download-v0-3-0-demandscope-mcpb#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-23: 36
- 2026-08-22: 36
- 2026-08-21: 36
- 2026-08-20: 36

## Common questions

### What is the DemandScope MCP server?

DemandScope is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.baobabcat/demandscope. Live demand signals for idea validation: npm/PyPI downloads, GitHub + HN attention trends. This page covers its MCPB bundle (https://github.com/baobabcat/demandscope/releases/download/v0.3.0/demandscope.mcpb).

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

DemandScope scores 36 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. 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 DemandScope MCP server expose?

DemandScope exposes 6 tools: github_repo_signal, github_trend, hn_signal, hn_trend, npm_downloads, pypi_downloads. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 237 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### What licence is the DemandScope MCP server under?

DemandScope 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

- Repository: https://github.com/baobabcat/demandscope
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/baobabcat-demandscope/https-github-com-baobabcat-demandscope-releases-download-v0-3-0-demandscope-mcpb.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/baobabcat-demandscope/https-github-com-baobabcat-demandscope-releases-download-v0-3-0-demandscope-mcpb.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/baobabcat-demandscope/https-github-com-baobabcat-demandscope-releases-download-v0-3-0-demandscope-mcpb