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io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor

NPM · @BETTERDB/MCP · SCANNED SEP 20

BetterDB MCP server - Valkey observability for Claude Code and other MCP clients

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+1 this week 91 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

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 Security98
  • 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
  • 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency84
  • Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
  • Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to BetterDB-inc/monitor). View diagnostics → Pass
  • License check failed: no license is declared. See how to fix → Fail
  • Actively maintained (last published 19 days ago).Pass
  • Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability76
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 1627 tokens (~77/item across 21 items; 21 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management93
  • Stability observed for 28 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 21 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 21 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
Install

How do I install the io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor MCP server?

io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @betterdb/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 · @betterdb/mcp

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add betterdb-inc-monitor -- npx -y @betterdb/mcp
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "betterdb-inc-monitor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betterdb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "betterdb-inc-monitor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betterdb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add betterdb-inc-monitor -- npx -y @betterdb/mcp
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "betterdb-inc-monitor": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@betterdb/mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add betterdb-inc-monitor --command npx --arg -y --arg @betterdb/mcp
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  betterdb-inc-monitor:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@betterdb/mcp"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "betterdb-inc-monitor": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@betterdb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add betterdb-inc-monitor -t stdio -c npx -a -y @betterdb/mcp
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "betterdb-inc-monitor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betterdb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

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.

  • 20 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 17 Sept 26 −2
    • Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
  • 16 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 14 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 11 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 10 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 9 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 8 Sept 26 0
    • Security disclosure: unverified → fail functional
Diagnostics

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 20 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/@betterdb/mcp@0.1.3

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 BetterDB-inc/monitor
Certificate issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
Certificate SAN https://github.com/BetterDB-inc/monitor/.github/workflows/mcp-release.yml@refs/tags/mcp-v0.1.3
Rekor log index 1097275022
Predicate type https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1
Subject digest sha512:1835d39960d095b5bd0fe6f9e1e9b075c8a614ad232e396c72354162519d2a2e22e024e887f71f9a8a5bb116cc5f857480e1c28570b2dd0346b5dc868

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Dependencies 96 packages
Packages resolved 96
Stale 31
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 21 exposed · ~1,627 tokens

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 →

Tool Tokens
get_acl_audit ~130

Get persisted ACL audit log entries from storage. Filter by username, reason (auth, command, key, channel), or time range. Use this to investigate why a connection is failing or audit access patterns.

NameTypeReqDescription
endTimenumberEnd time (Unix timestamp ms)
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
limitnumberMax entries to return
reasonstringFilter by reason (auth, command, key, channel)
startTimenumberStart time (Unix timestamp ms)
usernamestringFilter by username

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_anomalies ~105

Get anomaly detection events from persisted storage. BetterDB continuously runs Z-score analysis on memory, hit rate, CPU, and other metrics — this returns the detected anomalies. Use to investigate what triggered an alert or correlate with an incident.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
limitnumberMax events to return
metricTypestringFilter by metric type
startTimenumberStart time (Unix timestamp ms)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_client_activity ~103

Get time-bucketed client activity from persisted snapshots. Shows connection counts, command distribution, and buffer usage over time. Use startTime/endTime to focus on a specific incident window.

NameTypeReqDescription
bucketSizeMinutesnumberBucket size in minutes (default 5)
endTimenumberEnd time (Unix timestamp ms)
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
startTimenumberStart time (Unix timestamp ms)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_clients ~29

Get the active client list with connection details.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_cluster_node_stats ~59

Get per-node performance stats: memory usage, ops/sec, connected clients, replication offset, and CPU. Use this to identify hot nodes, lagging replicas, or uneven load distribution.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_cluster_nodes ~60

Discover all nodes in the Valkey cluster — role (master/replica), address, health status, and slot ranges. Returns an error message if this instance is not running in cluster mode.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_cluster_slowlog ~80

Get the aggregated slowlog across ALL nodes in the cluster. This is the primary tool for finding slow commands in cluster mode — per-node slowlogs are incomplete. Returns an error message if not in cluster mode.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
limitnumberMax entries to return (default 100)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_commandlog ~59

Get the most recent entries from COMMANDLOG (Valkey 8+ only, superset of slowlog).

NameTypeReqDescription
countnumberNumber of entries to return (default 25)
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_commandlog_history ~124

Get persisted COMMANDLOG entries from storage (Valkey 8+ only). Supports time range filtering to investigate specific incidents. Returns empty with a note if COMMANDLOG is not supported on this instance.

NameTypeReqDescription
commandstringFilter by command name
endTimenumberEnd time (Unix timestamp ms)
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
limitnumberMax entries to return
minDurationnumberMin duration in microseconds
startTimenumberStart time (Unix timestamp ms)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_commandlog_patterns ~98

Get analyzed COMMANDLOG patterns from persisted storage (Valkey 8+ only). Like get_slowlog_patterns but includes large-request and large-reply patterns in addition to slow commands.

NameTypeReqDescription
endTimenumberEnd time (Unix timestamp ms)
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
limitnumberMax entries to analyze
startTimenumberStart time (Unix timestamp ms)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_health ~80

Get a synthetic health summary for the active instance: keyspace hit rate, memory fragmentation ratio, connected clients, replication lag (replicas only), and keyspace size. Use this as the first call when investigating an instance — it surfaces the most actionable signals without requiring you to parse raw INFO output.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_hot_keys ~160

Get hot key tracking data from persisted storage. BetterDB periodically scans keys using LFU frequency scores (when maxmemory-policy is an LFU variant) or OBJECT IDLETIME / COMMANDLOG-derived frequency. Each snapshot captures the top keys ranked by access frequency. Use this to find cache-busting keys, uneven access patterns, or keys that dominate throughput. The signalType field in each entry indicates which detection mode was active (lfu or idletime).

NameTypeReqDescription
endTimenumberEnd time (Unix timestamp ms)
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
limitnumberMax entries to return (default 50, max 200)
startTimenumberStart time (Unix timestamp ms)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_info ~99

Get INFO stats for the active instance. Contains all health data: memory, clients, replication, keyspace, stats (hit rate, ops/sec), and server info. Optionally filter to a section: server|clients|memory|stats|replication|keyspace.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
sectionstringINFO section to filter (server, clients, memory, stats, replication, keyspace)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_latency ~29

Get latency event history for the active instance.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_latency_history ~80

Get the full latency history for a named event (e.g. 'command', 'fast-command'). Call get_latency first to see which event names are available, then use this to investigate a specific event's trend over time.

NameTypeReqDescription
eventNamestringyesLatency event name to query
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_memory ~34

Get memory diagnostics: MEMORY DOCTOR assessment and MEMORY STATS breakdown.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_slot_stats ~113

Get per-slot key counts and CPU usage (Valkey 8.0+ only). Use orderBy='cpu-usec' to find hot slots, or 'key-count' to find the most populated slots. Returns an error message if not supported.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
limitnumberMax slots to return (default 20)
orderBystringSort order: 'key-count' or 'cpu-usec' (default 'key-count')

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_slowlog ~49

Get the most recent slow commands from the slowlog.

NameTypeReqDescription
countnumberNumber of entries to return (default 25)
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_slowlog_patterns ~80

Get analyzed slowlog patterns from persisted storage. Groups slow commands by normalized pattern, showing frequency, average duration, and example commands. Survives slowlog buffer rotation — data goes back as far as BetterDB has been running.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringOptional instance ID override
limitnumberMax entries to analyze

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_instances ~26

List all Valkey/Redis instances registered in BetterDB. Shows connection status and capabilities.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

select_instance ~30

Select which instance subsequent tool calls operate on.

NameTypeReqDescription
instanceIdstringyesThe instance ID to select

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor MCP server?

io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor. BetterDB MCP server - Valkey observability for Claude Code and other MCP clients. This page covers its npm package (@betterdb/mcp).

Is the io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor MCP server safe to use?

io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor scores 91 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 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 io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor MCP server expose?

io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor exposes 21 tools: list_instances, select_instance, get_info, get_slowlog, get_commandlog, and 16 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,627 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor MCP server still maintained?

io.github.BetterDB-inc/monitor is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.