# MCPVault (npm · mcpvault-mcp)

Search evidence-labelled MCP servers with freshness, install, compatibility and verification data.

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-22

## Components

- npm · `mcpvault-mcp`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/coburn2716-mcpvault/mcpvault-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/coburn2716-mcpvault/mcpvault-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `mcpvault-mcp`
- Version: `0.2.2`
- 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 2026-09-22.

- **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 95 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 13 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 83/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 327 tokens (~81/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 87/100
  - Stability observed for 26 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**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 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 MCPVault MCP server?

MCPVault runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y mcpvault-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 coburn2716-mcpvault -- npx -y mcpvault-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coburn2716-mcpvault": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcpvault-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "coburn2716-mcpvault": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcpvault-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add coburn2716-mcpvault -- npx -y mcpvault-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "coburn2716-mcpvault": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "mcpvault-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add coburn2716-mcpvault --command npx --arg -y --arg mcpvault-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  coburn2716-mcpvault:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "mcpvault-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "coburn2716-mcpvault": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "mcpvault-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add coburn2716-mcpvault -t stdio -c npx -a -y mcpvault-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coburn2716-mcpvault": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcpvault-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.

### 2026-09-22 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-20 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-14 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-10 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_mcp_servers` (~121 tokens)

Search the MCPVault directory for MCP servers. Returns name, grade, status, star count, description, and listing URL for each result.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Optional category filter, e.g. 'Databases', 'DevTools', 'AI'.
- `limit` (number): Number of results to return (default 10, max 30).
- `query` (string, required): Search query, e.g. 'postgres', 'github', 'file system'.
- `status` (string): Optional status filter: verified, claimed, or stale.

### `get_mcp_server` (~82 tokens)

Retrieve full details for a specific MCP server by its MCPVault slug. Includes grade, verification status, repo, stars, license, client compatibility, topics, and tool list.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): MCPVault slug, e.g. 'postgres-mcp' or 'github'. Visible in the listing URL: mcpvault.io/servers/<slug>.

### `get_install_command` (~53 tokens)

Get the install command for a specific MCP server by its MCPVault slug. Returns the command to add it to your AI client, plus the listing URL.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): MCPVault slug for the server.

### `submit_mcp_server` (~71 tokens)

Submit a GitHub repository to the MCPVault directory as a new MCP server listing. Use this when you find an MCP server on GitHub that is not yet in MCPVault.

Input parameters:

- `repo_url` (string, required): Full GitHub repository URL, e.g. https://github.com/owner/repo

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/coburn2716-mcpvault/mcpvault-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-22: 84
- 2026-09-21: 83
- 2026-09-20: 83
- 2026-09-19: 82
- 2026-09-18: 82
- 2026-09-17: 81
- 2026-09-16: 81
- 2026-09-15: 80
- 2026-09-14: 80
- 2026-09-13: 79
- 2026-09-12: 79
- 2026-09-11: 78
- 2026-09-10: 78
- 2026-09-09: 77
- 2026-09-08: 77
- 2026-09-07: 77
- 2026-09-06: 76
- 2026-09-05: 76
- 2026-09-04: 75
- 2026-09-03: 75
- 2026-09-02: 71
- 2026-09-01: 71
- 2026-08-31: 71
- 2026-08-30: 71
- 2026-08-29: 71
- 2026-08-28: 71
- 2026-08-27: 56

## Common questions

### What is the MCPVault MCP server?

MCPVault is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.coburn2716/mcpvault. Search evidence-labelled MCP servers with freshness, install, compatibility and verification data. This page covers its npm package (mcpvault-mcp).

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

MCPVault scores 84 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 22 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 MCPVault MCP server expose?

MCPVault exposes 4 tools: search_mcp_servers, get_mcp_server, get_install_command, submit_mcp_server. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 327 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the MCPVault MCP server still maintained?

MCPVault is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 22 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 MCPVault MCP server under?

MCPVault 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/mcpvault-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/mcpvault-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/coburn2716/mcpvault-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/coburn2716-mcpvault/mcpvault-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/coburn2716-mcpvault/mcpvault-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/coburn2716-mcpvault/mcpvault-mcp