# Check AI Free — Image Source Clues (npm · checkaifree-mcp)

Inspect editable image source clues. No C2PA signature verification or authenticated origin.

- Trust score: 75/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- npm · `checkaifree-mcp`: 75/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector/checkaifree-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector/checkaifree-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `checkaifree-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.2`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 81/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects zod 3.25.76, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 30 of 93 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to hyai-dev/checkaifree-mcp).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 18 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 180 tokens (~90/item across 2 items; 2 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**: 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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - 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.

**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 Check AI Free — Image Source Clues MCP server?

Check AI Free — Image Source Clues runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y checkaifree-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 com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector -- npx -y checkaifree-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "checkaifree-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "checkaifree-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector -- npx -y checkaifree-mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector --command npx --arg -y --arg checkaifree-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "checkaifree-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "checkaifree-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector -t stdio -c npx -a -y checkaifree-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "checkaifree-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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 75, −5)

- [security regression] CVE-2023-54404 affects this package: high
- [security regression] Known CVEs: pass → fail

### 2026-10-18 (score 80, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-17 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `detect_ai_image` (~109 tokens)

Uploads a selected image for header/source-clue inspection. Returns editable source observations and limitations, not authenticated origin or exact model attribution. This adapter does not run the website's pixel-model fallback.

Input parameters:

- `file_path` (string): Absolute or relative local file path to an image file (JPEG, PNG, WebP)
- `image_base64` (string): Base64 encoded image data string (optional)
- `image_url` (string): Direct public HTTP/HTTPS URL of the image to analyze

### `inspect_c2pa_provenance` (~71 tokens)

Observes source strings and camera metadata. Does not verify C2PA signatures, certificate trust or authenticity.

Input parameters:

- `file_path` (string): Local file path to the image on disk
- `image_url` (string): Direct public URL of the image to inspect for C2PA credentials

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Vulnerabilities, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector/checkaifree-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 75
- 2026-11-04: 75
- 2026-11-03: 75
- 2026-11-02: 75
- 2026-11-01: 75
- 2026-10-31: 75
- 2026-10-30: 75
- 2026-10-29: 75
- 2026-10-28: 75
- 2026-10-27: 75
- 2026-10-26: 75
- 2026-10-25: 75
- 2026-10-24: 75
- 2026-10-23: 80
- 2026-10-22: 80
- 2026-10-21: 80
- 2026-10-20: 80
- 2026-10-19: 80
- 2026-10-18: 80
- 2026-10-17: 65

## Common questions

### What is the Check AI Free — Image Source Clues MCP server?

Check AI Free — Image Source Clues is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.checkaifree/ai-image-detector. Inspect editable image source clues. No C2PA signature verification or authenticated origin. This page covers its npm package (checkaifree-mcp).

### Is the Check AI Free — Image Source Clues MCP server safe to use?

Check AI Free — Image Source Clues scores 75 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 1 known advisory against it as of 5 November 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 Check AI Free — Image Source Clues MCP server expose?

Check AI Free — Image Source Clues exposes 2 tools: detect_ai_image, inspect_c2pa_provenance. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 180 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Check AI Free — Image Source Clues MCP server still maintained?

Check AI Free — Image Source Clues is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 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 Check AI Free — Image Source Clues MCP server under?

Check AI Free — Image Source Clues 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/checkaifree-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/checkaifree-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/hyai-dev/checkaifree-mcp
- Website: https://checkaifree.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector/checkaifree-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector/checkaifree-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-checkaifree-ai-image-detector/checkaifree-mcp