# Khavion Architecture Review (npm · @khavion/architecture-review-mcp)

Cited cloud best practices and a rules-based review of Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- npm · `@khavion/architecture-review-mcp`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp/khavion-architecture-review-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp/khavion-architecture-review-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@khavion/architecture-review-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.1`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **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 1 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 78/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 470 tokens (~117/item across 4 items; 4 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 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.

**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 Khavion Architecture Review MCP server?

Khavion Architecture Review runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @khavion/architecture-review-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-khavion-architecture-review-mcp -- npx -y @khavion/architecture-review-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@khavion/architecture-review-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@khavion/architecture-review-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp -- npx -y @khavion/architecture-review-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@khavion/architecture-review-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @khavion/architecture-review-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@khavion/architecture-review-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@khavion/architecture-review-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y @khavion/architecture-review-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@khavion/architecture-review-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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 71, +11)

- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-04 (score 60)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `lookup_citation` (~148 tokens)

Look up a cited best practice

Find the cloud provider's own documentation for a service. Returns up to 5 rules for the service, each with a verbatim quote from the provider's docs and the page link. Free, offline, and complete. Use it to ground a recommendation in a primary source before you state it.

Input parameters:

- `pillar` (string): Limit results to one Well-Architected pillar. Omit to search all pillars.
- `question` (string): What you want to know, in a sentence. Used only to rank the matches by shared keywords.
- `service` (string, required): The service, by name or id. Examples: S3, Amazon RDS, Lambda, Key Vault, Cloud Run.

### `review_iac` (~120 tokens)

Review infrastructure as code

Review Terraform, CloudFormation, or Kubernetes files against cited cloud best practices. Pass the file contents. Without an API key it returns the top 3 findings by severity plus counts for the rest. With KHAVION_API_KEY set in the server's environment and valid, it returns every finding, the quote total, the recommended next step, and a report link. File contents stay on this machine; only the key, rule ids, and a count of services are sent to Khavion.

Input parameters:

- `files` (array, required): The infrastructure files to review.

### `review_stack` (~125 tokens)

Review a list of services

Review a stack described as a list of services, such as s3, rds, lambda. Optionally add a sentence about the workload. Same output rules as review_iac: the top 3 findings without a valid API key, everything with one. Nothing but the key, rule ids, and a count of services leaves this machine.

Input parameters:

- `intent` (string): One or two sentences about the workload, for example whether it is public-facing.
- `tokens` (array, required): Service ids or names. Examples: s3, rds, Amazon EC2, Key Vault.

### `explain_finding` (~77 tokens)

Explain a finding

Explain one finding by rule id (for example aws-sec-encryption-at-rest) or by the 8-character id used in report links. Returns why it matters, the fix, and the verbatim citation with its link. Free and offline.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): A rule id, or an 8-character hexadecimal report id.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 71
- 2026-11-04: 60

## Common questions

### What is the Khavion Architecture Review MCP server?

Khavion Architecture Review is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.khavion/architecture-review-mcp. Cited cloud best practices and a rules-based review of Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes. This page covers its npm package (@khavion/architecture-review-mcp).

### Is the Khavion Architecture Review MCP server safe to use?

Khavion Architecture Review scores 71 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 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 Khavion Architecture Review MCP server expose?

Khavion Architecture Review exposes 4 tools: lookup_citation, review_iac, review_stack, explain_finding. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 470 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Khavion Architecture Review MCP server still maintained?

Khavion Architecture Review 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 Khavion Architecture Review MCP server under?

Khavion Architecture Review 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/@khavion/architecture-review-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@khavion/architecture-review-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/Khavion/architecture-review-mcp
- Website: https://khavion.com/tools/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp/khavion-architecture-review-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp/khavion-architecture-review-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-khavion-architecture-review-mcp/khavion-architecture-review-mcp