# com.korushield/koru-shield (npm · korushield-mcp-server)

Manage Koru Shield DNS filtering: profiles, rules, categories, schedules, and logs.

- Trust score: 83/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +2
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.korushield.com`: 33/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-korushield-koru-shield/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-korushield-koru-shield/mcp)
- npm · `korushield-mcp-server`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-korushield-koru-shield/korushield-mcp-server.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-korushield-koru-shield/korushield-mcp-server)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `korushield-mcp-server`
- Version: `1.0.1`
- 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**: 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.
  - 30 of 92 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 31 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 954 tokens (~59/item across 16 items; 16 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **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**: 75/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - 0 of 2 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "delete_rule" implies "delete" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default.
  - An AI judge read all 16 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 com.korushield/koru-shield MCP server?

com.korushield/koru-shield runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y korushield-mcp-server. 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-korushield-koru-shield -- npx -y korushield-mcp-server
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-korushield-koru-shield": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "korushield-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-korushield-koru-shield": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "korushield-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add com-korushield-koru-shield -- npx -y korushield-mcp-server
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-korushield-koru-shield": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "korushield-mcp-server"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-korushield-koru-shield --command npx --arg -y --arg korushield-mcp-server
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-korushield-koru-shield:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "korushield-mcp-server"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-korushield-koru-shield": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "korushield-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-korushield-koru-shield -t stdio -c npx -a -y korushield-mcp-server
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-korushield-koru-shield": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "korushield-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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 83, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-11-03 (score 83, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-11-01 (score 83, +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.

### 2026-10-30 (score 82, +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.

### 2026-10-28 (score 81, +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.

### 2026-10-26 (score 80, +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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-10-22 (score 78, +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.

## MCP tools (16)

### `list_profiles` (~27 tokens)

List all DNS protection profiles on the account (e.g. Kids, Work, IoT).

### `get_profile` (~32 tokens)

Get details of a single profile.

Input parameters:

- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)

### `list_rules` (~35 tokens)

List custom allow/deny rules for a profile.

Input parameters:

- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)

### `create_rule` (~106 tokens)

Create a custom allow or deny rule for a domain on a profile. Use kind=deny to block a domain, kind=allow to explicitly permit it.

Input parameters:

- `domain` (string, required): Domain to match, e.g. tiktok.com (matches subdomains)
- `kind` (string, required): allow to permit, deny to block
- `note` (string): Human-readable note for why this rule exists
- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)

### `delete_rule` (~59 tokens)

Delete a custom rule from a profile. Destructive: the rule stops applying immediately.

Input parameters:

- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)
- `rule_id` (string, required): Rule ID (use list_rules to discover IDs)

### `list_filter_categories` (~49 tokens)

List filter categories (adult content, gambling, social media, etc.) and whether each is enabled on a profile.

Input parameters:

- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)

### `set_filter_category` (~75 tokens)

Enable or disable a filter category on a profile.

Input parameters:

- `enabled` (boolean, required): true to enable blocking, false to disable
- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)
- `slug` (string, required): Category slug, e.g. adult, gambling, social-media (see list_filter_categories)

### `simulate_policy` (~66 tokens)

Check what the profile policy would do for a domain right now: allowed, blocked, and why. Does not change anything.

Input parameters:

- `domain` (string, required): Domain to test, e.g. example.com
- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)

### `get_logs` (~71 tokens)

Get recent DNS query logs: what was queried, allowed or blocked, and when. Useful for reviewing activity or investigating a block.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string): Filter by action
- `limit` (integer): Max entries to return
- `profile_id` (string): Filter to one profile (omit for all)

### `analytics_summary` (~87 tokens)

Summary of DNS activity: total queries, blocked vs allowed counts, blocked percentage, IPv4/IPv6, encrypted queries.

Input parameters:

- `from` (string): Start of window, RFC3339 timestamp (default: last 24h)
- `profile_id` (string): Filter to one profile (omit for account-wide)
- `to` (string): End of window, RFC3339 timestamp

### `list_schedules` (~49 tokens)

List time-based schedules on a profile (e.g. bedtime 21:00-07:00 on weekdays).

Input parameters:

- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)

### `create_schedule` (~147 tokens)

Create a time-based schedule on a profile. Rules and filter categories can reference schedules to apply only during the window.

Input parameters:

- `days` (array, required): Days of week, e.g. ["mon","tue","wed","thu","fri"]
- `end` (string, required): HH:MM 24h, e.g. 21:00
- `name` (string, required): Schedule name, e.g. Bedtime
- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)
- `start` (string, required): HH:MM 24h, e.g. 21:00
- `timezone` (string, required): IANA timezone, e.g. America/Chicago

### `delete_schedule` (~61 tokens)

Delete a schedule from a profile. Destructive: rules referencing it lose their time window.

Input parameters:

- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)
- `schedule_id` (string, required): Schedule ID (use list_schedules to discover IDs)

### `list_devices` (~36 tokens)

List devices enrolled on a profile and their protection status.

Input parameters:

- `profile_id` (string, required): Profile ID (use list_profiles to discover IDs)

### `get_entitlements` (~27 tokens)

Get the account plan, limits (max rules, profiles, devices), and current usage.

### `get_referral_code` (~27 tokens)

Get the account referral code and link for the give-a-month-get-a-month program.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-korushield-koru-shield/korushield-mcp-server#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 83
- 2026-11-03: 83
- 2026-11-02: 83
- 2026-11-01: 83
- 2026-10-31: 82
- 2026-10-30: 82
- 2026-10-29: 81
- 2026-10-28: 81
- 2026-10-27: 80
- 2026-10-26: 80
- 2026-10-25: 79
- 2026-10-24: 79
- 2026-10-23: 78
- 2026-10-22: 78
- 2026-10-21: 77
- 2026-10-20: 77
- 2026-10-19: 76
- 2026-10-18: 76
- 2026-10-17: 76
- 2026-10-16: 75
- 2026-10-15: 75
- 2026-10-14: 74
- 2026-10-13: 69
- 2026-10-12: 69
- 2026-10-11: 69
- 2026-10-06: 69
- 2026-10-04: 69

## Common questions

### What is the com.korushield/koru-shield MCP server?

com.korushield/koru-shield is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.korushield/koru-shield. Manage Koru Shield DNS filtering: profiles, rules, categories, schedules, and logs. This page covers its npm package (korushield-mcp-server).

### Is the com.korushield/koru-shield MCP server safe to use?

com.korushield/koru-shield scores 83 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 com.korushield/koru-shield MCP server expose?

com.korushield/koru-shield exposes 16 tools: list_profiles, get_profile, list_rules, create_rule, delete_rule, and 11 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 954 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the com.korushield/koru-shield MCP server still maintained?

com.korushield/koru-shield 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 com.korushield/koru-shield MCP server under?

com.korushield/koru-shield 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/korushield-mcp-server
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/korushield-mcp-server
- Repository: https://github.com/KoruShield/koru-shield-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-korushield-koru-shield/korushield-mcp-server.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-korushield-koru-shield/korushield-mcp-server.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-korushield-koru-shield/korushield-mcp-server