# Open & Async (npm · @open-and-async/mcp)

Draft decision docs, turn meetings into async artifacts, and triage sync vs async in your editor.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +16
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `@open-and-async/mcp`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-open-and-async-mcp/open-and-async-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-open-and-async-mcp/open-and-async-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@open-and-async/mcp`
- 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 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 32/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - License check failed: the license (SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE) isn't a recognized OSI-approved license.
  - Actively maintained (last published 14 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 85/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1206 tokens (~86/item across 14 items; 11 tools + 3 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 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.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add com-open-and-async-mcp -- npx -y @open-and-async/mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add com-open-and-async-mcp -- npx -y @open-and-async/mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-open-and-async-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @open-and-async/mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-open-and-async-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@open-and-async/mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-open-and-async-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@open-and-async/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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-02 (score 68, +63)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] License: unverified → fail
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional] Licence: SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE

### 2026-08-01 (score 5, −32)

- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified

### 2026-07-31 (score 37, −24)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 61, −18)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-07-28 (score 79, +26)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] License: unverified → fail
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → excellent
- [functional] Licence: SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE

### 2026-07-27 (score 53)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (11)

### `draft_decision_doc` (~100 tokens)

Draft a decision doc (ADR)

Turn a decision plus its options into a structured, async-friendly decision record (ADR): context, options with tradeoffs, the decision, and its reversibility. Write the decision down so others can follow it without a meeting.

Input parameters:

- `context` (string): Background: what forces this decision now.
- `decision` (string, required): The decision to be made, in one line.
- `options` (array): Candidate options. Two or three is plenty.

### `convert_meeting_to_async` (~81 tokens)

Convert a meeting to async

Given a meeting's purpose or agenda, propose the async equivalent: the artifact that replaces it, where it lives, who decides, and the deadline. Meetings are a point of escalation, not the default.

Input parameters:

- `agenda` (array): Agenda items, if any.
- `purpose` (string, required): Why the meeting exists / what it's meant to accomplish.

### `score_status_update` (~58 tokens)

Score a status update

Score a draft status update against the 'work loudly / no surprises' rubric and suggest fixes. Good updates surface blockers early, state outcomes over activity, and link to the work.

Input parameters:

- `update` (string, required): The draft status update to score.

### `run_async_standup` (~69 tokens)

Async standup template

Return a structured async-standup prompt a team can adopt in any chat or issue — replaces the daily sync standup with a written, searchable thread that respects every time zone.

Input parameters:

- `cadence` (string): e.g. 'daily', 'twice a week'. Defaults to daily.

### `triage_sync_vs_async` (~64 tokens)

Triage: sync or async?

Recommend whether a task should be handled synchronously or asynchronously, using the decision rule from 'meetings are a point of escalation.' Async is the default; sync is the escalation.

Input parameters:

- `task` (string, required): The task, conversation, or decision to triage.

### `book_outline` (~38 tokens)

Book outline

The map of Open and Async: every section and chapter with a one-line TL;DR. Use it to find the right chapter for a topic.

### `get_chapter_summary` (~59 tokens)

Get a chapter summary

Return a chapter's TL;DR plus its taglines and a link to read the full chapter. Summary only — no body text.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Chapter slug, e.g. 'impact-over-input' (from book_outline).

### `search_principles` (~79 tokens)

Search the book's principles

Keyword search across the book's summary corpus (TL;DRs, key-takeaways, taglines, and reviewed frameworks). Returns short, cited snippets — a snippet view, not full text.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 5, capped at 10).
- `query` (string, required): What you're looking for.

### `handle_objection` (~54 tokens)

Handle an objection

Map a common objection to open/async work ('async is slow', 'remote kills culture') to the book's reframe, with a chapter citation.

Input parameters:

- `objection` (string, required): The skepticism or pushback to address.

### `get_guidance` (~71 tokens)

Get role-aware guidance

Role-aware guidance (manager or IC) for a topic, paraphrased from the book's role callouts, with a chapter citation.

Input parameters:

- `role` (string): Audience: 'manager', 'ic', or 'any' (default).
- `topic` (string, required): The topic you want guidance on.

### `get_taglines` (~46 tokens)

Get taglines

Return the book's shareable taglines and their quote-card URLs. Optionally filter to one chapter.

Input parameters:

- `chapter` (string): Chapter slug to filter by (omit for all).

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 69
- 2026-08-02: 68
- 2026-08-01: 5
- 2026-07-31: 37
- 2026-07-30: 61
- 2026-07-29: 79
- 2026-07-28: 79
- 2026-07-27: 53

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@open-and-async/mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@open-and-async/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/open-and-async/mcp
- Website: https://open-and-async.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-open-and-async-mcp/open-and-async-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-open-and-async-mcp/open-and-async-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-open-and-async-mcp/open-and-async-mcp