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Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine

PYPI · BEE-SDK · SCANNED SEP 20

Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine: tiered LLM, 4 tools, hosted API, free tier.

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0 this week 81 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Supply Chain Security100
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
  • Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
  • No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency23
Schema Quality & AI Usability83
  • 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 827 tokens (~68/item across 12 items; 8 tools + 4 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management93
  • Stability observed for 28 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 9 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

How do I install the Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine MCP server?

Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx bee-sdk. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

pypi · bee-sdk

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add cuilabs-bee -- uvx bee-sdk
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cuilabs-bee": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "bee-sdk"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "cuilabs-bee": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "bee-sdk"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add cuilabs-bee -- uvx bee-sdk
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "cuilabs-bee": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "bee-sdk"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add cuilabs-bee --command uvx --arg bee-sdk
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  cuilabs-bee:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["bee-sdk"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "cuilabs-bee": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "bee-sdk"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add cuilabs-bee -t stdio -c uvx -a bee-sdk
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cuilabs-bee": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "bee-sdk"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 20 Sept 26 +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.

  • 18 Sept 26 +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.

  • 16 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 15 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 13 Sept 26 +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.

  • 11 Sept 26 +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.

  • 9 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 8 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Analysed pypi/bee-sdk@0.6.0

Provenance No attestation

The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.

Result No attestation
Ecosystem pypi

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Install scripts 1 script
Hook Tier Command
build_backend allowlisted hatchling.build

Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →

Dependencies 0 packages
Packages resolved 0
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 8 exposed · ~738 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
bee_chat ~132

Ask Bee anything. Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine — is a tiered LLM platform with per-domain specialisation. Optionally pick a domain and a model tier; both are limited to what your API key's plan allows. Bee is honest about uncertainty rather than fabricating.

NameTypeReqDescription
domainstringOptional domain specialist (defaults to general).
max_tokensintegerMax response tokens
messagestringyesThe question or request
modelstringOptional Bee model tier. Limited to your plan. Default: bee-cell.
temperaturenumberSampling temperature (optional)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

bee_code ~115

Programming help from Bee's code specialist: explain code, fix a bug, refactor, or write tests — pick via `action`.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyesWhat to do with the code
codestringyesThe code
errorstringError message / bug description (for action=fix)
focusstringWhat to optimise for (for action=refactor)
frameworkstringTest framework (for action=write_tests)
languagestringProgramming language

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

bee_documents_add ~69

Add a document to your Bee knowledge base so bee_documents_search (and Bee) can use it. Scoped to your account; counts against your plan's document limit.

NameTypeReqDescription
contentstringyesThe document text to ingest
sourcestringA name / source label for the document

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

bee_documents_search ~62

Search your Bee documents (RAG) — returns the top matching chunks with their source. Scoped to your account; requires a rag-entitled plan.

NameTypeReqDescription
kintegerHow many chunks to return
querystringyesWhat to search for

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

bee_memory_add ~70

Save a fact to your Bee personal memory so Bee recalls it in future conversations. Scoped to your account; near-duplicates are de-duplicated automatically.

NameTypeReqDescription
contentstringyesThe fact to remember (≤ 4000 chars)
kindstringWhat kind of memory this is

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

bee_memory_search ~56

Search your Bee personal memory — facts, preferences, projects and skills Bee has remembered about you. Scoped to your account.

NameTypeReqDescription
querystringyesWhat to recall
top_kintegerHow many memories to return

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

bee_research ~98

Bee's research specialist: design a quantum circuit (NISQ-honest, Qiskit) or critique an ML/CS paper — pick via `task`.

NameTypeReqDescription
focusstringCritique focus (for paper_critique)
frameworkstringQuantum framework (for quantum_design)
inputstringyesThe task to design, or the abstract to critique
taskstringyesResearch task

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

bee_security ~136

Bee's security specialist: audit code, build a threat model, assist authorised penetration testing, or review a smart contract — pick via `task`. Refuses weaponisation / unauthorised targets.

NameTypeReqDescription
contextstringAuthorised-engagement scope (for task=pentest_assist)
frameworkstringFramework (for task=threat_model): STRIDE, PASTA, LINDDUN
inputstringyesCode, system description, contract source, or finding
languagestringLanguage (for code_audit / smart_contract_review)
taskstringyesSecurity task

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine MCP server?

Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.cuilabs/bee. Bee, The Progressive Intelligence Engine: tiered LLM, 4 tools, hosted API, free tier. This page covers its PyPI package (bee-sdk).

Is the Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine MCP server safe to use?

Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. 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 Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine MCP server expose?

Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine exposes 8 tools: bee_chat, bee_code, bee_security, bee_research, bee_documents_search, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 738 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine MCP server still maintained?

Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 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 Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine MCP server under?

Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine declares the Apache-2.0 licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.