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io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template

NPM · MCP-TS-TEMPLATE · SCANNED SEP 20

TypeScript template for building MCP servers with declarative tooling, observability, and auth.

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0 this week 74 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 Security81
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node 0.71.0, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available. View diagnostics → Fail
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • 79 of 352 dependencies flagged as unhealthy (3 deprecated). View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency22
Schema Quality & AI Usability86
  • 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 582 tokens (~64/item across 9 items; 7 tools + 2 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management83
  • Stability observed for 25 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
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 8 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
  • Supports UI / widget rendering.Pass
Install

How do I install the io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template server?

io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y mcp-ts-template. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

npm · mcp-ts-template

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add cyanheads-mcp-ts-template -- npx -y mcp-ts-template
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-mcp-ts-template": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ts-template"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "cyanheads-mcp-ts-template": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ts-template"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add cyanheads-mcp-ts-template -- npx -y mcp-ts-template
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "cyanheads-mcp-ts-template": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "mcp-ts-template"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add cyanheads-mcp-ts-template --command npx --arg -y --arg mcp-ts-template
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  cyanheads-mcp-ts-template:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "mcp-ts-template"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "cyanheads-mcp-ts-template": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ts-template"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add cyanheads-mcp-ts-template -t stdio -c npx -a -y mcp-ts-template
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-mcp-ts-template": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ts-template"
      ]
    }
  }
}
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 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 19 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 18 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 17 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 15 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 12 Sept 26 −2
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 11 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 10 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

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 npm/mcp-ts-template@3.0.9

Provenance No attestation

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

Result No attestation
Ecosystem npm

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Vulnerabilities 3 findings
ID CVE Severity Vector Fix available
GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3 CVE-2026-44902 high CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H yes
GHSA-8988-4f7v-96qf CVE-2026-54285 medium CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L yes
GHSA-45rx-2jwx-cxfr CVE-2026-59892 high CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H yes

Background: What a vulnerability scan can and cannot prove →

Dependencies 352 packages
Packages resolved 352
Deprecated 3
Stale 76
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 7 exposed · ~553 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
template_async_countdown ~102

Demonstrates the MCP Tasks API with a countdown timer. When the client supports tasks, returns immediately with a task handle for polling. Otherwise, runs synchronously and returns the result directly.

NameTypeReqDescription
messagestringOptional message to include in the final result
secondsintegeryesNumber of seconds to count down (1-60)
simulateFailurebooleanIf true, simulates a failure at 50% progress (for testing)
NameTypeReqDescription
completedAtstringyesISO timestamp when countdown ended
durationnumberyesActual duration in milliseconds
messagestringyesCompletion or cancellation message
progressnumberyesFinal progress percentage (0-100)
startedAtstringyesISO timestamp when countdown started
successbooleanyesWhether the countdown completed successfully
wasCancelledbooleanyesWhether the task was cancelled

No examples provided.

template_cat_fact ~45

Fetches a random cat fact from a public API with an optional maximum length.

NameTypeReqDescription
maxLengthintegerOptional: The maximum character length of the cat fact to retrieve.
NameTypeReqDescription
factstringyesThe retrieved cat fact.
lengthintegeryesThe character length of the cat fact.
requestedMaxLengthintegerThe maximum length that was requested for the fact.
timestampstringyesISO 8601 timestamp of when the response was generated.

No examples provided.

template_code_review_sampling ~100

Demonstrates MCP sampling by requesting an LLM to review code snippets. The tool uses the client's LLM to generate a code review summary.

NameTypeReqDescription
codestringyesThe code snippet to review.
focusstringThe focus area for the code review.
languagestringProgramming language of the code (e.g., "typescript", "python").
maxTokensintegerMaximum tokens for the LLM response.
NameTypeReqDescription
codestringyesThe original code snippet.
focusstringyesThe review focus area.
languagestringThe programming language.
reviewstringyesThe LLM-generated code review summary.
tokenUsageobjectToken usage information.

No examples provided.

template_data_explorer ~64

Generates sample sales data and renders an interactive explorer. Users can sort columns, filter rows, and select entries directly in the UI. Hosts without MCP Apps support receive a text table.

NameTypeReqDescription
rowCountintegerNumber of sample rows to generate (5–100).
NameTypeReqDescription
generatedAtstringyesISO 8601 timestamp when data was generated.
rowsarrayyesGenerated sales data rows.
summaryobjectyesAggregate summary of the dataset.

No examples provided.

template_echo_message ~102

Echoes a message back with optional formatting and repetition.

NameTypeReqDescription
includeTimestampbooleanWhether to include an ISO 8601 timestamp in the response.
messagestringyesThe message to echo back. To trigger a test error, provide 'TRIGGER_ERROR'.
modestringHow to format the message ('standard' | 'uppercase' | 'lowercase').
repeatintegerNumber of times to repeat the formatted message.
NameTypeReqDescription
formattedMessagestringyesThe message after applying the specified formatting.
modestringyesThe formatting mode that was applied.
originalMessagestringyesThe original message provided in the input.
repeatCountintegeryesThe number of times the message was repeated.
repeatedMessagestringyesThe final message repeated the requested number of times.
timestampstringOptional ISO 8601 timestamp of when the response was generated.

No examples provided.

template_image_test ~52

Fetches a random cat image and returns it base64-encoded with the MIME type. Useful for testing image handling.

NameTypeReqDescription
triggerbooleanA trigger to invoke the tool and fetch a new cat image.
NameTypeReqDescription
datastringyesBase64 encoded image data.
mimeTypestringyesThe MIME type of the image (e.g., 'image/jpeg').

No examples provided.

template_madlibs_elicitation ~88

Plays a game of Mad Libs. If any parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective) are missing, it will use elicitation to ask the user for them.

NameTypeReqDescription
adjectivestringAn adjective for the story.
nounstringA noun for the story.
verbstringA verb (past tense) for the story.
NameTypeReqDescription
adjectivestringyesThe adjective used in the story.
nounstringyesThe noun used in the story.
storystringyesThe final, generated Mad Libs story.
verbstringyesThe verb used in the story.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template server?

io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template. TypeScript template for building MCP servers with declarative tooling, observability, and auth. This page covers its npm package (mcp-ts-template).

Is the io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template server safe to use?

io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template scores 74 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 3 known advisories against it as of 20 September 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 io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template server expose?

io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template exposes 7 tools: template_cat_fact, template_code_review_sampling, template_echo_message, template_image_test, template_madlibs_elicitation, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 553 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template server still maintained?

io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template 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 io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template server under?

io.github.cyanheads/mcp-ts-template 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.