io.github.Dave-London/search
NPM · @PARETOOLS/SEARCH
MCP server for code search (ripgrep + fd) with structured, token-efficient output
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Last scanned (23 hours ago)
Scores higher than 98% of npm servers
Category Code Search and Documentation
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 Security98
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 30 of 93 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency100
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to Dave-London/Pare). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 15 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability75
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 498 tokens (~166/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 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
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.
- 2 Nov 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 1 Nov 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 26 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 25 Oct 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 17 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: 0.90 → pass security
- 16 Oct 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.
- 14 Oct 26 −2
- Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
- 13 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
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 4 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@paretools/search@0.7.1
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | Dave-London/Pare |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/Dave-London/Pare/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 949169085 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:523de6945df179033dc8d73fa934312cb85852a8e824fb4a450b997e85507cd166d804f799fe916b27f0896e72b2df659422b3844ba4403b740809e6e |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 93 packages
| Packages resolved | 93 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 30 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
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 →
count Match Count ~138
Counts pattern matches per file using ripgrep. Returns per-file match counts and totals. Use instead of running `rg --count` or `grep -c` in the terminal.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| caseSensitive | boolean | – | Case-sensitive search (default: true) |
| compact | boolean | – | Auto-compact when structured output exceeds raw CLI tokens. Set false to always get full schema. |
| glob | string | – | Glob pattern to filter files (e.g., '*.ts', '*.{js,jsx}') |
| path | string | – | Directory or file to search in (default: cwd) |
| pattern | string | yes | Regular expression pattern to count matches for |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| files | array | yes | – |
| totalFiles | number | yes | – |
| totalMatches | number | yes | – |
No examples provided.
find Find Files ~155
Finds files and directories using fd with structured output. Returns file paths, names, and extensions. Use instead of running `fd` or `find` in the terminal.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| compact | boolean | – | Auto-compact when structured output exceeds raw CLI tokens. Set false to always get full schema. |
| extension | string | – | Filter by file extension (e.g., 'ts', 'js') |
| maxResults | number | – | Maximum number of results to return (default: 1000) |
| path | string | – | Directory to search in (default: cwd) |
| pattern | string | – | Regex pattern to match file/directory names |
| type | string | – | Filter by entry type: file, directory, or symlink |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| files | array | yes | – |
| total | number | yes | – |
No examples provided.
search Code Search ~164
Searches file contents using ripgrep with structured JSON output. Returns match locations with file, line, column, matched text, and line content. Use instead of running `rg` or `grep` in the terminal.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| caseSensitive | boolean | – | Case-sensitive search (default: true) |
| compact | boolean | – | Auto-compact when structured output exceeds raw CLI tokens. Set false to always get full schema. |
| glob | string | – | Glob pattern to filter files (e.g., '*.ts', '*.{js,jsx}') |
| maxResults | number | – | Maximum number of matches to return (default: 1000) |
| path | string | – | Directory or file to search in (default: cwd) |
| pattern | string | yes | Regular expression pattern to search for |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filesSearched | number | yes | – |
| matches | array | yes | – |
| totalMatches | number | yes | – |
No examples provided.
How do I install the io.github.Dave-London/search MCP server?
io.github.Dave-London/search runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @paretools/search. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · @paretools/search
claude mcp add dave-london-search -- npx -y @paretools/search
What is the io.github.Dave-London/search MCP server?
io.github.Dave-London/search is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Dave-London/search. MCP server for code search (ripgrep + fd) with structured, token-efficient output. This page covers its npm package (@paretools/search).
Is the io.github.Dave-London/search MCP server safe to use?
io.github.Dave-London/search scores 95 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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.Dave-London/search MCP server expose?
io.github.Dave-London/search exposes 3 tools: search, find, count. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 457 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the io.github.Dave-London/search MCP server still maintained?
io.github.Dave-London/search is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 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 io.github.Dave-London/search MCP server under?
io.github.Dave-London/search declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.