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dev.overspan/mcp

NPM · OVERSPAN-MCP · SCANNED SEP 20

OpenStreetMap queries as MCP tools, served by the Overspan hosted Overpass API.

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+4 this week 82 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 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
  • 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
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 759 tokens (~108/item across 7 items; 5 tools + 2 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management80
  • Stability observed for 24 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage83
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 50% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 6 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 dev.overspan/mcp server?

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

npm · overspan-mcp

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

  • 18 Sept 26 +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.

  • 16 Sept 26 +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.

  • 14 Sept 26 +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.

  • 11 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 9 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 7 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 5 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 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/overspan-mcp@0.1.2

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 →

Dependencies 96 packages
Packages resolved 96
Stale 31
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 5 exposed · ~695 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
count_features ~170

Count OpenStreetMap features matching tag filters in an area without returning them. Cheap. Use this before pulling data when the result size is unknown. Give either a point (lat, lon, radius_m) or a bounding box (south, west, north, east).

NameTypeReqDescription
eastnumber
latnumber
lonnumber
northnumber
radius_mnumberRadius in metres, used with lat/lon (default 500)
southnumber
tagsobjectyesOpenStreetMap tag filters, all must match. Use "*" as the value to match any value, e.g. {"amenity": "cafe"} or {"opening_hours": "*"}.
westnumber

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

features_in_bbox ~149

Find OpenStreetMap features matching tag filters inside a bounding box (south, west, north, east in decimal degrees). Returns up to 'limit' elements with their tags and a centre coordinate. Keep boxes small; for city-sized areas call count_features first.

NameTypeReqDescription
eastnumberyes
limitintegerMaximum elements to return (default 25)
northnumberyes
southnumberyes
tagsobjectyesOpenStreetMap tag filters, all must match. Use "*" as the value to match any value, e.g. {"amenity": "cafe"} or {"opening_hours": "*"}.
westnumberyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

find_nearby ~165

Find OpenStreetMap features matching tag filters within a radius of a point. Returns up to 'limit' elements with their tags and a centre coordinate. Good first tool for questions like 'what cafes are near X'. For larger or unknown result sets, call count_features first.

NameTypeReqDescription
latnumberyesLatitude of the centre point
limitintegerMaximum elements to return (default 25)
lonnumberyesLongitude of the centre point
radius_mnumberSearch radius in metres (default 500)
tagsobjectyesOpenStreetMap tag filters, all must match. Use "*" as the value to match any value, e.g. {"amenity": "cafe"} or {"opening_hours": "*"}.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_usage ~44

Check this API key's tier, its limits, month-to-date quota, and recent request history. Does not consume query quota. Use it to pace yourself when running many queries.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

overpass_query ~167

Run a raw Overpass QL query against the Overspan hosted Overpass API (full-planet OpenStreetMap data, minutes behind live). Use this when the helper tools are too narrow. Always bound the query to an area and cap the output (for example: out center 25;). Start with [out:json]. Queries without [timeout:] get 25 seconds. Read the overspan://overpass-ql resource for syntax and the overspan://differences resource for how this server differs from the public ones.

NameTypeReqDescription
querystringyesA complete Overpass QL query, e.g. [out:json][timeout:25];nwr[amenity=cafe](around:500,-36.85,174.76);out center 25;

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the dev.overspan/mcp server?

dev.overspan/mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as dev.overspan/mcp. OpenStreetMap queries as MCP tools, served by the Overspan hosted Overpass API. This page covers its npm package (overspan-mcp).

Is the dev.overspan/mcp server safe to use?

dev.overspan/mcp scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting 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 dev.overspan/mcp server expose?

dev.overspan/mcp exposes 5 tools: overpass_query, find_nearby, features_in_bbox, count_features, get_usage. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 695 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the dev.overspan/mcp server still maintained?

dev.overspan/mcp 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 dev.overspan/mcp server under?

dev.overspan/mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.